Session Details

This professional development session explores how educators can harness tools, such as Google Gemini, as a collaborative AI co-designer to transform standard academic lessons into UDL-aligned "Learning Labs". Designed to move classrooms away from generic activities and worksheets, the session details how to proactively embed developmental supports—specifically targeting executive functioning (EF) demands like working memory and inhibitory control—directly into instruction.

Educators will discover how to use the C.O.R.E. prompting framework (Context, Objective, Role, Expectations) to get highly tailored, screen-free ideas. The session also provides a step-by-step guide to building custom Google Gems—such as the Visual Guide, Play Translator, and Differentiation Dynamo—which act as personalized assistants that remember Archdiocese standards, developmental checklists, and classroom preferences.

Teachers will be able to:

?       Harness AI as a collaborative co-designer to transform standard academic lessons into active, UDL-aligned "Learning Labs".

?       Proactively reduce executive functioning (EF) barriers by embedding tactile and visual scaffolds—such as movement-based rules or 3-step checklists—to support working memory and inhibitory control.

?       Build custom Google Gems using the C.O.R.E. prompting framework to act as personalized classroom assistants that store and recall specific grade-level standards and developmental preferences.