Gemini add-on comes to Google Workspace for Education

Education customers can now purchase Gemini for Google Workspace. This gives educators access to the side panel, Help me write/organize/visualize, and more. 

AI can never replace the expertise, knowledge, or creativity of an educator, but it can be a helpful tool to enhance and enrich teaching and learning experiences. While we’re encouraged by the widespread excitement around generative AI, it’s still early days for this technology.

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Gemini is available as an add-on to Workspace for Education with no minimum purchase requirement. Available for “users 18 years and older,” there are two tiers:

• Gemini Education: This “lower price” offering has a monthly usage limit and is aimed at helping schools get started with generative AI
• Gemini Education Premium: “Full access and usage” with the addition of Meet’s AI-powered note-taking and summarization, “AI-enhanced data loss prevention,” and “more coming soon.” 

You also get gemini.google.com “with enterprise-grade data protection.” 

Google says educators are using Gemini to:

• “Go from a blank page to a lesson plan template, grant proposal or job description in Docs”
• “Summarize a long email thread with key takeaways and next steps in Gmail”
• “Create an agenda for an upcoming professional development session in Sheets”
• “Bring a presentation to life or illustrate a topic in class by creating an original image in Slides”

Meanwhile, Gemini is adding OpenStax and Data Commons extensions, as well as guided practice quizzes:

Test your knowledge with guided practice quizzes that walk you through a series of questions and provide conversational feedback on each of your responses. For example, ask Gemini “quiz me on the periodic table of elements.”

In the future, any 18+ user on any Workspace for Education account can chat with gemini.google.com for free. This will be using Gemini 1.0 Pro with support for 40+ languages. You also get “added data protection” where “data is not reviewed by anyone, it’s not used to train artificial intelligence models, or shared with other users or institutions.”