What Can School Staff Do?
NotebookLM is Google’s AI-powered research and note-taking tool designed to help users organise information, summarise content and generate insights from multiple sources. For schools, it’s a powerful way to streamline planning, research and collaborative work.
What is NotebookLM?
NotebookLM allows you to upload documents, PDFs and notes, then uses AI to:
- Summarise large amounts of text.
- Generate questions and answers based on your content.
- Create study guides or briefing notes.
- Link ideas across multiple documents for deeper understanding.
Why It Matters for Schools
- Teachers: Quickly create revision guides or lesson summaries from curriculum documents.
- Leaders: Summarise policy documents or governor reports into digestible points.
- Admin Staff: Compile meeting notes and produce action summaries without manual effort.
Examples of Use
- Summarise a SEND policy into a one-page briefing for staff.
- Generate student-friendly revision notes from a textbook chapter.
- Create FAQs for parents based on school policies.
- Combine multiple meeting transcripts into a single action log.
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