Hey Caleb,



I have found the choices dauting as well ... I encouraged Admin and a few
teachers to sign up for the free version of Magicschool individually to
test it out, but yeah there are so many choices at the moment, I am having
a hard time evaluating tools for recommendation to integrate into our
systems in the fall. Plus, this seems like a hot potato in regards to even
having "official" choices for AI for staff and students. A lot of
organizations are allowing the platforms to pass filtering, but not
sanctioning one platform over another. The communities I worry, not to
mention some staff, might not be ready in a “classroom best practices” type
of way, this also applies to age gating content as well which I do not
think these platforms do well right now.





Best,



Greg



Gregory Connors
Chief Technology Officer
Greater Rutland County Supervisory Union
grcsu.org
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West Rutland, VT 05777
802.775.4342 x 2110 - Office
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On Wed, May 8, 2024 at 8:31 AM Caleb Clark <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> https://www.magicschool.ai/magicstudent.
> Seems promising from Magic School, but also overwhelming choices. I'm just
> looking into it now. Anyone using it? The general idea of teacher created
> temporary links for students to use AI seems like a good idea who's time is
> overdue, especially with transcripts, like Schoolai.com.
>
> Here's the info concerning middle school age concerns.
>
>
> *What is the age limit for using MagicSchool for Students?  How can your
> platform allow younger students if ChatGPT's policy is 13 years or older?*
>
> *Students: *We do not restrict ages for usage for the student platform
> (as assigned and monitored by an educator from their dashboard).
>
> *‍*While ChatGPT's policy for students 13 or older, this policy does not
> apply to the APIs that we employ in our platform.  The API from OpenAI does
> not restrict the age of the end-users for applications developed using the
> API like MagicSchool.
>
> In our case, we've designed the app to be suitable for students under 13,
> in compliance with relevant laws like COPPA, ensuring the content is
> appropriate and children's privacy is protected. So, while direct use of
> ChatGPT is for those 13 or older, our app responsibly extends the benefits
> of this technology to younger students, adhering to legal and safety
> standards.    *However, the decision on the appropriate age to use our
> platform rests with the local school or district’s policies and users
> should follow those - *we defer to your policies for usage
> and MagicSchool for Students is always monitored from a responsible adult
> on the teacher dashboard who can see all interactions
>
> *. Educators:  *Educators must be 18 years or older to use the educator
> portion of the platform and to launch Student Rooms.
>
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> Caleb Clark
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