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Before we dive in, let's find out what you already know. This quick self-check is a two-round activity you'll return to at the end of the session.
How to get your copy: Click the link above. When the "Make a copy" screen appears, click Make a copy — this gives you your own editable version to type in. (You won't be able to edit the original, and that's on purpose.)
Round 1 (what we are doing now) — On your own. Working from memory with no AI, rate each term as Never heard it, Somewhat familiar, or Very familiar. For any term you know, type a short definition in your own words. Leave the rest blank — those blanks are the point.
Round 2 (after the session) — With your learning and assistance from AI. At the end of the session, use what you have learned and AI to fill in the gaps. Update your ratings and complete the definitions you left blank. Where your answers changed is exactly where AI filled a gap.
Gemini Notebook is a free AI tool from Google that answers questions using only the sources you give it. We'll use it to dig into the AI vocabulary terms from today's session.
Step 1 — Download the handout. Grab the AI Vocabulary for K-12 Educators PDF using the link below and save it to your device.
Step 2 — Open NotebookLM. Click the NotebookLM link, sign in with your Google account, and click Create new (or New notebook).
Step 3 — Upload the handout. Choose Add source, upload the PDF you just saved, and give NotebookLM a moment to read it.
Step 4 — Put it to work. Try each of these in your notebook:
Flashcards. Ask NotebookLM to create a set of flashcards for the vocabulary terms so you can quiz yourself.
Infographic. Ask it to generate an infographic that visually summarizes the terms.
A brief podcast. Open Audio Overview, and before you generate it, use the customize option to give the hosts directions: "Keep it brief, and have the hosts talk in Gen Z language." Listen to how the tone shifts.
Make it yours. Ask: "Explain what a Token is so a 5th grader would understand, using ______ as an example." Fill the blank with a hobby or interest you love — Star Wars, basketball, gardening, cooking, anything.
That last one is the whole point in miniature. Watch how the same concept gets re-explained through your interest — then imagine a student doing exactly this to make any lesson click. This is how AI reframes content to match a learner, and it's something your students can do on their own.
Why this matters: NotebookLM is a real-world example of RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) — one of the terms in your handout. Instead of answering from everything it learned in training, it retrieves information from the source you uploaded and builds its answers from that. That's why its responses stay tied to the handout and cite it directly. As you use it, you're experiencing the very concept you're reading about.
Access or Name Tent to see which Pillar you have been assigned
(AIx) Access and Download OpenAI's "A Strong and Safe Start with AI: OpenAI's Teen AI Literacy Blueprint" (PDF). Each person should take 3-4 minutes to read the Pillar individually before accessing the Frayer Model below.
(AIx) - OpenAI's Teen Literacy - Frayer Model Activity - Complete the Frayer Model without AI for a first pass.
(AI+) Use the AI Blueprint Expert: Jigsaw Partner Gemini Gem for the second pass and compare your Frayer Model with AI's output.
(AI!) Based on your Frayer Model and reading, ask Gemini to generate an Infographic to add to your designated Google Slides.
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