(19) Gemini for K12: Secure AI Deployment & Google Workspace Admin Workshop

8.30am – 9.30am MST, 26 February 2026 ‐ 1 hour

Room: Evergreen (D)

Technology & AI

In this information-packed session, K12 IT administrators and support staff will gain practical guidance for securely deploying and managing Gemini Education within their Google Workspace environment. Facilitators will share essential Google Admin console settings with a focus on data protection best practices and recent updates. Plus, a live demo will explore how to create custom "Gems" to tailor AI to your workflow’s unique needsParticipants will be able to confidently enable Gemini, including:

- Understanding how Gemini in Google Workspace is designed to protect education user data and ensure compliance.
- Learning practical steps to configure essential Google Admin console settings for secure access, data governance, and usage monitoring.
- Discovering how to leverage Gemini to enhance teaching, learning, and administrative workflows while maintaining a secure digital campus.

Speakers

Cari Warnock

Education Ambassador, CDW

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Cari Warnock

Education Ambassador, CDW

Top five strengths: Strategic, futuristic, activator, learner. systems reformer, change agent, education advocate, promoter of diversity, equity, and connector of people, passionate about equity, opportunity, and access. Seeks projects that create social good, require hard work, and a high degree of grit and ethics.
What drives me? Knowing my work meant something, changed trajectories for kids or the community, and opened doors for others. Creating social impact in a global competent settting.
What is my why? Turn victim into victor, and share my zest and positivity with others. Watch people
succeed.
Things I support: cultivating curiosity, equity driven programs: Girls Who Game, esports, United Way, Ready 4 Life, foster youth advancement, public education, magnet school reform, STEM, STEAM, Arts, and mental health reform in K12, teacher and leader advancement, Ed tech, Climate Action Project, and much more!

: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cari-warnock-m-ed/