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Educators, students, and families gathered at a CEAMLS K–12 AI community event at Morgan State University
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Past competition

Human-AI Collaboration Challenge 2026

A two-day build event where students teamed up to create AI-powered solutions for K–12 education.

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Build. Collaborate. Win up to $2500.

Open to middle school, high school, and college students. Teams picked a track and spent two days designing an AI-powered learning experience with mentors from CEAMLS. No AI experience was required and hands-on workshops ran throughout.

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  • Cash prizes for the top 3 teams (up to $2500)
  • Two tracks: macOS & Windows · Gamified or Instructional design
  • All meals provided both days, plus a tech raffle
  • Finalists advanced to the National CEAMLS Symposium
  • Certificates for every participating team

Our events

Recent highlights

Recap

K–12 AI Education Showcase

Two days in the Schaefer and Mitchell Engineering Buildings: 120 participants including educators, students, families, and partners explored teacher-designed lessons. Attended VR, machine-learning demos, 3D-printing and Swift Playgrounds workshops.

Students

Summer AI Camp

60 middle school students spent time in the Morgan State campus, building AI projects with robots. Watch this space for next summer's dates.

Research

SITE 2026 Conference

Our team presented two peer-reviewed papers at the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education conference: one on the DEAR Method as a multimodal AI-literacy framework for under-resourced schools, and one on preparing K–12 teachers for AI integration through Challenge-Based Learning.

Stay connected

The CEAMLS educator network

Our AI Teacher Fellows graduate and become curriculum ambassadors who mentor future cohorts. Join them.

Become an AI Teacher Fellow

Join the next professional development cohort. Teachers of every level and subject welcome.

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Train-the-trainer pathway

Instructional coaches learn to run the offline-first curriculum with existing community resources for sustainability practices.

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Volunteer & mentor

University students and professionals: mentor student teams at events like the Human-AI Collaboration Challenge, or answer questions in our Ask an AI Mentor program.

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Bring AI education to your site

School, public library, or recreation center if you serve K–12 learners in Maryland, we want to hear from you. Everything we build is free and open, and lessons run with or without devices.

Email ceamlsmsu@morgan.edu →