Summer AI Learning Goals: NotebookLM

What's NotebookLM?

NotebookLM has quickly become a trusted tool for teachers, library media specialists, and administrators thanks to its flexibility and user-friendly design. Whether you’re crafting lessons, supporting student research, or organizing resources, NotebookLM helps simplify the process.

You can easily add your own materials—like links, PDFs, Google Drive files, and audio—or use the Discover button to explore topics across your resources.

NotebookLM is like your personal research assistant: it helps you synthesize ideas, reorganize information, and enhance your work. You can create tailored study guides, differentiate resources to meet diverse student needs, and even produce audio summaries in a podcast format to engage different learning styles.

Just like all of the tools in your Google suite, collaboration is easy too. Share your notebooks with colleagues to co-plan and develop resources. And because you choose the resources, you always know exactly where the information comes from—adding transparency and reliability to your work. NotebookLM is a part of the Google Workspace for Education and you can access it with your school Google account here: notebooklm.google.com.

Ideas for Using NotebookLM

NotebookLM works efficiently to help you rethink how you can utilize your resources to meet the needs of all of your learners. There are so many ways to co-create with NotebookLM. Here are few that may inspire you as you dive in to explore this summer:

1. Create customized study guides or vocabulary lists tailored to the needs of English learners or students with learning differences

2.  Turn written materials into audio summaries or podcasts, supporting auditory learners

3. Generate discussion prompts that activate prior knowledge and encourage participation from all students

4. Break down challenging texts into manageable sections, provide key takeaways, and scaffold content for students who need extra support

5. Generate formative multiple ideas for formative assessments