16 lessons · Chromebook & mobile ready
AI Literacy
What AI is, how it works, and how to use it wisely
Learn to judge AI with confidence — stronger prompts, verification, and integrity that hold up at school.
For learners & program leaders
What you'll walk away with
Anyone new to AI who wants clear literacy before (or alongside) coding — teens, classrooms, and self-paced learners. Flexible schedule — 16 sessions over 8 weeks.
- Explain what AI is (and isn’t) and where it shows up in everyday life
- Describe how machines sense, represent data, and learn from examples
- Write clearer prompts and iterate when answers are weak or wrong
- Verify AI output instead of trusting it — including for schoolwork
- Spot bias, fairness issues, deepfakes, and privacy risks
- Connect AI literacy to careers and responsible digital citizenship
Skills · Capstone · Standards
Stronger prompting · Verify, don’t trust · Bias & fairness awareness · Privacy & deepfake sense · AI integrity at school
Capstone: Be an AI-Smart Citizen · Built to align with CSTA K–12 CS Standards · standards packet available
Inside the path
16 lessons · 8 weeks
Choose a week to see what each session teaches. Pace flexes to your classroom, family, or program.
01 · Learn it
Coach’s note, quick explainer, and word help — the goal and big idea in plain language.
02 · Do the activity
Guided practice with instant feedback, then a from-scratch challenge and check-for-understanding.
03 · Reflect
Ethics or reflection moments on AI, data, cyber defense, or digital citizenship.
04 · Earn XP & badges
Progress shows on a clear roadmap — for learners, families, and instructors.
Week 1 of 8
What AI Really Is
Define artificial intelligence and spot where it already shapes your day.
01
Session 1
What Is AI, Really?
Define artificial intelligence in plain language, separate real AI from sci-fi myths, and tell the difference between narrow and general AI.
02
Session 2
AI Is All Around You
Spot the AI hidden in everyday apps and devices, understand the trade you make — convenience in exchange for your data — and meet the hidden human labor behind it.
Get started
Try a lesson — then talk to us
Learners and families can demo the real lesson canvas first. Schools and programs: tell us your timeline and we'll help you pilot a class, after-school block, or Scout troop.
Families & learners
Demo with no account. Then reach out for a self-paced class code or live support.
Schools & admins
Class codes, roster progress, and standards docs — request a pilot when you're ready.
