Does HeyOtto for after-school support core curriculum?

Yes. HeyOtto supports core curriculum. It doesn't create curriculum. It supports enrichment blocks and after-school programs, and it isn't a district lesson-plan OS.

Who can see student chats during enrichment?

Program staff and admins you authorize. Conversations are meant to be reviewable by adults responsible for that site or block.

Can we turn tools off for some sites?

Yes. Tool allowlists can differ by site or program profile — creative rooms and quieter homework-adjacent rooms need not share the same tools.

How is this different from ChatGPT after school?

Personal ChatGPT accounts are unsupervised and built for adults. HeyOtto is a kids-and-teens platform with staff visibility, tool controls, and Real-Time Alerts during program time.

How is this different from MagicSchool?

MagicSchool helps teachers plan and run classroom instruction. HeyOtto is student AI for after-school and enrichment with adult oversight — not a classroom/district operating system.

for Schools

After-School & Enrichment

Enrichment AI kids want to use — with program staff still in the loop

After-school and enrichment programs need creative, homework-adjacent help without turning into unsupervised ChatGPT hour. HeyOtto is an AI platform for kids and teens with staff visibility and tool controls for enrichment blocks. HeyOtto supports core curriculum. It doesn't create curriculum.

HeyOtto gives programs a sanctioned place for students to create, explore, and practice after the bell. Otto is the assistant; staff keep visibility, choose tools per site, and use Real-Time Alerts when a moment needs a human.

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Staff visibility
Per-program tools
Real-Time Alerts
Ages 8–18

Quick answer

What is HeyOtto for after-school programs?

HeyOtto gives after-school and enrichment programs a kids-and-teens AI assistant with staff visibility and controllable tools. It supports creative and learning enrichment time. HeyOtto supports core curriculum. It doesn't create curriculum.

Built for after-school and enrichment, not core class periods.
Staff visibility replaces mystery ChatGPT on personal phones.
Tool allowlists can differ by site.
Real-Time Alerts route moments that need a human.
MagicSchool is classroom/teacher planning; HeyOtto is student enrichment AI with oversight.

The problem

Enrichment time is where consumer AI sneaks in

When the bell rings, devices come out. Kids ask for story help, coding, "quick homework," and random rabbit holes. Programs either ban AI poorly or ignore it. HeyOtto is the middle path: useful student AI, visible to staff, scoped to your program.

We can't staff a 1:1 tutor for every child at pickup
I'm an assistant they can use in-program — and staff can review.
Parents want to know staff can see student chats
Yes. HeyOtto is a platform with adults in the loop.
Some sites want homework-adjacent help; others want makers
Turn tools on per program profile.

Enrichment stays enrichment — with adults still able to see the work.

Platform + staff visibility.

What the program gets

Enrichment AI staff can actually run

Flexible blocks, staff visibility, Real-Time Alerts, and allowlists that match each site.

Enrich
Flexible enrichment blocks
Create, explore, and practice — without making AI the whole program.
Otto supports stories, projects, light coding, and guided practice when you enable those tools. Staff decide the shape of the hour.
Visibility
Staff can see conversations
No mystery threads on personal accounts during program time.
Program-managed access lets authorized adults review what students did in the enrichment block.
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Alerts
Real-Time Alerts
The moments that need a human reach the right adult.
Same Real-Time Alerts product used across HeyOtto — staff aren't inventing a second safety pipeline.
How alerts work
Controls
Tool allowlists per site
One network, different rooms.
A creative site can open images; a quieter homework-adjacent site can keep tools tighter.

What students do

After-school work that stays in bounds

Creative and practice activities for enrichment hours — not unsupervised homework dumping.

Creative writing & stories
Drafts, illustrated story pages, and club-style writing when Books/tools are on.
Project images & posters
Visuals for enrichment projects — when image tools are enabled.
Light coding exploration
Scratch-adjacent and beginner code help when the site allowlist includes it.
Guided practice
Habits and coaching energy — not "do it for me."
Safe exploration summaries
Supervised search summaries when you turn search on.
Passion projects
Club-style builds that fit the enrichment block, not the core period.

At a glance

HeyOtto supports core curriculum. It doesn't create curriculum.

Topic	What HeyOtto does here	What it doesn’t do
Setting	After-school sites, enrichment blocks, extended day	Core class periods as the product story
Adult role	Staff / director visibility into program threads	MagicSchool-style lesson planning suite
Student AI	Kids-and-teens assistant with program guardrails	Unmonitored consumer ChatGPT at pickup
Curriculum	Optional enrichment playbooks you bring	Common Core alignment claims
Safety	Real-Time Alerts + topic/tool controls	Unmonitored chat framed as "safe enough"

Next step

Running enrichment AI across sites?

Talk through allowlists, staff visibility, and how Real-Time Alerts route during program hours.

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Before enrichment AI goes live

Five steps so directors own the hour before students log in.

01
Name the adult owner
One program account owner per site or network — not scattered personal logins.
02
Create the room / site profile
Match tools to that site's enrichment style.
03
Set the tool allowlist
Images, code, search — only what the block needs.
04
Run a visibility test
Staff open a sample thread before go-live.
05
Share a one-pager with families
What HeyOtto is (assistant + visibility), and that HeyOtto supports core curriculum but doesn't create curriculum.