Junior AI Creators Academy — Ages 8–13
This is the first pilot. It continues the Creative Discovery Camp format: five days of about 2 hours each. One Student. One Idea. One AI Team.
We bring programs to community partners. Locations will be announced as host sites confirm.
Our goal is a first cohort of 15 students. Our further goal is to offer that pilot without tuition if sufficient funding is secured. Scholarships are not funded yet.
Five days
Each day is about 2 hours. The existing Mission 1 lessons are kept and labeled with the new day names. Open a day to see the original slides.
- Day 1 · about 2 hours
Day 1 Become the Founder
Students explore entrepreneurship, develop a business idea, identify a target audience, and learn how AI assistants support creative projects.
Existing lesson kept: Dream It (Mission 1 · Build Your First Brand)
Open the existing lesson - Day 2 · about 2 hours
Day 2 Build Your Creative Team
Students learn reference-based design, develop brand identities, and create product concepts using age-appropriate AI-assisted activities.
Existing lesson kept: Design It (Mission 1 · Build Your First Brand)
Open the existing lesson - Day 3 · about 2 hours
Day 3 Build Your Business
Students create a simple business plan, explore pricing ideas, develop product mockups, and design a website concept.
Existing lesson kept: Create It With AI (Mission 1 · Build Your First Brand)
Open the existing lesson - Day 4 · about 2 hours
Day 4 Prepare Your Marketing Campaign
Students create promotional graphics, develop marketing messages, and prepare a supervised business presentation.
Existing lesson kept: Bring It to Life (Mission 1 · Build Your First Brand)
Open the existing lesson - Day 5 · about 2 hours
Day 5 NextWave Showcase
A quick prompt-to-mockup demo. Kids write a prompt, and an adult runs it, going from idea to visual in one shot.
Open the existing lesson
Students will explore
- Creative Thinking
- Introduction to AI
- Branding & Logo Design
- Entrepreneurship Basics
- Leadership Development
- Personal Growth & Confidence Building
Day 5 is the NextWave Showcase, a quick prompt-to-mockup demo. Kids write a prompt and an adult runs it, going from idea to visual in one shot.
Parent FAQ
Certificate of Completion
A Junior pilot student earns the Certificate of Completion by attending all five days and participating. Presenting at the Day 5 Showcase isn't required.
Missed days
Missed days are handled flexibly. No student is removed, instructors help kids catch up, and attendance is the parent's responsibility.
How AI is used
The custom GPTs Vanquish, Shotcraft, and Vision Cinematic AI Director are instructor-operated only for Junior students, under OpenAI's terms. Students are not linked to them, and they do not get personal accounts. Personal information about a child is not entered into AI tools. The Innovation Lab lists these as instructor demonstration tools.
No video channel is linked from this site.