WORKSHOP

Building with Artificial Intelligence

Get ready to dive deep into the world of AI with Black Boys Code London and explore how it's tackling real-world challenges!

March 28, 2026
AGES: 8 – 17
COST: FREE
FORMAT: IN-PERSON

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About this workshop

Our March workshop moves students from learning about Artificial Intelligence to actively building with it. Participants transform their trained AI models and design blueprints into real, working creations, experiencing firsthand how AI powers games, apps, and conversations. It’s an exciting step from theory to hands-on innovation.

In the Beginner Track, students turn their emotion-recognition AI models into interactive game controllers, building a dynamic Scratch game where their own facial expressions control what happens on screen, imagine smiling to make a character jump or reacting to trigger new movements. They see how AI vision connects directly to code in real time. Meanwhile, in the Advanced Track, students transform their chatbot ideas into fully functional Python programs. They write the logic that allows their chatbot to greet users, understand input, make decisions using conditionals, and carry on multi-topic conversations, just like real AI assistants. This is where ideas evolve into intelligent systems built entirely by the students themselves.

This workshop is FREE, and all learning materials are provided, students simply need to bring their curiosity and readiness to build.

This is where creativity meets code. Students combine their trained AI emotion models with Scratch programming to build their first interactive, AI-powered game. Using a visual, block-based coding environment, learners create a “Smile to Jump” game where facial expressions control gameplay, smiling makes the character jump!

The session follows a complete-build approach, ensuring every student leaves with a fully playable game built from start to finish.

Students translate their chatbot blueprints into real, working programs using Python. Through hands-on coding in Replit, learners build conversational chatbots that can listen to user input, process it, and respond intelligently.

The workshop introduces essential Python concepts including variables, input/output, conditionals (if, elif, else), and loops. By the end of the session, every student will have a chatbot capable of handling multiple conversation topics.

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London

Western University, Physics and Astronomy Building
1151 Richmond Street, London, ON, Canada

Building with Artificial Intelligence

March 28, 2026
10:00 am – 2:00 pm EST
IN-PERSONFREE

Ottawa

University of Ottawa
160 Louis-Pasteur Private, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5

Building with Artificial Intelligence

March 28, 2026
10:00 am – 2:00 pm EST
IN-PERSONFREE

Maritimes

University of New Brunswick
550 Windsor Street, Fredericton, New Brunswick

Building with Artificial Intelligence

March 28, 2026
11:00 am – 2:00 pm EST
IN-PERSONFREE

Vancouver

Centre for Digital Media
685 Great Northern Way, Vancouver, BC

Building with Artificial Intelligence

March 28, 2026
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm PST
IN-PERSONFREE

Durham

Ontario Tech University, Main Oshawa Campus
2000 Simcoe Street North, Oshawa, ON

Building with Artificial Intelligence

March 28, 2026
11:00 am – 3:00 pm EST
IN-PERSONFREE

Montreal

Concordia University
1455 Boulevard De Maisonneuve Ouest, Montreal, QC

Building with Artificial Intelligence

March 28, 2026
11:00 am – 3:00 pm EST
IN-PERSONFREE

Brampton

Sheridan College, Davis Campus
7899 McLaughlin Road, Brampton, ON

Building with Artificial Intelligence

March 28, 2026
11:00 am – 3:00 pm EST
IN-PERSONFREE

Waterloo

University of Waterloo
200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON

Building with Artificial Intelligence

11:00 am – 2:00 pm EST
10:00 am – 2:00 pm EST
IN-PERSONFREE

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