I’ve been teaching a high school web design class for many years , starting with the basics of HTML, CSS & Javascript using Visual Studio Code and Github. I am thinking about including “AI Foundations: Designing and Building with AI” in my curriculum for half the year. Question: should I teach codeAI.org before or after students learn how to type code without using AI?
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Personally, I would have students learn to write code before they get an AI to write code.
That said, the AIF course includes some use of AI for coding, but a lot of it is about the context, and what’s happening under the hood. The programming is in python, which is very different from html/css. Are you planning to do it in the web design class? Or is this a different course running in addition to your web design course that may have some student overlap from year to year?
I am thinking about using the second part (Semester 2) of AI Foundations for my Web Design Class.
Semester 1 - includes Python - AI Foundations: Exploring AI and CS
Semester 2 - newly added and includes HTML/CSS/Javascript - AI Foundations: Designing and Building with AI
I feel the overlap would be the first part of AIF, code.org AP Computer Science Principles course uses a lot of the same lessons. Unit 2, 5 & 8