Merlyn Quick Tips: Reward student curiosity in the moment with Merlyn Chat

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Merlyn Chat gives teachers the ability to ask factual questions during a lesson and get quick, engaging responses.

Merlyn also delivers relevant images and links to source material, and best off all, there’s a built-in safety check to make sure the answers are appropriate for K-12 classrooms.  

"Kids have all kinds of questions,” says North Carolina elementary school teacher Katie Bast. “I love that mid-lesson when they come up with something, we can just ask it right there.”

It’s a moment all teachers know: A student asks a question during a lesson. They’re engaged, they’re making interesting connections, and they’re demonstrating a real desire to learn.

A lot of times, a teacher might have to say, “Great question. Let’s come back to that another time.”

But with Merlyn, teachers can now respond to these questions with no distractions, time lost in transition, or frustration with tech. They can just ask Merlyn.

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Unlike most education AI applications that rely on ChatGPT or other generalist tools, Merlyn Chat is built on the first education-specific large language model. With Merlyn, educators can be confident that answers are being generated from vetted educational content and resources, not from the entirety of the internet.

One way to access Merlyn Chat is to simply press and hold the push-to-talk button on the Merlyn remote and ask a question.

“What is Jupiter's largest moon?”

Within seconds, Merlyn generates an answer, retrieves relevant images, and provides links to sources. Merlyn Chat will default to reading the response it generates aloud. Teachers can provide feedback on responses by pressing thumbs up or thumbs down. Our team will use the feedback to continually improve Merlyn and its models.

To learn more about Merlyn, book a free customized demo here.