In an environment where basic answers are just a click away, teaching must shift from algorithmic thinking—where students follow set steps to known answers—toward complex problem-solving. To build true curriculum rigor, students need to wrestle with messy data, conflicting stakeholder interests, and real-world scenarios that cannot be solved by a simple search result or a single-paragraph AI summary.
In this session, you will explore how to use the Gemini Canvas side-by-side interface to author, refine, and scaffold multi-layered problem-solving scenarios that challenge students to evaluate trade-offs, analyze conflicting perspectives, and defend their logic.
What You Will Learn
- How to leverage Gemini Canvas to build and edit complex, multi-layered narratives and case studies in real time.
- Strategies to introduce instructional friction that forces high school and higher education students to apply critical thinking skills.
- Practical prompt frameworks for generating multi-perspective case studies, conflicting primary sources, and intentional analytical challenges.
- Subject-specific applications across Science, English, Social Studies, Math, Physics, and Psychology.
Session Agenda & Highlights
- Introduction: Moving from algorithmic responses to complex, open-ended problem solving.
- Feature Walkthrough: Hands-on demonstration of Gemini Canvas to customize stakeholder perspectives and economic or technical details.
- Applied Practice: Subject-area ideas ranging from disproving flawed lab methodologies to analyzing biased psychological case studies.
- Reflection & Differentiation: Methods for tailoring scenarios for emergent readers and advanced learners alike.
Target Audience
This session is designed for secondary educators, as well as instructional coaches and facilitators delivering professional development on AI integration and critical thinking.
Standards Alignment & Certification
At the conclusion of the webinar, you can complete a short quiz to earn the Design Problem Solving Scenarios that Encourage Critical Thinking badge aligned with ISTE Standards and the Profile of an AI-Ready Graduate. Badges are issued by Google for Education.