How to Set Up an AI Lab in Schools: A Complete Guide

Blix has over the years designed a custom STEM ecosystem for schools all over the globe to provide learning experiences for students. Our AI Labs introduce learning-by-doing techniques by letting students experiment with AI kits and, at the same time, fulfill the obligation of NEP2020.

And it is not just because of NEP2020. Children and teachers have always wanted the means to learn and teach every topic in depth and in the best way possible. And when it comes to parents, well, they have been in a never-ending competition to provide the best education possible for their kids. But the technology available today requires a space that allows them to try, fail, and learn from it.

AI Labs makes AI and ML easier for beginners to understand, aligning perfectly with these ideas and helping kids see how they actually work. Having set up over 20 AI labs across schools and educational institutes, we have come across many teachers who were well aware of what AI labs are but had no idea how to set up one for their students. So, for the many more teachers and guides who are looking for answers, we are giving them a complete guide on how to set up an AI lab in school.

What Exactly Is an AI Lab?

Let's keep this as simple as possible. An AI lab is never a separate entity; it is always part of the school's curriculum, where we understand complex scientific concepts that, from a theoretical source, seem abstract, and in this case, that source would be a textbook.

This happens through AI robotics kits that include realistic components like gears, motors, simple circuits, and much more that students use to construct machines and systems that help them figure out how the technologies they see around them every day actually work.

In an AI lab, students don't directly start with coding. They construct a model and learn to create hardware-based projects in which AI can be integrated. Then, using our custom coding platform, they train the AI with real-world examples and data. This data can be pictures and videos of concepts you are training the AI for. This is called machine learning.

The Complete Setup Guide

It's honestly a very simple process:

• You start with defining your goal and setting an objective. It can be anything from just wanting to include new methods of learning or specifically wanting to provide AI education for students.
• Share your idea with us, and before placing the order, talk to our experts to understand all the details about the kit, our AI custom curriculum for schools, and determine the space needed for your lab setup.
• After the delivery is done and the lab is set up, we will train your teachers on how to use our kit for their subjects. We will even place some of our teachers temporarily to make sure the AI lab is moving ahead along with the school curriculum.
• Yearly audits of the AI lab will be conducted, where our representatives will fix what needs fixing and replace what needs replacing. Every component comes with a 1-year warranty.

You must be wondering what these kits are. Well, all the details will obviously be available with our experts, but let's give you a glimpse into it. An AI lab will include a combination of all our coding and AI kits, along with other AI lab equipment. So the base of the kit will be our Boffin Starter Kit, which focuses on coding where students can learn it in a fun way without any prior coding experience. And the second will be the Boffin AI/Ml Kit, where every single project will focus on advanced coding and building AI systems through it and understanding machine learning in the process.

This brings us to the end of the setup guide, and we hope it brought some clarity to your queries or answered some of your questions about AI Lab. AI, robotics, and STEM are the next step in modern education, and they are not made with the idea to replace the teachers but to give them the right tools to create the best learning experience possible and help students develop future-ready skills.

If you are someone looking to set up an AI lab in your school. Get in touch with us and let us make the process easier for you.