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AI Project Academy

AI Project Academy focuses on a human-first, project-based approach that treats AI as a thinking partner, emphasizing ethical reasoning and responsible use from the beginning.

🔥 Elementary 🕒 1-week Day Camp In-person Beginner-friendly
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About this camp

AI Project Academy offers programs where young minds engage in hands-on, real-world projects to build, question, and collaborate with AI. The curriculum is designed to empower students with ethical AI skills and foster critical thinking, creative confidence, and an entrepreneurial mindset. Students learn by tackling real-life problems, using AI tools for brainstorming, research, analysis, and prototyping. They build and iterate on solutions such as apps, robot behaviors, visuals, and stories, while also learning to verify and critique AI-generated results. The program emphasizes ethical AI use, including fact-checking, bias identification, and responsible AI habits. Students gain practical experience with kid-friendly AI tools, prompting techniques, and conclude with an entrepreneurial pitch showcasing their problem, solution, and process. The program aims to transform students from passive users into active innovators who use AI responsibly and purposefully.

What a typical day looks like

Classes include a mix of instruction, hands-on projects, team collaboration, and presentations, focusing on practical application over lectures.

Best suited for

The program is ideal for children ages 8-12 who are curious about AI, coding, and technology, and are excited to explore how AI is used in real-world applications.

What you'll learn

Ethical AI use Critical thinking Creative confidence Entrepreneurial mindset AI tools and prompting techniques Project-based learning Problem-solving with AI

Location

Reston Town Center

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