AI Builder Series
Audience: Students ages 10-16 with basic computer familiarity
Format: 4 sequential workshops, 2 hours each
Theme: “Build real projects with AI — from first prompt to team collaboration”
Recommended prerequisite: AI Playground for Kids
Series Overview
Students build a quiz/trivia web app across all 4 workshops. Each session adds new skills and new features to the same project. By the end, students have a polished, team-built app and a toolkit of practices they can apply to any future project.
Tools
- GitHub Copilot in VS Code (primary AI tool)
- Playwright MCP for AI-powered browser interaction
- Git + GitHub for version control and collaboration
Workshops
| # | Title | Core Skill | What Students Can Say After |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prompt Power-Ups | Communicate clearly with AI | “I can write a clear prompt, check the result, and improve it.” |
| 2 | One Thing at a Time | Organize your work | “I can change one part at a time and test each change.” |
| 3 | Save Points | Protect your progress | “I can save my work, try something new, and roll back if it breaks.” |
| 4 | Team Up | Build together | “I can work on a project with others using branches and pull requests.” |
Project Journey
- After Workshop 1: Working quiz with a few hardcoded questions and basic styling
- After Workshop 2: Clean structure with questions, display, scoring, and styling separated
- After Workshop 3: New features added with git history and test cases
- After Workshop 4: Team-enhanced version with contributions from multiple students merged together