According to a news release emailed to Government Technology this week, a new note-taking tool from NoteGoat works on a laptop, tablet or mobile device and uses AI to convert online and in-person lectures into a list of key points and a written summary. The announcement said the goal of the program is to help students concentrate on lectures instead of on scribbling notes.
“College students across the country are frantically trying to write down everything their professors say, which makes them focus on the trees instead of the forest,” Anh Hatzopoulos, NoteGoat founder and CEO, said in a public statement. “By ensuring they won’t miss anything important, NoteGoat allows them to approach the classroom with a more relaxed mindset and engage with the material on a deeper level.”
According to the announcement, the tool is supposed to be a “learning aid” that supplements traditional note-taking rather than replacing it. Among the tool’s key features are side-by-side viewing of NoteGoat-generated notes and personal notes, reminders to begin note-taking and sharing functions for study groups.
The release of the tool comes amid recent advances in machine learning and the growing popularity of generative AI ed-tech tools similar to ChatGPT, which educators are using for tasks such as lesson planning, grading, homework feedback and content creation.
