The Magic Of MagicSchoolAI
For STUDENTS! 

It's Time For MagicStudent AI

@LisaBerghoff

Last February I wrote a post about an exciting new ai tool for teachers called MagicSchool AI. You can check it out here.  

What Is MagicSchoolAI?

It's really a series of chatbots that have some parameters set so prompting is so much easier than on a typical generative ai tool. These chatbots are designed specifically for educators and they are meant to help save time by doing some of the more time consuming tasks for us, such as creating rubrics, designing lessons at different grade levels and in different languages. It can help you craft professional sounding emails, create questions from a YouTube video, generate content specifically for your students, and so much more. There are currently over 80 different tools available in MagicSchoolAI. In order to keep track of them all, you can star some of your favorites and you can filter to find just what you need. And if for some reason there is not a tool that you need, they have Raina, your own generative ai chatbot, that can act as your personal assistant. 

If you have not experienced it, I highly recommend you jump over to MagicSchoolAI and check it out. 

Does MagicSchool AI Work With Students?

Ok, this is the big question I keep getting and I am thrilled to say that now I have an answer.

YES!

As the teacher, you have the ability to open up ai chatbot rooms where students can engage, get feedback and support, and ask questions that they may not feel entirely comfortable to ask in the classroom. The incredible part is that you have access to see what your students are doing as they engage with the ai chatbot and this information can be instrumental in informing your instruction. 

How Do I Get Started With MagicStudent?

1. When you are on the MagicSchool AI dashboard, toggle the switch in the upper right hand corner to Magic Student.

2. From the toolbar on the left, click "launch to students"

3. Click "Launch New Room" in the top right of your screen.

4. Name the room, set the grade level, set the max students for this room and click "next.

5. Select the tools you want to add to the student room. Many look the same as the teacher tools. You many choose as many tools as you want. Click "next" and then customize your tools by clicking on them.

Then-

Click Launch Room 

How Do My Students Access MagicStudents AI?

Once you launch your room, you will be given a link to copy and add to Schoology. There is also a qr code that you can use. 

Once students click the link they will be prompted to sign in. They will then see a page where they can access each of the tools you have assigned to their MagicSchool Room.

The tool will look exactly the same as it did when you assigned it.

Once students have generated some outputs, they have access to their output history. They can learn from their previous interactions.

What Will I See?

Teachers will see a list of all the students who joined the room, what their last message was, the last tool they used, if they are currently using a tool, and if their activity has been flagged for inappropriate content.  

As the teacher, you have many options for control over this room. You have access to all interactions. You can duplicate the room or share it with another teacher as a template so they can use it with their own class. You can PAUSE a room and you can also LOCK a room.

You get to decide how long the room stays open.

Are you ready to dive in and try MagicStudent AI?

Please say yes! And if you want some help getting started, I've got you.

Please reach out and we can watch the magic happen in your classes.

*This post was written with some help from the MagicSchoolAI PD deck. Thank you!