Artificial Intelligence Curriculum for Primary and Secondary Schools
Project-Based Teaching Material
Creating AI Assistants
School Hackathon
School Hackathon to Improve Teaching
This teaching material provides a guide on how to organize a so-called hackathon — an event where you and your students create AI assistants that can help not only students with learning, but also you with lesson planning or school administration. The goal of the hackathon is to teach students how to create useful AI assistants — a skill they will surely benefit from in the future.
Lesson Overview
Lesson Length
Time allocation 4× 45 minutes. The activity can also be divided into two 90-minute blocks.
Recommended Age
Children aged 13—15. Ideally, students should complete the Chatbots in the Classroom worksheet activity beforehand.
Tools
Teacher: Projection equipment, presentation, whiteboard and flipchart.
Students: Paid ChatGPT subscription, one device per group, writing tools, post-it notes, and a worksheet.
What Are the Students Learning?
AI assistants help with specific tasks they were designed for and can be valuable tools in the learning process.
Why Are They Learning This?
Students explore methods and strategies for effective and meaningful learning.
How Do We Know They Have Learned It?
They design, test, and refine their own AI assistant.
Bloom's Taxonomy
Understanding: Students understand the difference between a regular conversation with a chatbot and working with a purpose-built AI assistant.
Evaluating: Students evaluate how well their AI assistant performs.
Creating: Students design and build their own AI assistant.
Digital Competence
Professional Engagement.
Five Big Ideas
AI for Social Good (Democratization of AI Technology).
