🚀 Course Overview
This fast-paced Foundations Class is designed to give you a confident, working understanding of today’s most powerful creative and AI tools — even if you’ve never used them before.
In just six weeks, you’ll go from basic tech user to skilled digital creator, learning how to navigate your devices, type with speed, prompt AI models, and build real projects using the tools shaping the future.
Whether you're preparing for a creative career, looking to stay ahead in your profession, or simply want to get fluent in the tech your kids are already using — this course will give you the skills to thrive.
🧠 What You'll Learn
Digital Fluency Skills:
- Touch typing (speed, posture, confidence)
- Keyboard shortcuts and gestures (Mac & iPad)
- File management and cloud storage
- Device basics across the Apple ecosystem (Mac, iPad, iPhone)
AI Fluency & Prompting:
- How to use ChatGPT (3.5, 4, and Custom GPTs)
- Writing effective prompts for tasks, research, and creativity
- Understanding LLMs and what they can’t do
Creative Tools & Projects:
- Poster and flyer design
- AI-generated image creation
- Sticker, logo, and t-shirt design
- Music and sound creation
- Video capture and editing
- Building a digital portfolio or homepage
🛠 Apps & Tools You’ll Use
(All beginner-friendly, guided step-by-step)
AI & Prompting
- ChatGPT (3.5, 4, and Custom GPTs)
- DALL·E (for image generation)
- Claude, Gemini & Grok (for model comparisons)
Design & Creativity
- Canva – Posters, layouts, branding
- Procreate – Drawing, stickers, design
- Suno – Music & song generation
- CapCut, Final Cut, Luma Fusion – Video editing basics
Apple Ecosystem
- macOS – Finder, file navigation, screenshots
- iOS – iPad gestures, multitasking, Files app
- AirDrop & iCloud – Syncing between devices
Typing Tools
- Typesy or Keybr – Typing drills & accuracy tracking
🎯 Who This Class Is For
- Students who want to build real digital skills from the ground up.
This course is designed for learners who are ready to go beyond passive tech use and start building, creating, and thinking critically with modern tools.
- Those ready to shift from consuming content to creating it.
Whether it’s making videos, designing graphics, generating music, or prompting AI, this class gives you the hands-on experience to express your ideas with confidence.
- Future leaders in any field.
No matter your passion — science, business, the arts, or something entirely new — digital fluency is a superpower. This class helps you develop the creative and technical skills that will give you an edge in school, work, and life.