Artificial Intelligence for Teenagers
The first generation of teenagers to grow up with AI as a constant companion before they have fully developed their own judgement.
Most are being left to figure it out alone.
AI4Teens helps students build a confident, critical, and creative relationship with AI - so they can use these tools intelligently, responsibly, and without losing ownership of their own thinking.
Why AI Fluency Matters Now
Teenagers are teaching themselves to use AI for:
• Schoolwork
• Research & Revision
• Problem solving & Creative projectsVery few have been shown how these systems really work, where they fit in the wider AI landscape, or how to use them intelligently and responsibly.Schools are still adapting, but teens need that insight now.
Most parents can sense the shift but do not feel equipped to guide it themselves.
Education for young people either focuses on a highly technical coding track or surface-level tool tips that quickly become outdated.AI4Teens was built to fill the gap with a much broader AI view and fluency that combines practical capability, future awareness, critical thinking, ethics, and intelligent use.Exactly the skills that will be required regardless of the direction of future ai tools, job opportunities and career developments.
What Students Learn
Understanding AI
How modern AI systems work, where they are heading, and how they are already reshaping education, work, and everyday life.
Intelligent AI Use
How to use AI tools for research, learning, creativity, organisation, and problem solving without becoming overly dependent on them.
Critical Thinking & Ethics
How to question outputs, recognise misinformation and bias, understand ethical concerns, and maintain independent judgement.
The Future of Work & Human Skills
How AI is changing careers, industries, communication, and opportunity - and which human skills will become more valuable in the years ahead.
Course Details
Cohort A - Under 15 (Grades 6 - 8)
Built for younger teens beginning to explore the AI world around them. Sessions are more visual, interactive, and discovery-led, helping students build confidence through hands-on examples, games, creative exercises, and guided experimentation.
Cohort B - 15+ (Grades 9 - 12)
Designed for older students already using AI in school and everyday life. Sessions go deeper into future careers, ethics, independent thinking, cognitive risks, and how to use AI intelligently as a real-world advantage.
Built for Teenagers
The course is designed specifically for how teenagers learn, communicate, and engage today.
Real World AI Tools
Students explore modern AI systems hands-on while learning where their strengths and limitations lie.
Critical Thinking Focus
A strong emphasis on judgement, independent thinking, ethics, and responsible AI use.
2 x 2 hour sessions per Cohort
Total of four hours course material spread across two interactive sessions over two weekends on Sunday afternoon
This course is not:
• a coding or computer-science course
• a shortcut for cheating on schoolwork
• a screen-time lecture or a fear campaign
• career predictions or pressure to pick a particular path
Who Leads The Course
Dr. Valerie Weinzierl
brings an unusual combination to a course for teenagers. Her career spans nearly a decade at the World Economic Forum in Geneva, more than ten years in executive education as a Visiting Professor at the University of Geneva, and ongoing work mentoring young talent through highly selective programmes, like RISE, founded by Schmidt Futures and the Rhodes Trust, and The DO School's beVisioneers Fellowship.
The thread running through all of it is the same: helping people make sense of complex, fast-moving change and turn it into clear thinking and sound judgement. Most relevant here, artificial intelligence has become central to her own daily work. Over the past few years she has used these tools closely across her projects and followed the field with real attention, and AI4Teens grew directly out of that practical, ongoing engagement.What shapes AI4Teens, though, is personal. As a parent navigating AI alongside her own children, Valerie has seen how quickly these tools weave into schoolwork, friendships, and creativity, often before anyone has really thought it through. Her question is a simple one: how can young people gain everything AI offers without quietly losing the independent thinking and confidence that will matter most as they grow? This course is her answer.
Summer 2026 Launch
Next Cohort Launch
Two age-specific groups will run live online across two consecutive Sundays in small cohort sessions designed for meaningful interaction and discussion.
Group A - Under 15 (Grades 6–8)
Sunday 13th September & Sunday 20th September
16:00 - 18:00
Group B - 15+ (Grades 9–12)
Sunday 13th September & Sunday 20th September
18:30 - 20:30
Limited to a maximum of 12 students per group.€249 per student.