Gemini AI Pilot Debrief by Daniel Hutterer

mmejia149 — 2025-06-02 23:09:11 UTC

Noticing that it is not perfect, it makes mistakes, or doesn't always do exactly what we want. You have to be patient, you don't always get the results that you want.

mmejia149 — 2025-06-02 23:10:12 UTC

Needs multiple prompts to get it to do what you want.

2025-06-02 23:11:02 UTC

It provided detailed answers for math questions that could be used for answer keys.

mmejia149 — 2025-06-02 23:11:57 UTC

It seems to get stuck more than Chat GPT

2025-06-02 23:12:05 UTC

The level of complexity on the tasks that we gave the AI was more than what we expected.

2025-06-02 23:12:41 UTC

Our understanding of Generative AI hasn't changed, but we have learned that not all AI is created equal. They all have their own quirks and character

kkoehler18 — 2025-06-02 23:13:22 UTC

Developing discussion questions - Act as an 9th grade English Teacher, develop a series of discussion questions based on the events of Chapter BlahBlah, or Lord of the Flies....Add in fun questions loosely related to the themes present, and link to popular culture events..."

kkoehler18 — 2025-06-02 23:13:44 UTC

Noticing it is a tool! The kids aren't the only one with this tool.

kkoehler18 — 2025-06-02 23:14:48 UTC

Email templates! What a game changer!

mmejia149 — 2025-06-02 23:14:51 UTC

It helps revise and edit emails, and create newsletters for families.

kkoehler18 — 2025-06-02 23:15:12 UTC

Developing goals for state standards really took some of the mental gymnastics out of it.

mmejia149 — 2025-06-02 23:17:19 UTC

Generating images and clip art that represent the students.

2025-06-02 23:17:52 UTC

Generating multiple choice or fill in the blank questions for tests and quizzes.

maestromarquez — 2025-06-02 23:18:42 UTC

generating reading groups using STAR assessment data

2025-06-02 23:18:44 UTC

Creating a detailed assignment prompt with rubrics

broman3 — 2025-06-02 23:19:13 UTC

Generate Quizzes,

Read aloud

Change the grade level

Parent Letters

Report Card Prompts

Used it for Math generation of test.

2025-06-02 23:19:35 UTC

Adjusting the tone of parent emails

mmejia149 — 2025-06-02 23:20:59 UTC

Gemini needs more prompting than other AIs.

mmejia149 — 2025-06-02 23:21:18 UTC

It helped create annotations for a video.

mmejia149 — 2025-06-02 23:22:53 UTC

It doesn't remember the work you did the day before.

mmejia149 — 2025-06-02 23:23:28 UTC

Creating report card comments.

2025-06-02 23:23:37 UTC

Summarize videos

mmejia149 — 2025-06-02 23:26:45 UTC

Generating relevant story problems that help mathematize literature. Problems that are accessible and more challenging.

2025-06-02 23:26:45 UTC

Used to help generate questions that students can answer to help with reasoning for a scientific argument.

mmejia149 — 2025-06-02 23:27:09 UTC

Help generate culturally relevant story problems.

kkoehler18 — 2025-06-02 23:27:40 UTC

Having students create an image of a character on a study guide.

mmejia149 — 2025-06-02 23:28:02 UTC

Generate scenarios for students to analyze.

broman3 — 2025-06-02 23:28:15 UTC

Create story characters using

kkoehler18 — 2025-06-02 23:30:40 UTC

Used Gemini to come up with a short story plot structure when tasked with a short story writing task.

mmejia149 — 2025-06-02 23:30:43 UTC

Generate questions from text.

2025-06-02 23:34:12 UTC

Students copying and pasting the answer from AI.

2025-06-02 23:34:43 UTC

Students not recognizing when AI is inaccurate. Not analyzing it.

2025-06-02 23:35:09 UTC

Students won't be able to critically analyze what AI has given them

mmejia149 — 2025-06-02 23:35:56 UTC

That students will choose to plagiarize instead of as a critical thinking partner or decipher if the information is credible or not.

kkoehler18 — 2025-06-02 23:36:13 UTC

This is tough, because.....everything? We are seeing students struggle with using it as a support and not as a "thinking machine".

2025-06-02 23:38:03 UTC

Students losing the opportunity to grow and develop because they passed over doing the hard work/thinking through using AI

2025-06-02 23:41:01 UTC

Use AI to verify/check work, not do it

2025-06-02 23:41:09 UTC

Classroom norms. When not to use it, when to use it.

kkoehler18 — 2025-06-02 23:41:20 UTC

AI would be marvelous for Organization strategies, getting started...

mmejia149 — 2025-06-02 23:41:51 UTC

Using the DOK levels to create guidelines about how it can be used at each level. Also guidelines for each grade level, that is developmentally appropriate.

