# How AI is giving Northern Ireland teachers time back

DevFeed: [How AI is giving Northern Ireland teachers time back](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-ai-is-giving-northern-ireland-teachers-time-back-6184.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://deepmind.google/blog/how-ai-is-giving-northern-ireland-teachers-time-back/>)

Author: Lila Ibrahim

Published: 2025-11-10T16:50:39Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Google DeepMind News](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/google-deepmind-news.md>)

Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [Generative AI](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/generative-ai.md>), [Google](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/google.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [education](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/education.md>), [gemini](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gemini.md>), [generative-ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/generative-ai.md>), [google](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/google.md>), [none](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/none.md>), [professional-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/professional-development.md>), [use-cases](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/use-cases.md>)

## AI overview

A six-month pilot involving 100 Northern Ireland teachers integrated Gemini and Google Workspace tools into classroom work. Participating teachers reported saving an average of 10 hours per week, which they redirected toward student engagement and professional development. The article describes administrative, lesson-planning, content-creation, and accessibility use cases, including using NotebookLM to create podcasts and visual source representations.

## Source excerpt

A six-month long pilot program with the Northern Ireland Education Authority's C2k initiative found that integrating Gemini and other generative AI tools saved participating teachers an average of 10 hours per week.