Students learn to leverage AI coding assistants while building a complete AI-powered game from scratch, guided by an expert from UCSD's Supercomputer Center.
This hands-on Python & AI Coding Camp is designed for middle and high school students to learn Python programming and build an AI-powered game. Students will create a classic text-based game, first as a player-vs-player version, and then upgrade it with a smart AI opponent. The curriculum emphasizes learning by doing, encouraging students to experiment, make mistakes, and build real projects from day one. Participants will also learn to use AI coding assistants to understand and improve their Python code, fostering faster progress and confidence in their coding abilities. The camp covers core Python programming concepts, data structures, functions, control flow, and object-oriented thinking, preparing students for high school computer science. They will also gain basic data science skills, including organizing, visualizing, and manipulating data using Python libraries, and get hands-on experience with machine learning fundamentals to implement simple predictive models.
Students engage in hands-on coding activities, building a text-based game and integrating AI components, with expert instruction and opportunities to experiment and build projects.
This camp is ideal for middle and high school students interested in coding and AI, with no previous programming experience required, though those with prior Python experience are also welcome.
Italian School of San Diego, 4550 Kearny Villa Rd Suite 202, San Diego, CA
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