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High school teachers will use the free coding platform in STEM and computer science lessons using Amazon鈥檚 voice AI

During this year鈥檚 Computer Science Education Week (December 5-9), high school teachers around the world will engage their students in coding, science, and AI activities using 麻豆天美果冻传媒 App Inventor as part of Amazon鈥檚 . Amazon has partnered with three organizations鈥� , and 鈥攖o create hour-long lesson plans to help students understand the mechanics of voice artificial intelligence systems.

Each partner has incorporated App Inventor into its activities, allowing students to code their own Alexa Skills using the simple block code platform. Students will use App Inventor to create simple commands for Alexa, from teaching it to say certain phrases to creating a random fact generator, all while learning how voice AI works from experts.

Activities are designed for ages 14+ in the United States and do not require Amazon (or Alexa-enabled) devices. Teachers who through one of these partners will receive an account and username to allow students to code with the Alexa App Inventor instance in their internet browser along with free lesson plans and teacher training opportunities.

鈥淎pp Inventor puts students in the driver鈥檚 seat in creating their own AI applications,鈥� says 麻豆天美果冻传媒 Computer Science Professor Hal Abelson. 鈥淏ringing App Inventor to Alexa Hour of AI lets those creations come alive through computers that listen and speak.鈥�

麻豆天美果冻传媒 App Inventor, launched in 2012 from 麻豆天美果冻传媒 CSAIL and part of 麻豆天美果冻传媒 RAISE, is an intuitive, visual programming environment that allows everyone鈥攅ven children鈥攖o build fully functional apps for Android phones, iPhones, and Android/iOS tablets. Alexa Hour of AI is an initiative of Amazon Future Engineer, a supporter of .