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📱 Free course · Ages 13 to 17 · No coding experience needed

Build a Real App With AI

You have an idea. Somewhere between "apps are magic" and "I could never" sits a skill you can learn in a week: vibe coding. You describe the app, an AI builds it, you test it and make it better. This course walks you from a blank page to a published app on 4 real AI builders, teaches you to think like a product designer, and ends with a certificate signed by our Chief AI Officer.

8LESSONS
4AI BUILDERS
1APP YOU'LL SHIP
1SIGNED CERTIFICATE
Start Lesson 1 →

Lessons open one at a time and your progress saves on this device.

🎓 Lessons: start at 1 🛡️ Safety, risks + free vs paid 📝 Quiz + signed certificate
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Who this is for

Never written a line of code?
Good. You won't need to.

This course is for teens (and the parents beside them) with little or no experience. You bring an idea and your judgement. The AI brings the code. What you will practise is the part AI cannot do for you: choosing a problem worth solving, describing it clearly, testing honestly, and knowing the risks. That is product design, and it is a real career skill.

What you will be able to do
🧭

Use design thinking to find a problem worth an app.

💬

Write build prompts that get working apps on the first try more often.

🏗️

Build the same app on Lovable, Google AI Studio, Replit, and Canva Code.

🧪

Test like a stranger, report bugs the AI can fix, and iterate.

🏷️

Pick a name people can say, spell, and remember.

🛡️

Spot the risks: privacy, credit traps, AI limits, and what free really includes.

How the course teaches

Short lessons. Real builds. A checklist every time.

Teenage brains learn fastest when the work is real, the feedback is instant, and the learner is in charge. So every lesson here is short on reading and long on doing: you build something within minutes, every section ends with a checklist you tick off, and the app you make is yours, not a copy of ours. Parents: the safety lesson is written for you and your teen together, and every account used in this course should be created and owned by an adult.

The 8 lessons

From idea to shipped app.

Lessons open one at a time as you finish them. Your place is saved.

WHO is it for? WHAT annoys them? WHY an app?
Lesson 1 · Design thinking

Think like a builder

Find a problem worth solving with the same 5-step loop real product teams use.

🕒 25 minStart →
 "Build me an app that…" →
Lesson 2 · Vibe coding

What is vibe coding?

How AI app builders work, the build loop, and the anatomy of a prompt that works.

🕒 25 minStart →
 live preview
Lesson 3 · Builder 1

Build with Lovable

Chat on the left, your app on the right. Ship a full web app with one prompt, then improve it.

🕒 45 minStart →
 AI Studio Build ✨
Lesson 4 · Builder 2

Build with Google AI Studio

Free with a Google account, and your app can have Gemini AI inside it.

🕒 40 minStart →
 Replit agent builds + hosts Canva Code design-first mini apps
Lesson 5 · Builders 3 + 4

Build with Replit and Canva Code

Two more reputable builders, and how to choose the right tool for each idea.

🕒 40 minStart →
 HELLO, my app is
Lesson 6 · Product design

Test it, fix it, name it

Test like a stranger, write bug reports the AI can act on, and choose a name that sticks.

🕒 30 minStart →
 FREE 🆓 vs PAID 💳
Lesson 7 · With a parent

Safety, risks and limits

Privacy rules, credit traps, what AI builders get wrong, and the honest free vs paid table.

🕒 25 minStart →
Lesson 8 · The finale

Quiz + your signed certificate

15 questions, then a certificate signed by Adrian Dunkley, Chief AI Officer.

🕒 20 minStart →
🏆 After this course: show your app to the Caribbean

Finish all 8 lessons and you will have a real, tested, named app with a share link. Bring it to the AI Buildathon or the AI Solution Challenge and build the bigger version with a team. Start here.