(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

This information-packed session provides K12 Google Admins with practical guidance for securely deploying and managing Gemini and NotebookLM within their Google Workspace environment. We'll understand essential Google Admin console settings, focusing on data protection best practices, and check in on recent updates. We'll showcase Gemini Education in action with a live demo and explore how to customize your experience with features and services like Gems and NotebookLM.

Prioritize data security and student privacy in the GenAI era: Understand how Gemini in Google Workspace is designed to protect education user data and ensure compliance.
Gain administrative control over Gemini deployment: Confidently enable Gemini while maintaining robust security and control across your K12 institution. 
Unlock innovative AI applications for your K12 environment with confidence: Discover 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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Rob Babiak

Google Workspace Training Consultant, CDW Amplified for Education

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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/

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Rob Babiak

Google Workspace Training Consultant, CDW Amplified for Education

Rob brings over three decades of experience supporting technology in educational settings. As a former Senior Google Administrator for one of Canada's largest school divisions, he possesses extensive practical knowledge in deploying and managing Google Workspace for Education. Rob's expertise includes account and security best practices, along with robust Chromebook management. He is passionate about empowering School IT Staff and Educators through innovative technology solutions, and is looking forward to helping institutions maximize the potential of their Google Workspace for Education environment.