{"id":92986,"date":"2024-09-25T12:33:54","date_gmt":"2024-09-25T16:33:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=92986"},"modified":"2024-09-27T10:05:57","modified_gmt":"2024-09-27T14:05:57","slug":"googles-notebooklm-a-game-changer-for-education-and-beyond-spencer-potkalitsky-other-items-re-ai-in-our-les","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2024\/09\/25\/googles-notebooklm-a-game-changer-for-education-and-beyond-spencer-potkalitsky-other-items-re-ai-in-our-les\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Google&#8217;s NotebookLM: A Game-Changer for Education and Beyond&#8221; [Spencer &#038; Potkalitsky] + other items re: AI in our LE&#8217;s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flexos.work\/stay-ahead\/make-googles-notebooklm-your-productivity-booster-stay-ahead-43\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FlexOS&#8217; <em>Stay Ahead <\/em>Edition #43<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; from flexos.work<\/p>\n<p>People started discussing what they could do with <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Notebook LM after Google<\/strong><\/span> launched the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.google\/technology\/ai\/notebooklm-audio-overviews\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click.convertkit-mail2.com\/27u87w8n65fohvqlp22t3hg48vw44hg\/8ghqhohlv46q4lbk\/aHR0cHM6Ly9ibG9nLmdvb2dsZS90ZWNobm9sb2d5L2FpL25vdGVib29rbG0tYXVkaW8tb3ZlcnZpZXdzLz9sY3RnPXIycG0yN2w0&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1727362425556000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1BDm1eGWwhjSw_4mkvxLlM\">audio overview<\/a>, where you can listen to 2 hosts talking in-depth about the documents you upload. Here are what it can do:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Summarization<\/strong>: Automatically generate summaries of uploaded documents, highlighting key topics and suggesting relevant questions.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Question Answering:\u00a0<\/strong>Users can ask NotebookLM questions about their uploaded documents, and answers will be provided based on the information contained within them.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Idea Generation<\/strong>: NotebookLM can assist with brainstorming and developing new ideas.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Source Grounding<\/strong>: A big plus against AI chatbot hallucination, NotebookLM allows users to ground the responses in specific documents they choose.<\/li>\n<li><b>&#8230;plus several other items<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The posting also lists several ideas to try with NotebookLM such as:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Idea 2: Study Companion<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul role=\"list\">\n<li>Upload all your course materials and ask NotebookLM to turn them into Question-and-Answer format, a glossary, or a study guide.<\/li>\n<li>Get a breakdown of the course materials to understand them better.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ai-supremacy.com\/p\/googles-notebooklm-a-game-changer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google&#8217;s NotebookLM: A Game-Changer for Education and Beyond<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>&#8212; from ai-supremacy.com by Michael Spencer and Nick Potkalitsky<br \/>\n<em>AI Tools: Breaking down Google&#8217;s latest AI tool and its implications for education.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>\u201cGoogle\u2019s AI note-taking app NotebookLM can now explain complex topics to you out loud\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">With more immersive text-to-video and audio products soon available and the rise of apps like Suno AI, how we &#8220;experience\u201d Generative AI is also changing from a chatbot of 2 years ago, to a more multi-modal educational journey. The AI tools on the research and curation side are also starting to reflect these advancements.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ditchthattextbook.com\/notebooklm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Meet Google NotebookLM: 10 things to know for educators<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from ditchthattextbook.com by Matt Miller<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Upload a variety of sources for NotebookLM to use.\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nYou can use &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>websites<\/li>\n<li>PDF files<\/li>\n<li>links to websites<\/li>\n<li>any text you&#8217;ve copied<\/li>\n<li>Google Docs and Slides<\/li>\n<li>even Markdown<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can&#8217;t link it to YouTube videos, but you can copy\/paste the transcript (and maybe type a little context about the YouTube video before pasting the transcript).<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Ask it to create resources.<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>3. Create an audio summary.<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>4. Chat with your sources.<br \/>\n5. Save (almost) everything.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/darcynorman.net\/2024\/09\/23\/notebooklm-summarizes-my-dissertation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>NotebookLM summarizes my dissertation<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from darcynorman.net by D&#8217;Arcy Norman, PhD<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">I finally tried out Google\u2019s newly-announced\u00a0NotebookLM\u00a0generative AI application. It provides a set of LLM-powered tools to summarize documents. I fed it\u00a0my dissertation, and am surprised at how useful the output would be.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The most impressive tool creates a podcast episode, complete with dual hosts in conversation about the document.\u00a0First\u00a0&#8211; these are AI-generated hosts. Synthetic voices, speaking for synthetic hosts. And holy moly is it effective.\u00a0Second\u00a0&#8211; although I\u2019d initially thought the conversational summary would be a dumb gimmick, it is surprisingly powerful.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techlearning.com\/news\/4-tips-for-designing-ai-resistant-assessments\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>4 Tips for Designing AI-Resistant Assessments<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from techlearning.com by Steve Baule and Erin Carter<br \/>\n<em>As AI continues to evolve, instructors must modify their approach by designing meaningful, rigorous assessments.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>As instructors work through revising assessments to be resistant to generation by AI tools with little student input, they should consider the following principles:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Incorporate personal experiences and local content into assignments<\/li>\n<li>Ask students for multi-modal deliverables<\/li>\n<li>Assess the developmental benchmarks for assignments and transition assignments further up Bloom\u2019s Taxonomy<\/li>\n<li>Consider real-time and oral assignments<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2024\/09\/21\/google-ceo-sundar-pichai-announces-120m-fund-for-global-ai-education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Google CEO Sundar Pichai announces $120M fund for global AI education<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from techcrunch.com by Anthony Ha<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">He added that he wants to avoid a global \u201cAI divide\u201d and that Google is creating a $120 million Global AI Opportunity Fund through which it will \u201cmake AI education and training available in communities around the world\u201d in partnership with local nonprofits and NGOs.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gettingsmart.com\/2024\/09\/23\/educators-discuss-the-state-of-creativity-in-an-ai-world\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Educators discuss the state of creativity in an AI world<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0&#8212; from gettingsmart.com by Joe &amp; Kristin Merrill, LaKeshia Brooks, Dominique\u2019 Harbour, Erika Sandstrom<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key Points<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>AI allows for a more personalized learning experience, enabling students to explore creative ideas without traditional classroom limitations.<\/li>\n<li>The focus of technology integration should be on how the tool is used within lessons, not just the tool itself<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Addendum on 9\/27\/24:<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2024\/09\/26\/googles-notebooklm-enhances-ai-note-taking-with-youtube-audio-file-sources-sharable-audio-discussions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Google\u2019s NotebookLM enhances AI note-taking with YouTube, audio file sources, sharable audio discussions<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from techcrunch.com by Jagmeet Singh<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Google on Thursday announced new updates to its AI note-taking and research assistant, NotebookLM, allowing users<strong> to get summaries of YouTube videos and audio files and even create sharable AI-generated audio discussions<\/strong>&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.google\/technology\/ai\/notebooklm-audio-video-sources\/?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>NotebookLM adds audio and YouTube support, plus easier sharing of Audio Overviews<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0&#8212; from blog.google<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FlexOS&#8217; Stay Ahead Edition #43\u00a0&#8212; from flexos.work People started discussing what they could do with Notebook LM after Google launched the\u00a0audio overview, where you can listen to 2 hosts talking in-depth about the documents you upload. 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