From Lab to Classroom: Running an AI Student Program Inside a School
A 60-minute hands-on workshop for teachers and tech coaches, built on a case study from the International School of Beijing.
- WhenSunday, October 18
- Time11:20 am–12:20 pm (per the agenda)
- WhereKeystone Academy, Beijing
- ForTeachers and tech coaches
A case, the reasons it worked, and a live build
The case: what students built in five days
Over five days, ISB students built working websites and apps with AI and presented them to judges from Harvard, Stanford, Y Combinator, and AI labs.
Why it worked
The program starts from lasting skills like creativity and judgment, with AI strengthening the learning instead of replacing it.
Build a website, live, with the room
We start from a pre-built site and add the sections and features you call out, so you see what it takes to turn ideas into a working website.
Take it back to your school
You leave with a planning checklist and a guide to accessing AI tools on school networks.
Teachers use AI. Schools are still deciding how.
Three findings from RAND’s national surveys. Each links to its source.
- 53%
of English, math, and science teachers said they used AI for school in 2025, up more than 15 points in one to two years.
Source: RAND, AI Use in Schools Is Quickly Increasing but Guidance Lags Behind, September 2025
- 34%
of teachers reported school or district policies on AI use related to academic integrity.
Source: RAND, AI Use in Schools Is Quickly Increasing but Guidance Lags Behind, September 2025
- 1 in 2
U.S. districts had trained teachers on generative AI by fall 2024, double the year before. Many built the training themselves after struggling to find outside partners.
Source: RAND, More Districts Are Training Teachers on Artificial Intelligence, April 2025
The co-founders of Arena School
Jing Jing Yang
Co-founder, Arena School. At ISB from elementary school through graduation (Class of 2019); Brown and Tsinghua; Kimi (Moonshot AI).
Phillip An
Co-founder, Arena School. Forbes 30 Under 30 and a YC-backed founder; McKinsey and Goldman Sachs; Caltech, Harvard, and Tsinghua.
Run before, with real schools.
- International School of Beijing · Summer 2026
A five-day student program
Over five days, students built working websites and apps with AI and presented them to judges, on the school’s campus with mentors in the room.
- Where
- International School of Beijing
- Judges
- Founders and operators from Harvard, Stanford, Y Combinator, and AI labs
- Tsinghua University · Staff training
Schwarzman College
Training for staff built around their own work, with their judgment in charge. The same format as AI for Educators.
- Who
- Staff, Schwarzman College
- Format
- Hands-on workshop
- Taught by
- Phillip An
- Bodley Academy · Hong Kong, summer 2025
Twenty students, five days
A five-day course designed and taught by Phillip An. Each student worked on one real problem they chose.
- Students
- 20
- Rating
- 9.5 / 10 Net Promoter Score
Bring this to your school
We run hands-on AI training for teachers and help schools plan student programs like the ISB case.