Google AI Educator Badge City

Watch my quick walkthroughs, complete Google’s free AI Educator lessons and quizzes, and earn shareable badges while building skills you can actually useeee! Collect them all and become the Mayor of Badge City!

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Badge City

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Bite-Sized Trainings

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Google Prep

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Badge City ✳︎ Bite-Sized Trainings ✳︎ Google Prep ✳︎

HOW TO GET STARTED

  1. Go to the Google AI Educator Series page

  2. Sign in with the Google account where you want your badges saved!

    • IMPORTANT: Click the blue “Sign up” button in the middle (pictured below) and NOT the upper right sign in.

3. Come back here to learn and pass dem quizzes!!

Note: The lessons do not have to be completed in order, but I’d start with the three foundational badges (imo)!

FOUNDATIONAL BADGES

1. INTRODUCTION TO GEMINI FOR EDUCATION

2. INTRODUCTION TO GEMINI NOTEBOOK

3. INTRODUCTION TO VIBE CODING WITH GEMINI

CLASSROOM BADGES

4. Adapt Materials to Meet Student Needs, PK-2

5. Evaluate Resources and Claims, PK-2

6. Create Scaffolds to Support Reading Comprehension, Grades 3-5

7. Remixing to Gain Deeper Insights, Grades 3-5

8. Create a Lesson Plan and Supporting Materials, Grades 6-8

9. Design Assessments That Capture Student Thinking, Grades 6-8

10. Build Student Inquiry Skills, Grades 9-12

11. Design Problem-Solving Scenarios That Encourage Critical Thinking, Grades 9-12

12. Active Problem-Solving

13. Eliminate Invisible Work

14. Facilitate Interactive Experiences With AI Quests: Market Marshes

ADMINISTRATIVE BADGES

15. Draft Parent Communications

16. Turn Benchmark Data Into Instructional Strategies

17. Build Just-in-Time Coaching

WHY SHOULD EDUCATORS DO THIS?

  • The training is freeeeeee.

  • Each video + quiz takes about 5 to 10 minutes.

  • You’ll learn ACTUAL classroom uses for AI.

  • You can earn shareable Google badges to humbly show off your AMAZINGNESS.

  • The lessons can count as evidence of professional learning if accepted by your school or district.

  • You’ll save time on planning, assessment, differentiation, and communication!

  • You’ll be better prepared to help students use AI responsibly!

  • Most importantly, you could become the Mayor of Badge City. Put that on a business card. Or the back of your VERY impressive sports card!

2025

New York

HELPFUL LINKS

READY TO BECOME THE MAYOR?

Start with one video. Complete one lesson. Earn one badge. Then come back and stack another one.

Once you’ve earned all the available badges, congratulations. You are officially the Mayor of Badge City.

BUTTON: START WITH BADGE 1

*Badge City is an independent Tarver Academy resource and is not an official Google product. Google awards the badges after educators complete Google’s official lessons and assessments. Badge requirements and available sessions may change. Again, not affiliated or approved by Google, but still dope. Like pizza.

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-Tyler