SpikiTech · Middle School · Age 11–15

Bold Speakers
Lab.

16 classes blending AI literacy, critical thinking, and real public speaking skills for students aged 11–15. Learn to think clearly, speak powerfully, and navigate the AI age with confidence.

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16 Total Classes
80+ Activities
11–15 Age Range
2 Modules
🏅 Certificate
🤖 AI Literacy · 🎤 Public Speaking · 🧠 Critical Thinking · ⚖️ AI Ethics · 🥊 Debate Skills · 🎭 Storytelling · 💡 Impromptu Speaking · 🏆 Certificate · 🤖 AI Literacy · 🎤 Public Speaking · 🧠 Critical Thinking · ⚖️ AI Ethics · 🥊 Debate Skills · 🎭 Storytelling · 💡 Impromptu Speaking · 🏆 Certificate ·
Program Vision

Why Bold Speakers Lab?

Middle schoolers are at the most critical crossroads — building identity, forming opinions, and preparing for high-stakes presentations. We give them two superpowers: AI literacy and fearless communication.

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AI Literacy First

From how AI works to ethics, deepfakes, and creative AI tools — students become informed, critical users of technology.

AI Fluency
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Real Speaking Skills

Structured debate, persuasive speeches, storytelling, and impromptu rounds build real stage confidence step by step.

Stage Confidence
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Critical Thinking

Students learn to form arguments, back claims with evidence, and challenge ideas — skills that transfer to every subject.

Analytical Mind
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Future-Ready Mindset

In a world shaped by AI, the students who can think and articulate clearly will always stand out.

Future Skills
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Low Pressure, High Growth

Safe practice rounds, peer feedback, and structured warm-ups ensure every student grows at their own pace.

Safe Learning
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Portfolio + Certificate

Every student builds a speaking portfolio and earns a SpikiTech Bold Speaker certificate after 16 classes.

Certified

Module 1 · Classes 1–8
AI Literacy Track

AI Explorers Upgraded 🤖

From understanding how neural networks "think" to debating AI ethics and creating with generative tools — this module turns students into confident, critical AI citizens.

01

🤖 What is AI, Really?

How machines learn · Myths vs facts

🎯 Students distinguish between AI myth and reality, understand how machines "learn" from data, and form their first informed opinion about AI.

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  • 🧩Myth Busters Game: True/False cards — "AI is alive", "AI can feel emotions", "AI writes its own code"
  • 📊Data + Pattern Demo: Teacher shows how a machine learns to recognize cats using 1000 images
  • 🎤1-Minute Opinion Speak: "AI is good for the world — agree or disagree?" (First speaking exercise!)
  • ✏️AI Mind Map: Students map where AI already exists in their day — phone, apps, music, YouTube recommendations
  • 💬Exit Question: "One thing you believed about AI that turned out to be wrong"
AI BasicsOpinion SpeakingCritical Thinking
🏠 Home Challenge: List 5 AI tools your family uses this week without knowing it.
02

🧠 How AI Thinks

Machine learning · Neural networks (simplified)

🎯 Students grasp how AI models are trained using data and feedback loops — in plain, age-appropriate language.

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  • 🎲Human Training Game: Class teaches a "robot student" to classify fruit by showing examples with feedback — simulating supervised learning
  • 📈Pattern Challenge: Predict the next number in an AI-generated pattern sequence
  • 🎤Explain It Back: Each student gets 60 seconds to explain machine learning in their own words to a partner
  • 🖥️Live Demo: Teachable Machine (Google) — train a model to recognize hand gestures in real-time
Machine LearningPeer ExplanationHands-On
🏠 Home Challenge: Explain machine learning to a parent in under 2 minutes.
03

👁️ AI That Sees & Hears

Computer vision · Voice AI · Deepfakes

🎯 Students understand how AI processes images and audio — and critically evaluate the dangers of deepfakes.

Show Activities
  • 🔍Real or Fake? Image detective game — spot AI-generated images vs real photos
  • 🎙️Voice AI Lab: Live demo of speech recognition and voice cloning tools
  • ⚠️Deepfake Discussion: What happens when you can't trust what you see? Group debate on digital trust
  • 🎤90-Second Rapid Fire: "Why should we care about deepfakes?" — structured impromptu speaking round
Computer VisionDeepfakesMedia Literacy
🏠 Home Challenge: Find one AI-generated image online and explain how you spotted it.
04

💬 Generative AI & Chatbots

ChatGPT · LLMs · How text AI works

🎯 Students understand how large language models generate text, learn prompt crafting, and practice speaking about AI tools responsibly.

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  • 🤖Prompt Battle: Groups compete to get the best AI output using creative prompts — most informative, funniest, most poetic
  • Hallucination Hunt: AI says something wrong — students fact-check and present corrections
  • 🎤2-Minute Tech Talk: "What is a chatbot and how does it work?" — practice explaining tech to a non-tech audience
  • 📝Prompt Journal: Students write 3 prompts for different use-cases and explain their thinking
Generative AIPrompt CraftTech Presentation
🏠 Home Challenge: Use an AI chatbot to research a hobby topic — then spot one mistake it makes.
05

⚖️ AI Ethics & Bias

Fairness · Responsibility · Who decides?

🎯 Students examine real-world AI bias cases, understand the ethical implications of AI decisions, and form and defend their own positions.

