CodeHS AI Insider: Vibe Coding, AI Funding, PD Opportunities, and More!
✨ Vibe Coding in CodeHS
Students can now explore vibe coding in CodeHS using Bool. This tool lets students bring their ideas to life with HTML, JavaScript, and CSS using natural language, even if they have no prior coding experience. It is a fast and creative way to build projects while learning how to work with AI.
Vibe coding is also coming directly to select CodeHS courses. These new built in activities will help students practice writing effective prompts while giving them space to create and experiment with their own ideas.
🔄 Alternative Exercises
Some schools and districts have restrictions on certain AI tools, which can create gaps in your course experience. To help you keep instruction moving, we offer alternative exercises that align with key concepts while using tools available within CodeHS.
For example, if students are unable to use Teachable Machine, you can substitute with CodeHS hosted activities that cover similar learning goals. You can find those activities here: Supervised Learning, How Are AI Models Trained?, AI Models in Industry
We also provide full alternative exercise modules designed to fit seamlessly into your course:
Introduction to AI for Middle School: [Alternative Assignments]
Introduction to AI for High School: [Alternative Assignments]
These options help ensure all students can engage with AI concepts regardless of tool access.
💡 AI Watch-Out: Sycophancy in AI Tools
AI tools are designed to be helpful—but sometimes that turns into agreeing too much. This is called sycophancy, when an AI mirrors a user’s opinion instead of challenging it or providing accurate information.
In classrooms and professional workflows, this can show up when an AI validates a weak idea, reinforces bias, or avoids pointing out errors. While that can feel efficient, it can quietly reduce the quality of thinking and decision-making.
To spot and avoid this, try simple moves like asking for counterarguments, requesting sources, or prompting the AI to critique its own response. These strategies help ensure AI is supporting critical thinking—not just agreeing with it.
Building awareness of issues like sycophancy is part of the work in the Applied AI for Educators Cohort, where educators learn to use AI more intentionally, question outputs, and design workflows that keep human judgment at the center.
🧠 AI Funding Shift
Federal priorities are evolving, and AI is becoming a key factor in how schools compete for funding. Programs that integrate AI are gaining an edge in grant opportunities. For schools, now is the time to build AI literacy, support teachers, and implement scalable programs that prepare students for what’s next. CodeHS makes it easy to get started with ready-to-use AI curriculum and tools.
🎥 Upcoming Free Webinar
Introducing CodeHS PD Cohorts for the 26-27 School Year
May 21st at 4:00 - 4:30 PM CT
In this 30 minute webinar, participants will learn about our new PD cohorts for the upcoming school year. We are offering year-round cohorts for AP CSA, AP CSP, the new AP Cyber course, and an Applied AI cohort suitable for teachers of any content area. Each cohort offers live sessions, asynchronous training materials, and 1:1 support throughout the year. We will share the schedule, information on how to join, and a sneak peek of what each cohort will offer. This webinar is open to all teachers and admin who are interested in learning about our PD cohorts for the 26-27 school year.
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-The CodeHS Team