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02 / AI learning × systems thinking

From AI user to agent builder

Making workflows, knowledge, boundaries and evaluation tangible for first-time AI builders.

AI learningSystems thinkingEvaluation design
AUDIENCE
Grade 10 · basic digital skills
FORMAT
40 academic hours · proposed pathway
CONTRIBUTION
Curriculum development and bilingual adaptation
CONTEXT
Appleseeds · technology education
Curriculum design · Original materials below; interactive demos created for this portfolio.

Syllabi & lesson plans

The brief

An impressive answer does not explain how an AI system works—or when it should stop.

The design moves learners from using general AI tools to specifying a bounded agent with a purpose, a user and responsible behavior. Workflows, variables and data are introduced as parts of a visible system. Python supports understanding of logic and data rather than serving as an advanced prerequisite.

Learning approach

Build a small version early. Make its limits visible.

An initial agent in MindStudio creates a concrete object to examine before deeper architecture is introduced. In-scope and out-of-scope cases appear early. The next stage adds conditions, fallback behavior and grounding, followed by interface validation, logs and optional integrations. Testing is part of the learning architecture rather than a final demonstration alone.

01Agent V0Purpose, user, scope and initial behavior.
02Logic + knowledgeBranching, grounding and structured data.
03Interface + integrationValidate input; connect only what is needed.
04Test + safeguardExpected vs. actual results and prioritized fixes.

Reconstructed curriculum map. Sequence and planned scope are grounded in the supplied documents.

Try an example

New portfolio demonstration

Inside a responsible learning agent

Choose an input and inspect the route. This is a rule-based simulation, with no live model or external API.

More about the design

Discovery & objectives

The syllabus defines learners with basic digital skills and no prior agent-building experience. It establishes a practical need for gradual technical progression, teamwork and documentation. This supports an analysis of prerequisites and learning tasks, but it is not a record of user interviews or a completed needs-assessment study.

Intended learning performance

The intended performance is to build and explain an agent’s workflow, knowledge sources and boundaries, then compare its behavior with expected results before presenting it.

Design focus

Workflows, grounding, guardrails, evaluation

Development & storyboard

Specified technologies include MindStudio, Python or a notebook, Google Sheets/Docs and a safe API where relevant. The planned work includes a blueprint, user journey, architecture map, empty-input validation, logs, JSON request/response concepts and an evaluation set. API integration is conditional; no particular provider or implemented integration is evidenced.

MindStudioPythonJSON / APIsGoogle Sheets

The available artifacts are the Hebrew and Arabic syllabi. The interactive flow below is a new browser-based, rule-driven simulation using a tiny illustrative knowledge set. It does not call an AI model, run Python or demonstrate a deployed MindStudio agent.

Screen-level storyboard

New portfolio specification for the demonstration below.

ScreenContentLearner actionFeedback / rationale
01 · InputSelect a learning request or a problematic input.Choose one of four test cases.Test input is displayed explicitly.
02 · RouteValidation, scope and source checks determine the route.Run the selected case.The relevant workflow stages become visible.
03 · ReviewCompare expected behavior with the simulated response.Inspect feedback and retry.Success includes an appropriate refusal or clarification.

Multilingual design

The curriculum combines local-language explanations with international technical vocabulary. The same bounded-purpose concept is carried across both versions.

עברית
צורך אמיתי
العربية
حاجة حقيقية

Short terms from the paired source documents, newly typeset. Latin tool names use their original spelling.

Evaluation & next steps

The final stage specifies structured peer tests, a bug log, debugging and retesting, guardrails and expected-versus-actual comparisons. Learners are intended to explain their system and prioritize fixes before a release candidate. No real test set, agent export, feedback log or performance measurement was provided.

A proposed next iteration

A proposed implementation refinement is one task, one knowledge source and a small representative test set before integration. Explicit acceptance thresholds and a human review step would turn the named evaluation concepts into a more operational release decision.

Skills & sources

Technical learning architectureAI literacy and responsible useConditional logic and fallback designData and API concept translationEvaluation planningProduct scope and failure states

Source basis

Grade 10 AI-agent syllabi, Hebrew and Arabic, pp. 1–3.

Contribution is based on Saja’s identification of these materials as her work. Exact collaborator boundaries and implementation dates remain part of the private review. Curriculum tool references describe the planned learning environment, not a claim of production expertise in every tool.