AI for Youth

Curriculum

Session outline

1. Week 1

   The Assistant in Your Pocket

   Learn what AI is in plain language, set up ChatGPT, master 3 basic prompt engineering techniques, and create your first practical AI workflow.

2. Week 2

   AI for Communication

   Transform messy notes into polished emails, adjust tone and style in writing, and use AI as a translator of intent for confident messaging.

3. Week 3

   AI for School and Work

   Create study summaries and practice questions, generate essay outlines, and learn ethical boundaries for AI use in academic and professional settings.

4. Week 4

   Inside AI

   Understand how AI generates responses through tokens and context windows, learn about AI limitations, and apply strategies to reduce hallucinations.

5. Week 5

   AI Models and Modalities

   Distinguish between text, image, audio, and multimodal AI systems, and learn to select the best model type for specific tasks and use cases.

6. Week 6

   AI in Products and Organizations

   Explore five practical ways organizations integrate AI, compare adoption paths, and recommend realistic AI strategies for different contexts.

7. Week 7

   AI Systems Design Basics

   Learn the difference between chatbots, copilots, and agents, understand RAG architecture, and design AI systems with proper guardrails.

8. Week 8

   AI Strategy, Careers, and Capstone Showcase

   Present AI blueprints for real-world problems, explore AI's impact on careers, address risks and safeguards, and create personal growth plans.