Generative AI for Kids, Parents, and Teachers

Generative AI for Kids, Parents, and Teachers

This course is part of Generative AI and ChatGPT for K-12 Educators Specialization

Instructor: Dr. Jules White

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4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

113 reviews

6 hours to complete

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

Skills you'll gain

Category: Problem Solving
Category: Multimodal Prompts
Category: Critical Thinking
Category: Game Design
Category: AI literacy
Category: Creative Thinking
Category: Creative Problem-Solving
Category: Creativity
Category: AI powered creativity
Category: Brainstorming

Tools you'll learn

Category: Generative AI
Category: Anthropic Claude
Category: Prompt Engineering
Category: ChatGPT

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There are 4 modules in this course

My son is going to grow up in a completely different world that is filled with generative AI (e.g., ChatGPT, Claude, LLama, etc.). I think this is a world of possibility, creativity, and deep thought that will enrich the way we think and solve problems. I want to make sure that my son is set up for success in this new world and understands how to use generative AI in a way that helps him learn, create, and solve problems.

Even though generative AI seems obvious to use, it isn't. Really learning to innovate and succeed with generative AI requires a change in mindset about the way we use it and how we solve problems. We have to teach people to think more, not less about what they are doing. I spent the last year working with my son to empower him with the skills to use generative AI to augment and amplify his critical thinking and creativity. I distilled this teaching into a series of courses that you can use to help teach your kids, either at home or in the classroom, these same skills. This is the first of these courses. Some of the things that we have done that you will learn to do with your kids: - Take pictures of anything and have generative AI turn the photos into world records that you can fact check - Interactively brainstorm how to build anything out of any material using generative AI as your partner - Invent new games from photos of everyday objects I teach a course on Prompt Engineering, which is the study of how you converse and solve problems with generative AI that 100,000s of people have enrolled in. I have gotten to hear about how companies all over the world are changing the future of work with generative AI. These courses are specifically designed to help you teach kids to succeed in this new world. This course is meant for parents and teachers to do with kids. You watch the videos, preview the exercises, and then lead kids through the fun activities. You decide what to show and how to best communicate with your kids. Along the way, not only will your kids learn to innovate with generative AI, but it will reshape how you use it personally.

In this module, you will learn to teach kids how to use Generative AI as a tool to augment and amplify critical thinking and creativity.

What's included

4 videos4 readings

4 videosTotal 32 minutes

Introduction4 minutes
What Do We Need to Teach: Exploration15 minutes
Kids Activity Walkthrough11 minutes
Virtual Science Fair Walkthrough2 minutes

4 readingsTotal 73 minutes

Kids Activity: Multimodal Prompting for World Records30 minutes
Get New Activites & Lessons from the Aimazing Fun Community10 minutes
Kids Activity: Virtual Science Fair, Exploring Science Facts with Photos and Generative AI30 minutes
For Parents Who Want to Learn More3 minutes

One of the best ways to engage with Generative AI with kids is through photographs. This module will teach you how to prompt with photos and some amazing ways to empower kids with multimodal prompting.

What's included

2 videos1 reading

Too often, people use Generative AI as an answer generator, rather than an option generator. When we are confronted with multiple options, it engages our critical thinking and personal aesthetics. Options force us to think about which one we are going to choose and why. This module teaches you how to use options to break out of the mode of using Generative AI to do the thinking for you.

What's included

2 videos1 reading1 assignment

Too many people use Generative AI like Internet search -- we ask it for an answer. The real power of Generative AI comes out when we start using it as a tool to iteratively refine content, ideas, code, and text in a conversation. This module will teach you how to use Generative AI to solve problems through a back and forth conversation.

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1 video2 readings

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Reviewed on Jan 25, 2025

I liked this course very much, but there is one thing that could have been better: A certification that could go with us for being good parents or kids.

Reviewed on Oct 21, 2025

fantastic course ever, being an educators i loved to teach my students regarding this and it will also provide the stuff regarding the promt enginnering

Reviewed on Aug 20, 2024

Fabulous for teachers just starting to introduce AI to their learners

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