🎓 Google Gemini to Win at Life (+ Free Tutor GPT & Resource Roundup!)
⏰ TL;DR
🧩 Resource of the Week - Google Certified Level 1 Educator Checklist
💎 GEMs/GPTs of the Week - Student Interest Personal Tutor ➡️ Gemini // Copy // ChatGPT
✅ SummerTrainings Start TOMORROW - Everyone in the Honor Roll: We have 2 Virtual Trainings going Live TOMORROW! “Resource Roundup” + “Google Gemini to Win at Life!” COME HANG LIVE OR WATCH LATER NO PRESSURE! (You can still join if you want! 😁)
🎙️Prompt of the Week (do this in Gemini) - Can you please create an image of a funny comic strip based on my week according to my @calendar [you can upload a picture of yourself too if you’re cool with it]
⬇️ my result below! 😂
👋 REAL TALK
The first time I presented at a conference, I was more terrified than a Blair Witch cast member.
I was maybe two months into being a tech director, and suddenly I was standing in front of superintendents and district leaders teaching a session on iTunesU (rest in peace 😁😢).
So I thought I’d play the fun/casual card.
I had everyone introduce themselves. Tell where they were from. Share their favorite movie.
For twenty-two minutes.
In an eighty-minute session.
Looking back, they had to be thinking, "Broseph Stalin, I didn't come here to make friends, I came to learn something."
And they were right.
I eventually learned that great presentations aren't just about making people comfortable, they're about adding people value.
So this summer, as you chillin in your summer trainings, let’s give presenters a little grace. Some of them are doing this for the first time. Some of them are absolutely terrified like you were your first day teaching.
If they make eye contact with you while they're stumbling through a slide, give them the universal educator gift:
The PD courtesy smile.
You know the one. The fake-yet-supportive smile that says, "You're struggling, but I'm rooting for you."
Cause we are!
And then just get back to checking your emails 😂 Hope your summer is AMAZING and FUN!! 🙌
Never Stop Learning!
📥 THE DROP
🧩 Free Resource of the Week - Google Certified Level 1 Educator Checklist
If you've ever thought about getting your Google Certified Educator Level 1 certification but didn't know where to start, ya boi gotchuuu. 🙌
This free checklist walks you through the key Google skills you should know, not only to pass the exam, but to become more efficient in your day-to-day classroom workflow with Google the GOAT!
If you hit something on the list and think, "Wait...what the even is that?" I linked video tutorials showing you exactly how to do it! It's basically a self-paced roadmap to dat Level 1 certification. So if you're looking for a productive summer project between trips to the pool and your 97th rewatch of The Office, here’s your sign (s/o Bill Engvall). 😂
(also, s/o my guy Eric Curts for the original list)!
👉 Grab the free Google Certified Level 1 Educator Checklist here!
💎 Gem/GPTs of the Week
Student Interest Personal Tutor ➡️ Gemini // Copy // ChatGPT
This GPT is like having a VERY patient, personalized tutor that actually knows what your students care about. Students can paste in content they're learning, choose whether they're studying for a test, a project, or just trying to understand a topic, then share a few lil interests (sports, gaming, animals, music, etc.). Thennnn the GEM/GPT takes that information and explains concepts in ways that connect to what they already like! It can create a study guide with key ideas, vocab, practice questions, common mistakes, or switch into tutor mode where it teaches one question at a time and coaches students through mistakes instead of just giving answers!
My fav part? It doesn't do the work for students: it helps them understand the work. Match them interests with content, that’s always a DUB!
Get the Student Interest Personal Tutor fo free here ➡️ Gemini // Copy // ChatGPT
✈️ Places I’ll Be
Come hang with me if you’re nearby and/or want an excuse for a road trip! 😁
6.23.2026 SE Missouri State University
7.16.2026 Sevier County Schools
7.23.2026 The AI Educator Summit
7.24.2026 The AI Educator Summit NWA
7.31.2026 Fentress County Schools
8.3.2026 First Assembly Christian School
8.4.2026 Pueblo County School District 70
8.7.2026 Pottsville Schools
8.13.2026 Callaway Chamber of Commerce
8.19.2026 Trenton R-IX
8.20.2026 Milan C-2 School District
3.1.2026 Middle Township
11.4.2026 GaETC
11.10.2026 Arch Ford ESC
12.2.2026 TETC
If you want me to speak/train at your school and/or conference, hit me up! 🙌
💌 Never Stop Learning!
