CurioAI

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  Teacher has Gemini accessible on their interface for questions, methods, and other concerns.

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  Student can explain their thought process in their answers so CurioAI can understand where the confusion starts.

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  Teachers can also set exit tickets for students.

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  Teachers can assign their own "check your learning" questions to students and receive their answers with their processes.

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  Students asking questions on their end. Teachers will receive a summarized, groupings of similar questions and a list of individual ones.

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  Teacher and student interfaces for CurioAI

Catch the confusion before it festers

Our goal is to target what we thought is an ever growing issue in schools and focus on helping teachers understand where the confusion starts in hopes of preventing it before it worsens.

What it does

CurioAI is a teaching assistant software with both a teacher and student interface that utilizes statistical analysis, grading evaluation, "check what you learned" investigation, and groupings and classifications of questions to help teachers understand what topics need to be emphasized on and how to best help their students understand the course.

Challenges we ran into

Of the many challenges, one reoccurring challenge was overcoming running short on tokens we were allowed to used as we implemented the Gemini API given. We ran into many challenges with utilizing the API as there was a maximum storage usage in every model we implemented, so testing the API's machine was kept to a minimum.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We are proud of the accomplishments of building the machine that we had drawn out on a whiteboard and the overall design and implementation of something we hope could actually be implemented and used to help reduce the fear for students not willing to ask questions. We wanted to build a machine that wouldn't replace a job, but rather enhance the capabilities and efficiency of the job by acting as an assistant rather than the overall educator.

What we learned

There were many thin lines between making an AI machine that'll replace a job and a machine that will enhance one. We had to consider the potential worries of parents and personal information, security, as well as how it could affect the students' ability and willingness to even approach the teacher for questions when simply given a machine that would send the question over. However, we also wanted to minimize the damage that many individual questions may cause in the heat of confusion in a difficult subject. We're proud of what we made because we think our machine bears a a strong balance between the two but we also know, under more time and consideration, there is still room for improvement.

What's next for CurioAI

We would love to implement this in classrooms and hope to expand on the age range (not only focusing on middle schoolers and older, but also potentially in younger elementary students). We also hope to include more features to help students with disabilities, improving the classroom experience for all students so no one feels too afraid to speak up and ask when they are confused. Our main goal is to make school a more comfortable environment where their confusions and worries in class are evident from the beginning so teachers can expand on topics and make sure every student gets the attention they deserve.

Built With

• css
• geminiapi
• javascript
• typescript