(excuse the US spelling – it’s the website not me – I’m still very British!)
Summarize.ing – a powerful YouTube summary tool with the unique addition of mindmaps – perfect for educational use
(Please note I have nothing against US spellings – they mostly make more sense than the British ones!)
Videos in the classroom were a game changer – we could watch Shakespeare adaptations and documentaries as a break from the text book or script.
Then came DVD, then online video – classrooms have never been as audiovisually rich. However there is a massive amount of material out there and sometimes a good old fashion dose of words is a big help when learning something. So enter the YouTube summariser.
There are a whole bunch of those out there and quite a few of the higher end LLMs now will interface directly with YouTube, not to mention the quiz makers and AI educational wrappers that will summarise and differentiate these or gamify the content.
So why this one?
Well, firstly it is free!
Secondly, the way it presents the summary is just perfect for a variety of uses and is particularly useful in the classroom. Not just a summary, but a whole range of different ways of presenting the information.
Yes – this offers mindmaps!
This is a genuinely impressive feature as again we’re seeing one of the key benefits of AI – multi-modality in output from a single input source. In this case not only is the transcript available, but summaries, glossaries of key words and a visual representation of the content in the form of a mindmap.
As is now standard with most AI tools the model is essentially ‘freemium’ – the free platform limited (I say limited, it’s still pretty powerful) to GPT3.5 and to 20 videos per day (why you would need more than that I can’t imagine) and the paid versions use different LLMs and give you more summaries and even up to 120 minute long videos.
As a teacher I frequently use video material in my classroom and this will be a useful adjunct to reinforce learning, particularly for areas such as media theory, linguistic concepts or even supplementary material for texts. This is also a platform I’d be happy to share with students as it could potentially give additional ways to engage with material.
A big thank you to Theodosis Karageorgakis of Educraft for bringing this one to my attention – if you aren’t already following him check out his Instagram feed in particular for some great leads on apps, websites, extensions and generally all things EdTech.
Anyway as usual I hope this helps someone somewhere – as ever, happy AI enhanced teaching!
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And thanks to Theodosis Karageorgakis of Educraft for bringing this one to my attention – follow him at https://educraft.tech/ and across his social media feeds.
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