NC BOLD West 2026 Day 1 McDowell High School: Full Schedule

NC BOLD is organized and sponsored by the Office of Digital Teaching & Learning at the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (DPI).

9:00am EDT

The AI Dynamic Duo: Teacher Cheat Sheet Empowering Educators with Gemini & NotebookLM

LIMITED

Tuesday July 21, 2026 9:00am - 9:55am EDT

Room 22

Limited Capacity seats available

Are you looking for ways to reclaim your planning time without sacrificing quality or alignment? Join me for a hands-on, 50-minute workshop designed specifically for K-12 educators ready to move beyond the AI hype and into practical classroom application. In this session, we will explore two powerful, free tools from Google: Gemini, your creative brainstorming partner, and NotebookLM, your personalized research assistant. You’ll learn how to "ground" AI in the North Carolina Standard Course of Study (NCSCOS) to generate standards-aligned hooks, activities, and rubrics in seconds.

NC BOLD Ambassadors

Ira Hyde

Instructional Technology Facilitator, Haywood County Schools

I have been teaching for 22 years. I spent the first 19 years at Junaluska Elementary School teaching grades 3-5. The last 9 of those years I was the media coordinator. I am currently the Instructional Technology Facilitator for Haywood County Schools. I serve all 15 schools... Read More →

Tuesday July 21, 2026 9:00am - 9:55am EDT
Room 22

Educators/Coaches/SLMC