AI Explorers Workshop
Train • Test • Play
Students train AI models to recognise objects, facial expressions and hand gestures, then use them to control a game in Scratch and dodge its obstacles.
- 1st Year–TY
- 60 minutes
In-school workshops · Secondary schools
Coding, AI and robotics workshops for secondary schools
Hands-on workshops we run in your school. Each one shows the year groups it suits.
Workshops for secondary students
Program LED Light Strips
Connect • Code • Create • Shine
Students program a micro:bit to drive an LED strip, from colours and effects to shooting stars that fire when they clap.
- 1st–6th Year
- 60 minutes · Hands-on · No experience needed
Race Autonomous Cars
Build • Program • Test • Improve
A team challenge: students program autonomous cars to race around a track, tweaking their code between runs to set the fastest lap.
- 1st–3rd Year
- 60 minutes · Team-based · Hands-on
No workshop matches that combination. Make an enquiry and tell us what you are looking for.
How the workshops fit Junior Cycle and TY
Junior Cycle
Schools can offer the Coding short course, about 100 hours across the three years of junior cycle, with teamwork encouraged throughout. A workshop gives a class a practical start, or a feel for coding before a school takes the course on.
Our Junior Cycle coursesTransition Year
Each school designs its own TY programme, combining subjects, subject sampling, TY modules and other components. A workshop gives a TY group a hands-on day of coding, AI or robotics.
Our TY modulesWhat Schools Are Saying About Our Workshops
What impact did the coding workshop have on your students?
Student engagement & excited about learning something new
How did the workshop support your teaching goals?
It supported our Chromebook initiative as well as our digital media literacy course
Would you recommend this workshop to other educators? Why?
Yes, the students were very engaged and enjoying learning something we don't offer in the school - something new
Chloe Joynt
St Laurence College
What impact did the coding workshop have on your students?
Most 1st year students had no prior experience of coding, so I was apprehensive but they all engaged and enjoyed it. They are eager to continue learning and do more.
How did the workshop support your teaching goals?
These workshops supported the key JC skills of managing information and thinking and also being creative. Sometimes students can have an attitude of "I can't ..." when they begin something new, but coding allows them to feel brave and experiment, to run into problems and overcome them.
Would you recommend this workshop to other educators? Why?
Yes, for the reasons above. It's active, engaging, well-explained and fun!
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Sarah Purcell
Ellenfield Community College
Book a workshop
Make an enquiry and we will be in touch to plan the visit with you.