Chatbot Builders
Spjallmennasmiðir
They build the bot — and learn exactly how it thinks.
Book a free trialWhat they'll learn
- How chatbots understand See how a bot turns the words you type into an answer.
- From rules to smart Build a simple rule-based bot first, then make a genuinely smarter one.
- Personality and purpose Give a bot its own character and a clear job to do.
- Where bots go wrong Understand why bots make mistakes — and the rules for using them safely.
A working chatbot with a clear job (study buddy, club helper, game guide), demoed live.
The 13-week journey
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Sprint 1 — How bots talk
Conversation games; building a rule-based bot (if they say this, say that); where simple rules break. Ends with a working rule bot.
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Sprint 2 — A smarter helper
Giving the bot a job and a personality; using a school-managed AI helper with guardrails; testing it with tricky questions. Ends with a themed assistant.
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Sprint 3 — Safe, honest, useful
When bots are confidently wrong; the 'check it' habit; safe-use rules the class writes together; polishing the bot's job and tone.
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Week 13 — Showcase
Bots take live questions from families; builders explain what their bot can and can't do.
What we cover
Every topic, unit by unit — so you know exactly what your child builds and learns.
How bots talk
- Conversation games: how a bot 'understands'
- Building a rule-based bot (if this, say that)
- Where simple rules break
- A first working rule bot
A smarter helper
- Giving the bot a job and a personality
- Using a school-managed AI helper with guardrails
- Testing it with tricky questions
- A themed assistant: study buddy, club helper, game guide
Safe, honest, useful
- When bots are confidently wrong
- The 'check it' habit
- Writing class safe-use rules
- Polishing the bot's job and tone
Showcase & live Q&A
- Preparing the bot for an audience
- Explaining what it can and can't do
- Taking live questions from families
A child-built chatbot answering audience questions live, with its rules and limits on display.
The course that demystifies the thing every kid has heard of. Students build chatbots from the ground up — starting with rules they fully understand — and learn exactly how bots decide what to say, where they go wrong, and how to use them safely.
The hooks
Kid hook: “I built my own chatbot — and I know why it says what it says.” Parent hook: “They learn how chatbots really work and the safe, honest way to use them — before they’re using them anyway.”
Who it’s for
Curious 10–12s; AI Trainers helps but isn’t required. Thrives: the talkers, the planners, and kids fascinated by ‘how does it know?‘
Outcomes — by the end, students can
Explain how a chatbot turns input into a reply; build a rule-based bot and a guided smarter one; give a bot a clear job and personality; spot confident-but-wrong answers; state safe-use rules in their own words.
Tools & compliance
Rule-based bot builders plus school-managed AI helper access with guardrails and caps; school laptops; no personal accounts under 13; teacher-supervised throughout.
Where this course fits
A natural step toward AI Makers and AI App Builders at 13–15.
Parent questions
Will young kids be chatting with ChatGPT?
Only through school-managed, guarded tools with the teacher — never personal chatbot accounts. Much of the course is building and rules.
Is building a chatbot really doable at 11?
Yes — they start with rule-based bots they fully understand, then add smarter help carefully.
What do they learn beyond the fun?
How chatbots actually decide what to say, why they err, and how to use them safely and honestly.
The first lesson is a free trial.
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