Eric Curts shares 12 Gemini 'EduGems'

Teachers keep hearing that AI can save time. The problem is that “use AI” is not a workflow. It is a vague suggestion that usually dumps more prompt-wri(controlaltachieve.com) 1, he shared 12 new Gemini “EduGems” — reusable prompts built for school tasks — as part of his growing EduGems library for educators. (controlaltachieve.com) A Gem in Google Gemini is basically a saved custom prompt you can reopen whenever you need it, instead of rebuilding the same instructions from scratch(controlaltachieve.com)r copy them, and they open directly in Gemini. The pitch is simple — fewer blank-chat moments, more task-specific tools. (controlaltachieve.com) ### What changed this week? The news is the latest monthly drop. Curts published “12 New EduGems from April 2026” on May 1 and said the site now holds 133 Gems in total(controlaltachieve.com)ined library with regular additions and a visible rhythm — month after month, more classroom-ready tools show up. (controlaltachieve.com) ### What’s in the new batch? The 12 new Gems cover a pretty wide spread of school work: Conference Concierge, EduTrading Cards, Form Analyzer, Gallery Walk Activity, Micro-Inquiry Sparks, (controlaltachieve.com)ner, UDL Barrier Buster, and UDL Lesson Remixer. Some are planning tools. Some are classroom activity builders. Some are accessibility and differentiation helpers. That mix is the point — the collection is trying to meet teachers where the actual friction lives. (controlaltachieve.com) ### Why does that ma(controlaltachieve.com)er to supervise. “Help me design a gallery walk” is a smaller, clearer job than “help me teach social studies.” The Gem acts more like a template than a freeform AI companion. That makes it easier for teachers to predict the output, tweak the result, and decide whether students should use the tool directly or whether it stays on the teacher side of the workflow. That last part is an inference from how these Gems are structured, but it fits the design. (edugems.ai) ### Is this just Curts’ own collection? Not entir(controlaltachieve.com) from Google samples, but the site also accepts submissions from others. The submission rules are pretty straightforward — the Gem has to be useful for education, the submitter has to have permission to share it, and the sharing settings need to allow anyone with the link to access it. So the project is part personal curation, part open repository. (controlaltachieve.com) ### Why are shared Gems the real story? Because the important feature is not just that Gemini has prompts. It is that(edugems.ai)th specific people, a whole school, or everyone. That changes the unit of adoption. Instead of every teacher learning prompt engineering from scratch, one person can build a solid workflow and hand it to a department or district. Basically, the prompt becomes a reusable piece of instructional infrastructure. (controlaltachieve.com) ### What kinds of school problems is this aimed at? Prep time, differentiation, eng(controlaltachieve.com)lyzer can help adapt text. UDL tools can rework lessons for accessibility. Activity builders like Number Talk or Micro-Inquiry Sparks can generate fast, structured lesson components. None of that replaces a teacher’s judgment, but it can shrink the setup work. (controlaltachieve.com) ### Bottom line? This is small-scale AI, on purpose. Not “let the chatbot run class.” More like “save the good prompt, (controlaltachieve.com)sponsible AI use looks like, that is probably the most practical angle yet. (edugems.ai)