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AI to the Rescue: Lightening the Load for New Teachers

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Session description

New teachers are overwhelmed—juggling planning, assessment, engagement, and management. I’ll share my Google Innovator project journey, showing how AI can ease that burden. By integrating AI into mentoring, resource access, and daily tasks, teachers spend less time on the details—and more time on what matters: students.

Outline

This session features beautiful, semi-comical AI-generated visuals—fitting, since it’s about AI. Each image shares my Google Innovator journey, which began with supporting overwhelmed new teachers. Through humor, reflection, and a few AI quirks (extra hands, stained glass revelation, my daughter missing legs), the visuals bring energy and storytelling. They show how the project evolved—from data and prompt fails to mentoring, beta testing, and building an AI tool. More than what I built, they reflect what I learned. This session blends heart and chaos, showing how AI helps lighten the load—without perfection. It’s AI, after all.

Visuals:
Innovator acceptance, Teacher overwhelm, AI spark, Survey data, AI tools, Prompt spiral, Mentor support, Beta testing, Messy middle, AI quick wins, Toolkit, Mentor program, Inclusive classroom, Mother-daughter legacy, YouTube/book dream, Final impact.

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Additional Information

This presentation is part of a Google Innovator showcase submission originally submitted through a Google Form using my alternate email (technicallytina@gmail.com). However, this email is tied to my ISTE account and used for all official communications. I also have another session that has already been accepted under this account.

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Presenters

Christina Nunez

Technology Resource Teacher

Albuquerque Public Schools

Session specifications

Topic:

Artificial Intelligence

TLP:

Attendee devices:

Devices useful

Attendee device specification:

Smartphone: Windows, Android, iOS
Laptop: Chromebook, Mac, PC
Tablet: Android, iOS, Windows

Participant accounts, software and other materials:

There will be QR codes to learn about the process and these resources.

Subject area:

Teacher Education, Technology Education

ISTE Standards:

For Educators:
Leader

Model for colleagues the identification, experimentation, evaluation, curation and adoption of new digital resources and tools for learning.

Designer

Use technology to create, adapt and personalize learning experiences that foster independent learning and accommodate learner differences and needs.
Design authentic learning activities that align with educational standards and use digital tools and resources to maximize learning.

Disclosure:

The submitter of this session has been supported by a company whose product is being included in the session