AI: what is happening and how to benefit
You are not here to memorize buttons. You are here to build judgment and source-grounded practice.
Facilitation guide
Say: “AI: what is happening and how to benefit”. Do: connect it to one group example. Observe: an answer that separates evidence from opinion.
By the end you can demonstrate this
Explain what AI can contribute, build a NotebookLM source base and decide when to trust, verify or stop.
Facilitation guide
Say: “By the end you can demonstrate this”. Do: connect it to one group example. Observe: an answer that separates evidence from opinion.
Agreement · 7–10 min03 / 18AI proposes. You remain accountable.
No answer replaces source review, context or human decision.
Facilitation guide
Say: “AI proposes. You remain accountable.”. Do: connect it to one group example. Observe: an answer that separates evidence from opinion.
Landscape · 10–15 min04 / 18What changed?
Generative AI made search, synthesis, creation and decision support conversational.
Facilitation guide
Say: “What changed?”. Do: connect it to one group example. Observe: an answer that separates evidence from opinion.
Model, product and workflow are different
Separate the base capability, the interface you use and the process that produces an outcome.
Facilitation guide
Say: “Model, product and workflow are different”. Do: connect it to one group example. Observe: an answer that separates evidence from opinion.
Judgment · 20–25 min06 / 18Fluency is not evidence
A persuasive answer can be incomplete. Ask: which source supports this claim?
Facilitation guide
Say: “Fluency is not evidence”. Do: connect it to one group example. Observe: an answer that separates evidence from opinion.
Learning · 25–30 min07 / 18Learn how to learn with AI
Set a purpose, gather sources, find gaps, retrieve from memory and explain in your own words.
Facilitation guide
Say: “Learn how to learn with AI”. Do: connect it to one group example. Observe: an answer that separates evidence from opinion.
NotebookLM · 30–35 min08 / 18A conversation grounded in your sources
NotebookLM helps query selected sources and inspect citations. You decide what to import and how to use it.
Facilitation guide
Say: “A conversation grounded in your sources”. Do: connect it to one group example. Observe: an answer that separates evidence from opinion.
Practice 1 · 35–41 min09 / 18Build the first source base
Open In class, step 1. State topic, decision, context and audience.
Facilitation guide
Say: “Build the first source base”. Do: connect it to one group example. Observe: an answer that separates evidence from opinion.
Practice 2 · 41–47 min10 / 18Audit before accumulating
Step 2. Inspect coverage, tensions, ambiguity, quality, recency and bias.
Facilitation guide
Say: “Audit before accumulating”. Do: connect it to one group example. Observe: an answer that separates evidence from opinion.
Practice 3 · 47–53 min11 / 18Research the gap that matters
Step 3. Turn the priority finding into targeted research.
Facilitation guide
Say: “Research the gap that matters”. Do: connect it to one group example. Observe: an answer that separates evidence from opinion.
Practice 4 · 53–59 min12 / 18Stop with judgment
Step 4. Compare improvement and choose: sufficient base or repeat.
Facilitation guide
Say: “Stop with judgment”. Do: connect it to one group example. Observe: an answer that separates evidence from opinion.
Practice 5 · 59–65 min13 / 18Activate teacher, advisor or coach
Step 5. Choose a role and require citations, boundaries and a next step.
Facilitation guide
Say: “Activate teacher, advisor or coach”. Do: connect it to one group example. Observe: an answer that separates evidence from opinion.
Debrief · 65–70 min14 / 18What changed between the first and second base?
Share one decisive source, one tension and one accepted gap.
Facilitation guide
Say: “What changed between the first and second base?”. Do: connect it to one group example. Observe: an answer that separates evidence from opinion.
Transfer · 70–80 min15 / 18Take it to a real decision
Choose a meeting, proposal, learning goal or problem where a verifiable source base reduces improvisation.
Facilitation guide
Say: “Take it to a real decision”. Do: connect it to one group example. Observe: an answer that separates evidence from opinion.
Go deeper · 80–84 min16 / 18Practice continues
Sheet 2 turns the base into content, use cases, assessment, simulation and configuration.
Facilitation guide
Say: “Practice continues”. Do: connect it to one group example. Observe: an answer that separates evidence from opinion.
Consolidate · 84–87 min17 / 18Prove you can do it without guidance
Sheet 3 asks for evidence, teach-back and transfer to another context.
Facilitation guide
Say: “Prove you can do it without guidance”. Do: connect it to one group example. Observe: an answer that separates evidence from opinion.
Your next step within 24 hours
Create or improve a Notebook, record the sufficiency verdict and explain the process in three minutes.
Facilitation guide
Say: “Your next step within 24 hours”. Do: connect it to one group example. Observe: an answer that separates evidence from opinion.