Build something a real classroom will use.
Start from a ready project, build it on tools we've already shipped, and take it to a teacher this term. We support the build; you own the impact.
A program of K12worX Education, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.
Why this is different
Not a hackathon
A built-but-unused app doesn't count here. Success is a teacher and students actually using what you made.
You don't start from scratch
Each starter is built on tools we've already shipped — worksheets, slides, video, animated demonstrators. You assemble; you don't reinvent.
A real, earned accomplishment
Because the bar is real use — not a demo — it's worth far more than "I built an app."
The starter projects
Most are print-first — a packet a teacher can use this week, with no logins and no student data collected. The easiest possible “yes.”
Sub Plan in a Box
Lowest load“Out sick? Your class still learns.”
A teacher picks a grade and a standard; the tool generates a complete, ready-to-print substitute packet — a worksheet, an answer key, and a one-page “what to do” sheet for the sub.
Explore →Tonight's Worksheet
Lowest load“Tomorrow's practice, generated in 30 seconds, printed by bedtime.”
Teacher picks the standard they just taught → gets a differentiated practice sheet at three levels (easy / on-level / challenge) plus an answer key, as a single PDF ready to print.
Explore →Re-Teach Tomorrow
Low–med load“They missed it today? Here's a fresh set for tomorrow.”
A teacher names the standard their class struggled with today; the tool generates a fresh remediation worksheet plus a 2-minute explainer on exactly that skill — as a slide deck, or optionally rendered to a short video for home viewing.
Explore →Standard → Slides
Lowest load“Type a standard, get a teachable deck.”
A teacher enters a Common Core code; out comes a classroom-ready, themed Marp deck — a hook, worked examples, and a check-for-understanding — that presents on a projector or prints as a handout.
Explore →Quiz + Key, Done
Lowest load“A fair quiz on exactly what you taught — with the key.”
A teacher selects the standards covered this week; the tool generates a quiz aligned to exactly those standards plus its answer key, ready to print.
Explore →Parent Practice Pack
Lowest load“Send practice home parents can actually run.”
A teacher picks a grade and a standard; the tool generates a home-practice packet plus a plain-language parent guide that explains, in everyday words, how to help with each problem type — a printout that goes home in a backpack, with nothing for the family to install.
Explore →Bell-Ringer-a-Day
Lowest load“Five minutes of warm-up, spiraled across the standards, all month.”
A teacher picks a grade; the tool generates a full month of daily warm-up problems that deliberately spiral back through earlier standards — delivered as one printable pack or a slide-a-day.
Explore →Animated Concept Coach
Lowest load“Pick a concept, watch it animate — live in class.”
A simple in-class tool: the teacher picks a concept and projects the matching animated virtual manipulative — base-10 regrouping, fraction bars, number lines, the unit circle, and more — then steps through it live in front of the class.
Explore →These are starting points, not a fixed menu — adapt one, or bring your own idea.
Two roles — you can hold either, or both
AI Builder
You create the solution — assembling it on our building blocks, or building something net-new.
AI Champion
You own getting it into a real classroom: make the case and secure a sponsoring teacher.
A sponsoring teacher is what makes the work real — the person who welcomes your solution into their classroom. Securing one is the point, not a hurdle.
How it works
Claim a starter
Pick one of the projects above — or adapt it, or bring your own idea.
Build it
Assemble it on our blocks. We support you through the build.
Pilot it
As AI Champion, make the case and secure a sponsoring teacher, then run it in a real classroom.
Grow to sustained use
Real, repeated use is the goal — that's what graduates your solution.
What you gain
You contribute real work; you come away with something real.
An accomplishment that's actually true
A solution real teachers and students use — not a hackathon demo. "A tool a classroom relied on for a semester" is a different category of claim than "I built an app." The credibility comes from the bar being real.
Hands-on with AI, for real
You work directly with the AI tools and building blocks reshaping how things get made — applied to a concrete problem, not a tutorial. Exposure to where the field is going, by doing.
You don't build alone
The program supports you through it — and builders can expect to learn together. We plan to run regular workshops on the tools, the blocks, and what makes a solution a classroom adopts.
Most builders start on blocks (we call this Tier 1 — faster, supported). You can also build something net-new (Tier 2 — more freedom, a heavier lift). The starters above are the easiest on-ramp; the choice is yours.
Two Tier-2 examples
Math Demonstrator
Low–med load“Pick a concept, type the operation, watch it solved with virtual manipulatives.”
A web app that animates math operations with virtual manipulatives — choose Base-10 Blocks from the concept picker, type 27 + 15, and watch the blocks combine, then regroup ten ones into one ten. A pluggable platform: 23 demonstrators (base-10, fraction bars, number lines, the unit circle, and more) sit behind a shared playback engine, so one app covers many concepts.
Explore →Gap Recovery
High load“Spot a student's real gaps, then close them as a team.”
A multi-stakeholder web app built around gaps as the unit of work: a teacher or tutor sets up a per-student recovery plan, names the specific gaps in priority and dependency order, attaches instructional content and practice, and assigns it; the student completes and submits; the teacher grades or requests a redo; parents track progress; notifications and milestone checks keep everyone aligned.
Explore →Interested?
Tell us which starter caught your eye — or the idea you already have in mind.
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