NotebookLM

NotebookLM is a research and note-taking tool developed by Google. Unlike standard AI chatbots, like Gemini or ChatGPT, that pull information from the entire internet or what it has been trained, NotebookLM is designed to be grounded specifically in the documents you provide.

When you create a notebook, you upload Sources.

These can be PDFs, Google Docs, website URLs, YouTube transcripts, or even audio files.

Because it is restricted to your sources, it is much less likely to make up facts. If the information isn't in your files, it will simply tell you it doesn't know.

You make your Library of Alexandria, but you can't lose this one.

Want a example?

Check out this Notebook on the Collected Works of William Shakespeare!

Or, check out some of the other featured Notebooks!

The Studio is a dedicated workspace where your uploaded sources are transformed into structured, multimedia outputs. While the main interface focuses on chatting with your documents, the Studio is designed for content generation and active learning.

• Audio Overviews (Interactive): Generates a podcast between two AI hosts. You can now click "Join" to interrupt them with your microphone to ask for clarifications or analogies in real-time.

• Video Overviews: Automatically creates "whiteboard-style" explainer videos or structured overviews based on your uploaded documents.

• Visual Assets: Instantly generates branded Slide Decks, Infographics, and Mind Maps that visualize the connections between your sources.

• Study Tools: Converts source material into interactive Flashcards and Quizzes (with difficulty levels) to test your knowledge.

• Data Tables: Automatically extracts qualitative information from text and organizes it into structured, quantitative comparison grids.

Provided NotebookLM is open for students to view your created notebooks, many of the features are for users 18+, and no user under 13 can access NotebookLM.

• Turn notes into Audio Overviews (podcast-style explanations) so students can listen while they review, eat dinner, or do other tasks.
• Generate easy-to-read infographics that visually break down complex topics, helping visual learners grasp key ideas.
• Create study aids like flashcards, quizzes, and summaries directly from your course materials to support review and test prep.
• Use Tutor Mode (Learning Guide) so that instead of just giving answers, the AI asks students probing questions, guides their thinking, and helps them discover the answer themselves.

Common Sense Education and YouTube have partnered to create a Middle School Math & Social and Emotional Learning Video Library for sixth, seventh, and eighth graders. Curated in partnership between Common Sense Media and YouTube, these videos help teachers quickly find high-quality, standards-aligned content to use in their classrooms tomorrow!

Each math and advisory/SEL video is selected based on clear criteria, including content accuracy, purpose, age appropriateness, and student engagement.

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Check to see which model gives your preferred result!

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