Catholic Teachers' Lounge Podcast
Sep 3, 2026 · 14 min · 6 segments
In this episode, self-proclaimed AI skeptic Colleen shares her favorite tool–Gemini Notebook. If you’re a teacher looking for a tool that integrates disciplines, can pull from your specified resources…
What do you know about this? And you're truly teaching me because I'm so nerdy.
Yeah.
So if anybody out there listening has listened to our previous episodes about artificial intelligence, I mean, we've got a few really outdated conversations about AI, but my opinion hasn't changed all that much.
Like in the very beginning, I was very skeptical.
I find it kind of creepy.
I have come to, I haven't changed on that.
So that's where I'm at.
That hasn't changed at all.
But I have since used it for some things.
And I do work with teachers and using artificial intelligence programs that are helpful to teachers.
Well, the tools have
evolved.
This is where I couldn't keep up.
So the
tools evolved faster than, you know, I was looking at lesson planning things.
And so that's where like, where are we now is where I'm super curious as everyone's planning out their year.
Am I what? I would say like a year and a half.
I don't know if you've used that at all, but Magic School AI, I love the way that it could be used for intervention.
You know, my lens is always student support, right? So using it for intervention, finding ways to differentiate lessons and universally design things creates really great rubrics.
But one thing that I found that I have gone down a rabbit hole with and had a lot of fun with actually has been the Google Notebook.
What do you know about this? And you're truly teaching me because I'm so nerdy.
Yeah.
So if anybody out there listening has listened to our previous episodes about artificial intelligence, I mean, we've got a few really outdated conversations about AI, but my opinion hasn't changed all that much.
Like in the very beginning, I was very skeptical.
I find it kind of creepy.
I have come to, I haven't changed on that.
So that's where I'm at.
That hasn't changed at all.
But I have since used it for some things.
And I do work with teachers and using artificial intelligence programs that are helpful to teachers.
Well, the tools have
evolved.
This is where I couldn't keep up.
So the
tools evolved faster than, you know, I was looking at lesson planning things.
And so that's where like, where are we now is where I'm super curious as everyone's planning out their year.
Am I what? I would say like a year and a half.
I don't know if you've used that at all, but Magic School AI, I love the way that it could be used for intervention.
You know, my lens is always student support, right? So using it for intervention, finding ways to differentiate lessons and universally design things creates really great rubrics.
But one thing that I found that I have gone down a rabbit hole with and had a lot of fun with actually has been the Google Notebook.
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