Cocoon Free School
Learn AI for free. Leave with proof.
Short lessons that work on your phone. Practise with real tools, get hints from an AI coach that never does the work for you, and earn a free badge anyone can verify.
How it works
- Find your path: Answer six quick questions and get one clear path, with a plan of two short sessions a week.
- Learn by doing: Every lesson follows the same loop: see an example, try it with hints, take a quick check, then do it for real.
- Prove it: Pass a closed-book final check to earn a badge with a link that employers and teachers can open.
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Start with AI
Use ChatGPT and Gemini well, in your own language, and know when to trust them. Anyone new to AI. Built first for students who have just finished A/L or O/L.
- What AI chatbots really do (20 min). Most people start using ChatGPT or Gemini without knowing what happens inside. Five minutes of understanding saves you from the most common mistakes.
- Your first great prompt (25 min). What you get back depends mostly on what you put in. A good prompt takes 30 seconds longer to write and saves you ten minutes of fixing.
- Prompting in Sinhala, Tamil and English (20 min). You can talk to AI in your own language. Knowing when to use Sinhala, Tamil or English, and how to check a translation, gives you the best of both.
- Is this answer right? Checking AI (25 min). In Microsoft’s 2026 survey, workers named checking AI’s output as the human skill that matters most as AI does more work. It is also the step most people skip.
- Learn faster with AI, without fooling yourself (25 min). Students who let AI hand them answers score worse in exams later. Students who use AI to explain and quiz them learn more. The difference is how you ask.
- AI for everyday work: the 3 As (25 min). Cocoon’s 3 As show where AI fits in any job or study. Most people should start with the first A, and do it well.
- Make images, voice and video with AI (25 min). Canva, CapCut and Gemini put AI design and video in your pocket. Used well, they save hours. Used carelessly, they spread fakes.
- Stay safe, stay honest (20 min). AI makes scams cheaper and more convincing. A few habits protect you, your family and your future job.
Get hired with AI
Find the right roles, write a CV that is true and strong, and walk into interviews prepared. School leavers and graduates looking for a first job, and anyone returning to work.
- Find roles that fit you (25 min). “I don’t know what to apply for” is the most common starting point. AI can help you map what you have to what employers want, but you make the decisions.
- Read a job ad like a recruiter (20 min). Most applicants skim the ad. Recruiters look for people who clearly match the must-haves. Decoding the ad tells you what to write and what to practise.
- A strong CV with AI, and no lies (30 min). AI can turn your experience into clear, professional sentences in minutes. It can also invent things you never did. You want the first without the second.
- Applications that get replies (20 min). A short, specific message gets read. A generic one gets ignored. AI helps you write fast, but your details make it work.
- Show proof: a mini portfolio (30 min). When you have little experience, proof beats claims. One small, finished piece of work shows an employer what you can do.
- Practise interviews with AI (30 min). Interviewing is a skill, and skills improve with practice and feedback. Practise out loud before the real thing.
- Workplace English with AI (25 min). Many Sri Lankan employers interview and work in English. AI is a patient practice partner that never laughs at your mistakes.
- Your first 90 days, and staying safe (20 min). Getting the job is only the start. Knowing your basics, avoiding scams and using AI responsibly at work keeps you growing.
Practice tools
Is this answer right?: Twelve real-looking AI answers with mistakes planted inside. Find them, and learn how careful checkers work.
Interview Room: A mock interview for your target job, by voice or text, with feedback on every answer and a final report.
Questions people ask
Is it really free?
Yes. Every lesson, tool and badge is free, and will stay free. We ask for your name, email and phone number so we know who is learning, and so your badge can be tied to you.
Do I need a laptop?
No. Everything is designed for a phone. The tools you practise with (ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, Claude, Canva) all have free phone apps.
Which languages can I learn in?
English, Sinhala and Tamil. You can switch at any time from the language button.
What is the badge worth?
It shows you passed a closed-book check on real skills. Each badge has its own link, so anyone you send it to can confirm it is real. It is not a university qualification.
What do you store about me?
Your name, email and phone number, the name on your badge, and your badge results. Your lesson progress stays on your own device. What you type into the coach is sent to an AI model to write hints and is not stored by us. We use your details to support your learning and to tell you about Cocoon programmes.
Who made this?
Cocoon, an AI skills company in Colombo. The lessons are written by our trainers and checked against current research on how people learn.