2025-06-02 23:42:18 UTC

Maybe use AI to learn, or conduct deep research, create an outline, but do the final work on paper.

kkoehler18 — 2025-06-02 23:43:00 UTC

AI as an enrichment arm might be a good guiding idea.

2025-06-02 23:43:56 UTC

Maybe writing assignments could be made smaller so students can do shorter claim/evidence writes

2025-06-02 23:45:23 UTC

AI guidelines should be consistent throughout grade levels and the district overall.

kkoehler18 — 2025-06-02 23:49:27 UTC

The Power of the Script: "Act as a {role} + Task + Audience"

mmejia149 — 2025-06-02 23:50:16 UTC

Hands-on training with computers and giving teachers opportunities to explore within the PD. Multiple opportunities to practice. A cheat sheet for each grade level to give teachers ideas about how it can be used in each grade level.

broman3 — 2025-06-02 23:50:28 UTC

Differentiated PD

Built around routines

kkoehler18 — 2025-06-02 23:51:59 UTC

Training built under Umbrellas: Housekeeping Tasks! Feedback! Curriculum Design! Prompting 101!

broman3 — 2025-06-02 23:52:21 UTC

Address of the concerns of those that are opposed to the use of AI

2025-06-02 23:52:23 UTC

It's hard to determine the type of PD needed without fist determining how AI will be used/not used.

broman3 — 2025-06-02 23:53:44 UTC

Multiple opportunities for PD

2025-06-02 23:55:19 UTC

Create a Google Classroom for teachers to share their ideas (by department in H.S.)

2025-06-02 23:55:29 UTC

Grade level PD to be able to share ideas.

broman3 — 2025-06-02 23:59:10 UTC

Using it for Images, they can create the dialogue, but gemini creates the comic strip.

kkoehler18 — 2025-06-02 23:59:37 UTC

Using AI to develop ideas for growth in a piece of writing, or areas where they can include more detail, etc.

broman3 — 2025-06-03 00:00:16 UTC

have a conversation in another language.

mmejia149 — 2025-06-03 00:00:28 UTC

Making it part of the lesson, helping generate questions, and helping identify patterns from research.

mmejia149 — 2025-06-03 00:00:39 UTC

Grade gemini response using a rubric.

2025-06-03 00:01:10 UTC

Have students have text conversion in a foreign language with AI

2025-06-05 16:31:22 UTC

It helped me generate diagrams for complex text and summarize long articles as well as generate a grade level text and translate it to spanish!

2025-06-05 21:19:16 UTC

My expectations around results shifted. I now recognize that the process is more of a conversation as you refine toward what you want. Before this I would just refine the first results, but now I do that with AI a few times before polishing it off.

2025-06-05 21:31:28 UTC

It helped to understand the various aspects/roles to address in the prompt. This greatly helped me hone in on the refinement aspect and help Gemini help me.

2025-06-05 21:33:40 UTC

Oftentimes starting is the hardest part. Gemini can be used to jump start the creative process and empower students with a little momentum boost they can ride to produce class content.

2025-06-05 21:34:44 UTC

I am concerned that students might not be as interactive and engaging in the AI process but instead rely on it for all or most of the heavy lifting.

2025-06-05 21:39:39 UTC

Citing the AI prompts used in a sort of notes/bibliography aspect of student work. This can also give the teacher insight on how students are using it and help them refine their use of the tool, as needed.

2025-06-05 21:41:02 UTC

Department/content specific training on the secondary level since each discipline has such a different set of needs and priorities.

2025-06-05 21:46:52 UTC

This has been my biggest struggle as a PE teacher. The biggest help has been creating digestable content for students that is engaging. I am still struggling to find the application for an assignment where they are the ones directly engaging with AI.

2026-06-01 19:31:43 UTC

I had my AP calculus students use Gemini to create questions that they thought would be good review problems for the beginning of the year. Topics they wish they had spend more time reviewing. I plan on compiling these questions with my AP calc students for next year.

2026-06-01 19:32:41 UTC

Students need to always fact check- there are definitely instances where Gemini makes mistakes- even with simple math, so it is a good reminder to always solve problems through yourself!

2026-06-01 19:33:36 UTC

Always the cheating. When students use it unethically, they often use math notation that I did not introduce in class, and then can't explain what their symbols mean.

2026-06-01 19:34:26 UTC

I became better at coaching the students on prompts they need to use and showing how then can refine their results through re-prompting.

2026-06-01 19:43:12 UTC

Ensure that students credit the use of AI on tasks. Provide more authority to teachers to assign zeros for inappropriate use of AI, when it is used for cheating/