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Curriculum · 2025

How it works

Twenty days in four phases. I wrote every lesson. The teachers in Dzaleka taught them.

Every day, in this order

  1. 1A warm-up game
  2. 2An AI lesson
  3. 3A soft-skills drill
  4. 4Work on the class's real-world project
  5. 5A written reflection
  6. Lunch paid for every day.
Day 1 of 20 · Meet the machine

  1. Phase 1 · Days 1 to 4

    Meet the machine

    What AI is, how to spot an AI-made image or a made-up fact, and first prompts in ChatGPT.

    Soft skills: Staying calm under interruption. Working against a clock.

    1. Day 1draft

      Pre-test. What AI is, and what it is not.

      ChatGPT

    2. Day 2draft

      Spot the AI-made image.

      ChatGPT

    3. Day 3draft

      Spot the made-up fact.

      ChatGPT

    4. Day 4draft

      First prompts.

      ChatGPT

  2. Phase 2 · Days 5 to 10

    Make things

    Posters in Canva, images and animation in Sora, a personal website, then a website for a mock client: "Healthy Living in Dzaleka".

    Soft skills: Research, then present. 30-second stories. Debate.

    1. Day 5draft

      A first poster in Canva.

      Canva

    2. Day 6draft

      Images in Sora.

      Sora

    3. Day 7draft

      Animation in Sora.

      Sora

    4. Day 8draft

      A personal website.

      Canva

    5. Day 9draft

      A website for a mock client: Healthy Living in Dzaleka.

      Canva

    6. Day 10draft

      Research, present, debate.

      Canva

  3. Phase 3 · Days 11 to 15

    Prove it

    Write a product spec, then build a game from it in Replit. Graded poster, website and game tests.

    Soft skills: Empathy. Conflict resolution.

    1. Day 11draft

      Write a product spec for a game.

      ChatGPT

    2. Day 12draft

      Build the game from the spec.

      Replit

    3. Day 13draft

      Keep building. Test each other's games.

      Replit

    4. Day 14draft

      Finish the game.

      Replit

    5. Day 15draft

      Graded tests: a poster, a website, a game.

      Replit

  4. Phase 4 · Days 16 to 20

    Give it away

    Interview young people in the camp, plan and market a three-day mental-health workshop, run it, then present everything at a showcase for families.

    Soft skills: Planning, marketing, running a room.

    1. Day 16draft

      Interview young people in the camp.

      ChatGPT

    2. Day 17draft

      Plan the workshop. Market it door to door.

      Canva

    3. Day 18draft

      Workshop, day one.

      Canva

    4. Day 19draft

      Workshop, day two.

      Canva

    5. Day 20draft

      Workshop, day three. Post-test. Showcase for families.

      Canva

Days marked draft are being checked against the original lesson plans.

How graduation worked

A pre-test, a post-test, and three graded tests students had to pass: a poster, a website and a game. Then a showcase for families.

  • 1 Pre-test
  • 2 Poster
  • 3 Website
  • 4 Game
  • 5 Post-test

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