Google Gemini: Understanding the Versions for Education

Published Date: 12/12/2024

Overview

Google is rolling out a new suite of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools called Gemini, and it has several versions. It provides a range of functionalities designed to support educators, students, and administrators in achieving their academic goals. Here, we'll walk you through what each can do, how much they cost, and what else to consider. Since this is a newly developed tool, there might be changes before the official launch. Everything we're sharing is up-to-date as of the day we publish this article. As we learn and develop best practices, this page will be updated.

Why Gemini

With Google Gemini, you possess the means to revolutionize education within your school district or institution.

Benefits of Gemini include:

• Enhanced Learning: Gemini empowers students to become more effective learners by providing research assistance, summarizing complex topics, and offering creative writing prompts.
• Educator Support: Gemini streamlines educators' workflow with tools for lesson planning, creating engaging presentations, and automating repetitive tasks.
• Improved Administration: Analyze data and generate reports to gain valuable insights and make informed decisions for your school district.
• Data protection: For any user who accesses Gemini with a Google Workspace for Education account, regardless of license or edition, their interactions with Gemini will not be reviewed by humans and will not be used to improve the Gemini LLM.

How is Gemini Priced

	Gemini App	Gemini Education	Gemini Education Premium
Cost	Free, any user with a Google account can access at https://gemini.google.com/app	$20 USD/user/month, one-year commitment $24 USD/user/month, monthly plan	$30 USD/user/month, one-year commitment $36 USD/user/month, monthly plan
Features	Great for general conversation, asking questions, and getting creative with different prompts.	See our Gemini Features document	See our Gemini Features document
Data Protection	Your data isn’t used to train AI models Your data isn’t reviewed by anyone Your data isn’t shared with other users or organizations	Same data protection as Gemini App Automatically applies existing settings, such as data-regions	Same data protection as Gemini App Automatically applies existing settings, such as data-regions
Terms of Service	You agree that your use of Gemini Apps is subject to the Google Terms of Service and the Generative AI Additional Terms of Service.

Who can use Gemini

Gemini Education is intended for educators, administrators and students aged 18 or older within institutions with Google Workspace for Education licenses. U.S. and Canadian students aged 13–17 can access the Gemini app with their school accounts if enabled in the Admin console.

Google offers these warnings to users before using Gemini:

• Review the Gemini Apps Privacy Notice which includes Gemini Apps activity storage lengths.
• Please remember that your privacy is important. We ask you not to share any private or confidential information in your Gemini conversations or any data you wouldn’t want Google to use to improve its products, services, and machine learning technologies. Gemini is not available in certain countries and languages. For more details, refer to the documentation about where to use the Gemini web app and Google’s privacy questions.
• Feedback from a wide range of experts and users helps Gemini improve daily. So when you try Gemini, you can provide feedback using the thumbs up or thumbs down button—with the option to further explain in a comment.

Document Version	Date	Description of Change
1.0	5/17/2024	Original publish
1.1	8/19/2024	Reviewed by C. Albertson, reverified
1.2	11/25/2024	Reverify
1.3	12/12/2024	Removed Gemini availability, app name, who can use