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AI for Coding
Code with AI as your pair programmer.
What students learn
The single biggest shift in how software is built in 30 years: AI is now a coding partner. This course teaches students to code with AI — using tools like Claude Code, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot — the way every working software engineer now does. They learn when to trust AI output, when to push back, how to debug what the AI got wrong, and how to use AI to ship 10× more than they could alone. The students who graduate fluent in AI-paired coding now are the ones tech companies will hire five years from now.
How AI coding tools actually work under the hood. The prompting instinct that makes AI output genuinely useful. The critical-reading skill that catches AI’s confident-sounding mistakes. How to maintain code quality when AI does most of the typing. And the mental model of being the engineer directing AI, not the typist who outsourced their thinking.
Module-by-module
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01
The state of AI coding
Tour Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot. Understand what each is for.
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Prompting for code
Get from "make a website" to a precise spec the AI can build to.
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Reading AI-written code
Spot the bugs AI confidently introduces. Three fix-it exercises.
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Debugging with AI
Use AI to fix what AI got wrong. Productive back-and-forth.
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Code review on AI output
When to accept, when to reject, when to rewrite by hand.
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Refactoring with AI
Take a working prototype to clean, maintainable code.
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Mini-project, part 1
Build a real tool, AI-coded, student-directed. Working v1.
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Mini-project, part 2 + GitHub publish
Polish, deploy, document. Defend your code line-by-line.
What they make
A real working software project on GitHub, built with AI as a coding partner — with code the student can defend line-by-line.
Walk away with
The instinct to direct AI rather than just request from it. The reading skill that catches AI mistakes. A real shipped project. The realization that the bottleneck isn’t typing — it’s judgment, taste, and engineering thinking.
Learn on your own pace
This course can be self-studied end-to-end using these vetted free resources. Work through them at your own pace — alone, or with a parent alongside.
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Claude Code documentation
The best AI coding agent today — runs in your terminal, edits files, runs commands.
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Cursor documentation
The most popular AI-native IDE. Fast inline edits, codebase-aware chat.
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GitHub Copilot Learning
Free for verified students; integrates with VS Code, JetBrains, etc.
Honorable mentions
Next step
C8 OpenClaw, or an Innovator project shipped with AI-paired coding.
Ready to enroll?
AI for Coding
Pick the course your student is curious about (or "not sure yet") and we’ll get back to you with next steps. Most students start in Explorer or Builder based on age and prior experience — we’ll help you find the right fit.