The idea for this presentation stemmed from working in partnership with SchoolAI during their pilot program with Jordan School District. We spent a lot of time working with their Spaces feature, and that time lead me to wanting to figure out how to use the Spaces in authentic, meaningful ways. To me, the key to AI implementation is the thoughtful approach to integrating it into the classroom in ways that an alternative approach would not be as effective.

The Space utilized in this presentation is one of many of my my attempts to use AI Chatbots (via SchoolAI Spaces) as worksheets. I, personally, like to call these “dynamic worksheets” because they are customizable to student preference and can be adapted for students of all ability levels with simple prompts.

After teaching a few units using these “dynamic worksheets,” I have found that students genuinely were learning the concepts. Because of the nature of the chatbots, they are unable to progress until they reach mastery, but as they find themselves becoming stuck, the Space can help reteach core concepts to help them find success and progress.

While this is not groundbreaking educational technology (we already have thousands of programs that can do the same thing), this is an approach that allows teachers to create custom programs designed for their students without any code writing or other expensive programs.

Big Ideas:

The idea is not groundbreaking but the implications can be

The use of custom AI chatbots (Spaces) to create modifiable and dynamic learning experiences for students without requiring a school or district, constrained by budgets or processes, to purchase other programs that accomplish the same learning goals can be a more equitable solution.

They do not remove the teacher from teaching

Because each Chatbot (Space) is created by teachers, the custom experiences are centered around what is actually happening the classroom and support the learning goals set by the teacher — not the other way around.

If it is text-based, it can be done

Teachers can create one Space for students and, with a single prompt, adapt/modify the Space to fit the ability of individual students. Any content area, any grade level, and teacher can imagine or reimagine things they’d do in their classroom to be accomplished with Spaces.

Empower teachers with no code building

Teachers can use their strong writing ability to create Spaces. There is no barrier to entry (coding ability) required to create one. The process, in my experience, has been an empowering and exciting twist on what I have doing in my classroom for years.

Customization in a time of engagement

By focusing a Space around a student’s individual interest (customization), you can tailor an experience to their preferences. Instead of fighting with them to try, they can customize their own experience and center their own engagement around their own preferences without additional planning.

Final Thoughts: It is a process before it is perfection.

Handout from Lesson:

Click the link to try the Space:

https://app.schoolai.com/space?code=OYJW

Click the link to use the Space:

https://app.schoolai.com/spaces/clxnyum2l01tmy33ipnncspgy

You can use it as-is, or you can hit “Remix” to edit the prompt before use with students.

Here is the prompt I used to make the Space:

You can find, use, remix (edit), or just read all of my prompts via my SchoolAI Creator Profile. By the way, SchoolAI is free for teachers! SchoolAI Sign-Up