AI for teens
Understand. Grow. Lead.
AI is becoming part of how teenagers learn, create, communicate, solve problems, and understand the world around them.Today’s teenagers are the first generation in history to grow up with AI as a constant cognitive companion before they have fully developed their own judgement, thinking habits, and identity.Most are being left to figure it out alone.AI for Teens 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.
“The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.”
Plutarch
Why AI Fluency Matters Now
Teenagers are teaching themselves to use AI for:
• Schoolwork
• Research & Revision
• Problem solving & Creative projectsBut very 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 is either a highly technical coding track or some surface-level tool tips that quickly become outdatedAI for Teens 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.
“We become what we behold. We shape our tools, and thereafter our tools shape us.”
— Marshall McLuhan
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.
“The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do.”
B. F. Skinner
How the course works
Cohort A - Gen Alpha (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 - Gen Z (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.
2 x 2 hour sessions per Cohort
Total for four hours course material spread across two interactive sessions over two weekends on Sunday afternoon
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.
Built for Teenagers
The course is designed specifically for how teenagers learn, communicate, and engage today.
“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.”
Aristotle
Who Leads The Course
Dr. Valerie Weinzierl
brings together 30+ years of academic teaching experience, strategic leadership work, and a deep personal interest in how AI is reshaping learning, communication, and future opportunity.She has lectured as part of MBA programmes at the University of Geneva and has spent years working across education, leadership, communication, and organisational development.
As both a parent within the BBIS community and someone actively navigating AI across five children at different stages of development, she has seen first-hand how quickly these systems are becoming embedded in schoolwork, creativity, communication, and everyday life.Her own journey into AI has been driven by one central question: how can young people gain the advantages of AI without quietly losing the independent thinking, judgement, and confidence that will matter most in the future?AI for Teens was created as a practical response to that question.
June 2026 BBIS Launch
Exclusive Launch
The first AI for Teens cohort launches exclusively with the BBIS community in June 2026.Two age-specific groups will run live online across two consecutive Sundays in small cohort sessions designed for meaningful interaction and discussion.
Group A - Gen Alpha (Grades 6–8)
Sunday 7 June & Sunday 14 June
16:00–18:00
Group B - Gen Z (Grades 9–12)
Sunday 7 June & Sunday 14 June
18:30–20:30
Limited to a maximum of 12 students per group.€249 per student.