Session 16 of 24 β AI Builder
Consolidate Month 2 β and plan the capstone project.
"Month 2 covered some of the deepest topics in the programme β bias, the future, problem solving, storytelling. Before Month 3, we consolidate."
"And we plan your capstone project β the project that shows everything you have learned."
Part 1 β Month 2 Review (10 minutes)
Go back through sessions 9-15. For each one, your child gives it a score out of 5 for: (a) how much they enjoyed it, (b) how useful they think it will be. Record these scores.
Compare AI's ranking to your child's scores. Where do they agree? Disagree?
Part 2 β Capstone Project Planning (15 minutes)
The capstone project (Sessions 21-23) should be the best thing your child has ever made with AI. It needs to: use at least 3 skills from the programme, be genuinely useful or meaningful to someone, and take multiple sessions to complete.
Your child picks one. They describe it in one paragraph β what it is, who it is for, and why they want to make it.
Stress-test the project plan before committing. Better to find the hard parts now.
Two thirds through the programme. Your child should be able to recite all five rules without prompting. If they can β they have internalised the habits. If any are unclear β revisit before Month 3.
Completed Month 2 of AI Builder β and planned the capstone project
Review, synthesis, and planning β the meta-skills that turn knowledge into capability.
The capstone planning is worth taking seriously. The best capstone projects in this programme have been: a complete guide to a hobby written for a specific younger person, a research report on a local environmental issue with recommendations, a short story collection with a unifying theme.
If your child is struggling to pick a capstone topic β the most reliable prompt is: who in your life could genuinely use something you made?