If you’ve run into roadblocks trying to introduce AI resources into your school, then this is the video for you. Along the way, I’m going to show you how you can take your learner resources from something that looks a bit like this to something that looks like this instead. And the best news is that the tool that helps you achieve this is free and doesn’t require any coding. Let’s get started.
Chachi BT is an amazing resource and it’s getting better all the time. This week has seen some massive changes with the reintroduction of Bing online search and there’s the imminent release of the ability to interrogate images and chat directly with the chatbot. The problem is that the interface is not great. There are three issues I have with the chat GBT interface. The first is that you have to be 13 or over to have an account, and that’s with parental permission or 18 or over without permission. The second issue I have is the lack of guard rails in place when you’re natively using the app. So, you might paste a prompt in and students should be working on a creative writing task, but whilst you’re moving between groups and facilitating, they could very easily have opened another chat and be looking up video game guidance and hacks. Not great. And finally, it’s just a bit gray. It’s not very interesting to look at, and we know that digital learners need stimulation and something that’s aesthetically pleasing if they want to engage.
Well, here’s the good news. I’ve come across a tool that is free, requires no coding, is very easy to implement, and addresses all three of those concerns. It’s called Zapia. Zapia is an automation app that is primarily aimed towards businesses, and it allows you to automate certain parts of your business workflow that are repetitive and mundane. But what we’re interested in is something called interfaces, which is something available within Zapia.
Let’s take a look at how easy it is to create one of these resources. We’re going to start by adding some text, then an image, and finally a chatbot. With just a couple of minutes’ work, we’ve got ourselves a dedicated learner resource with a title, some explanation, a nice image, and an embedded chatbot built into the system. All we need to do is click on the share button and we get a unique URL. If the learner clicks on that URL, it will open up and they are ready to go.
Zapia is a free, no-coding app that we can plug into the workflow while generating learner resources. It’s user-friendly and overcomes objections we might face when trying to implement AI into our classrooms. Try it out for yourself and see the results!
