Computer foundations
Start with computer types, hardware, Windows, input and output, and safe computer care.
The learning pathway
Build confidence. Then build possibilities.
Start with computer foundations, develop useful digital habits and explore responsible AI. Connect these skills with practical robotics and coding through MakerOS.
Your foundations
Learn one clear step at a time.
Guided explanations, examples, activities and knowledge checks help learners connect new ideas with useful skills.
Digital skills & safety
Build useful digital habits, work with information and make safer choices online.
Computational thinking
Break problems into steps, recognise patterns, trace instructions and test your reasoning.
Responsible AI
Learn what AI does, ask clearly, check its answers and protect personal information.
Practice with purpose
Understand. Try. Reflect.
Work through explanations and guided practice, check your understanding and use feedback to decide what to revisit. Lessons unlock as learners complete the required activities and checks.
Teachers guide learning and review progress through their school accounts.
Read the learner and educator guides →Thoughtful AI learning
Prepared examples and clearly labelled fictional AI responses help learners practise asking questions, checking evidence and protecting personal information.
The Academy’s AI evidence labs do not require an external AI account. Learners build judgement alongside technical understanding.
The next step: MakerOS
Turn ideas into working projects.
Explore visual coding and projects with Arduino, ESP32 and sensors. Connect the logic you have learned with the inputs and outputs of real hardware.
MakerOS is a separate platform for practical robotics and coding. Discuss access, equipment and suitable activities with the Academy.
Explore MakerOSConnect logic and code
Explore how visual blocks translate into Arduino C++ or MicroPython.
Test and improve
Build a project, observe what happens and improve it step by step.
Different starting points
A pathway shaped around your learners.
Schools use different curricula and grade systems. Tell us about your country, learners’ experience, local priorities and available equipment so we can discuss an appropriate starting point.
The Academy is an online platform. An internet connection is needed for sign-in and saving progress; a computer with a current browser provides the best lesson experience.
Connect learning with the world
Explore our approach to industry exposure and supervised project opportunities.
Explore real-world learning →Help more learners take part
Work with us on school programmes, educator development, equipment or sponsored access.
Discover partnership options →