01Context
When answers become instant, what happens to learning?
AI can finish an assignment in seconds. But getting the answer isn’t the same as understanding it.
Spark explores a different relationship with AI: one that encourages students to think for themselves, ask better questions, and develop confidence in their own abilities.
a typical ai chat
Can you write my english assignment about climate change?
Here's your essay:
The answer, in seconds.
✦ spark
Can you write my english assignment about climate change?
While I can't fully write your assignment for you, I can help you out!
The thinking stays with the student.
02Solution
the student asks for a hint
Hint
✦ spark asks back
Think about ‘Climate Gentrification.’ When sea levels rise, why does the value of inland property go up, and who gets pushed out of those neighborhoods as a result?
Ask Spark…
01Guidance over answers
Instead of immediately giving students a solution, Spark encourages them to work through problems with questions and hints.
less help
more help
+2Hint+1Guiding question+1Outline suggestionFull explanation02Help on your terms
Students choose how much support they need, from a small hint to a guided outline, rather than receiving a complete answer by default.
Spark status
four levels, from assisted to thinker
- 0–50AssistedLearning the ropes
- 50–150you · 78GuidedGrowing confidence, step by step
- 150–300BuilderStrong thinking, minimal help
- 300+ThinkerLeading with your own reasoning
03Role
Designed Spark’s core mobile experience, exploring how guided assistance, gamification, and progressive learning could encourage students to think independently.
Focused on the interaction model, user flows, visual interface, and progression system.
04Final concept
Less dependence. More confidence.
Spark reimagines AI as a learning companion rather than an answer machine, using guided support and visible progress to make independent thinking the goal.
05Gallery
good evening,
lucas — keep going.
builder
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Help on
your terms
Students choose how much support they need.
Hint
Think about ‘Climate Gentrification.’ When sea levels rise, why does the value of inland property go up, and who gets pushed out of those neighborhoods as a result?
your turn: answer in your own words