Learning in the Lou

 Prior to running Meets, make sure Chrome and your laptops are updated. We have seen audio issues due to updates not being run. Chrome FYI - you will need to restart Chrome to apply updates. Open Chrome. Click the ice cream cone in the upper right, the three dots. In the dropdown, click or hover on Help. Click About Google Chrome in the popout menu. Make sure you are at version 133 or above. If prompted, restart Chrome. If you do not restart Chrome, the newest version will not be applied. There is a good chance you will have issues when attempting to run a Meet. Laptop There are multiple ways to find System Settings, below is one quick way. Click to open the Launch Pad. Find System Settings, it looks like a gear icon. Click General. Click Software Update. Keep running updates until you reach 15.3

Why It Matters We all have loads of content, from standards to Slides. Google's free AI powered NotebookLM turns your materials into everything from interactive guides to engaging podcasts. The Big Picture NotebookLM is a closed-system AI that only answers questions based on the documents you have uploaded, no web access, no hallucinations.  Key Features Source Locked - The information the notebook understands is based on what you upload. You can load: Google Docs, Slides, PDFs, websites, YouTube and copy/pasted text. Instantly Generated Content - Study guides glossaries, timelines and more are created in a snap. Audio Summaries - Turn the content you load into a two-person NPR-style sharable podcast. Getting Started and Building Visit notebooklm.google.com Red - Sources Click + Add Source in the upper left to get started. The red box illustrates which resources you can load into your notebook.  Your accounts are limited to 50 sources.  Green - Chat The chat section is...

Google Meet - Teacher Note: There are multiple ways to do what is shown in this post. If you know of another way, follow that. Google Meet may have been updated with additional features since this was posted. I have tested this process with a student iPad. It is important to note how you share your screen using Meet, watch the video and read the steps below. You can read this post or watch the Youtube version of us walking you through these steps. Be aware, the post below shows you multiple ways to create a Google Meet, the video only shows one. In your email, click the Meet button on the far left side or navigate to this Meet page . Click New meeting. Send or post this URL. You and your students can click that link to start/join the meeting. You can send/post this link now and start the meeting at the next AMI day. You can also create a Google Meet through your calendar.  Starting the Meeting Your camera, speaker and microphones should automatically appear at the bottom. Click Joi...

 Review this information to make sure your email signature is up to date. Be aware that you will need to make changes separately on your laptop, iPad and phone.  Laptop Open Gmail in Chrome. 1. Click the gear icon in the upper right. 2. Click See all settings Scroll down until you see the Signature section. 1. Click this if you DO NOT already have a signature. 2. Make sure your signature matches the samples below. Your signature cannot have any images at all as they are not ADA, Americans with Disabilities Act, compliant. 3. I always recommend clicking this. If selected, your email signature will be more noticeable and it helps to maintain a professional look in your communications. Scroll to the very bottom and click Save Email Signature Examples Pro Tip I added an extra space, that way my signature is separated from the body of my email helping it stand out. Android/iPhone/iPad Android and Apple are nearly identical, the differences are highlighted below. Open the Gmail app....

 Today OpenAI, the parent company of ChatGPT, showed their newest version called ChatGPTo. Much of this new version will be free! Here are two demonstrations that I have watched a few times and I am in shock.  What hooked me was the AI helping them little by little to find the solution. I wonder what else it can do, could it help with difficult chemistry or a social studies topic? I would imagine it could as these models can pass any AP exam with a 5. This is fantastic! What really got me was how the voice is pretty realistic and the questions were really good.

We have been investigating many different types of prompts to see which gives us the best results. The other day we were in a 4th grade classroom at Long talking about types of poems. What do you see and notice about these two prompts? Prompt 1 Prompt 2 In prompt one we told the AI who we were and what we needed help with. For prompt two we added who we needed the AI to be.  One take away, we need to help the students who are using AI to not only prompt it with who we are but who we want it to be.