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  • 📰Case Study Cards: AI in hiring, AI in healthcare, AI in policing — groups analyse fairness in each scenario
  • 🧠Bias Simulation: A biased dataset exercise — students see how unfair data creates unfair results
  • 🎤Ethics Roundtable: "Who is responsible when AI makes a mistake?" — structured group discussion with speaking turns
  • ✏️My AI Rules: Draft 5 rules for how AI should be used fairly in schools
AI EthicsBiasGroup Discussion
🏠 Home Challenge: Ask a parent: "Would you trust an AI doctor? Why or why not?" Share their answer next class.
06

🎨 Create with AI

AI art · Music · Writing tools

🎯 Students use AI creative tools, explore the boundary between human creativity and AI generation, and speak about the experience.

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  • 🖼️AI Art Studio: Students create images using text prompts and compare to their own hand-drawn versions
  • 🎵AI Music Demo: Generate a 30-second song clip using AI — discuss: is this music?
  • 🎤Creator vs Machine Debate: "AI art is not real art" — take a side, defend your view in 2 minutes
  • 📁Portfolio Entry: Best AI creation goes into the student portfolio with a 3-line artist statement
AI ArtCreativityDebate
🏠 Home Challenge: Create an AI image of your dream future and prepare to present it.
07

🌍 AI & the Future World

AI in careers · Climate · Healthcare

🎯 Students explore how AI is reshaping industries and careers, and present a future scenario of their own design.

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  • 🏥Industry Rotation: Groups research AI in healthcare, education, farming, art, and sports — then present findings
  • 🚀Future Job Design: Students invent an AI-powered job that doesn't exist yet
  • 🎤Pitch Your Future: 90-second pitch — "My AI startup idea" with a problem, solution, and impact
  • 🌱Can AI Save the Planet? Brief panel discussion with assigned perspectives
Future CareersInnovationPitch Practice
🏠 Home Challenge: Research one job that AI may change in the next 10 years and come prepared to present.
08

🏆 AI Showcase Day!

Module 1 celebration · Presentations

🎯 Students present their best AI learning to parents/peers in a mini-showcase, consolidating 7 weeks of knowledge into confident presentations.

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  • 🎤3-Minute AI Talk: Each student presents their favourite AI topic learned so far
  • 🎨AI Poster Gallery: Display AI mind maps and creative work — peers leave sticky note feedback
  • 🏅AI Knowledge Quiz: Fun Kahoot-style quiz to recap all 7 modules
  • 🎓Module 1 Badge: Every student earns their "Certified AI Explorer" badge
ShowcasePresentationCertificate

Module 2 · Classes 9–16
Public Speaking Confidence Track

Fearless Speakers 🎤

From stage fright to standing ovations — this module builds every key speaking skill: structure, persuasion, storytelling, debate, and commanding presence.

09

🎙️ Voice, Body & Presence

Foundations of speaking · Stage basics

🎯 Students master the 3 pillars of powerful speaking: voice modulation, body language, and eye contact — through high-energy drills.

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  • 🎵Voice Warm-Up Drill: Tongue twisters, volume control (whisper → shout → TED talk voice), pace control
  • 🪞Mirror Power: Practice posture, eye contact hold (5 seconds), and natural hand gestures
  • 🎤30-Second Self Intro: Name, school year, one unique fact about themselves — three variations (confident, nervous, powerful)
  • 👁️Peer Feedback Round: Students score each other on eye contact, pace, and clarity using a simple rubric
VoiceBody LanguageStage Basics
🏠 Home Challenge: Record yourself introducing a topic you love. Watch it back and note one improvement.
10

📣 Informative Speaking

Research · Structure · Clear delivery

🎯 Students structure and deliver a 3-minute informative speech using the INTRO-BODY-CONCLUSION framework — clearly and without reading.

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  • 📋Structure Workshop: Break down a sample speech — identify hook, 3 points, and closing line
  • 🃏Cue Card Method: Students prepare 3 cue cards max — no scripts allowed
  • 🎤3-Minute Informative: Topics: favourite sport, a cool science fact, a place I want to visit
  • 💬Q&A Practice: Two audience questions after each speech — impromptu reply practice
Speech StructureResearchQ&A
🏠 Home Challenge: Teach your family one new thing you learned this week using the 3-point structure.
11

🗣️ Storytelling That Sticks

Personal stories · Emotion · Narrative arc

🎯 Students craft and deliver a 3-minute personal story using the 3-Act structure — beginning, turning point, lesson — with emotional authenticity.

Show Activities
  • 🎬Story Anatomy: Analyse a short TED story for hook, conflict, resolution, and lesson
  • ✍️My Story Draft: "A moment that changed how I think" — 5-minute writing exercise
  • 🎤Story Slam: Students perform their story — judged on emotion, clarity, and ending impact
  • 🔊Voice of Emotion: Same sentence said happy, sad, afraid, and excited — feel the difference
StorytellingPersonal VoiceEmotion
🏠 Home Challenge: Ask a grandparent or parent to tell you their best story — then retell it to the class.
12

💡 Persuasive Speaking

Ethos · Logos · Pathos · Opinion speeches

🎯 Students understand the 3 pillars of persuasion and deliver a compelling 3-minute persuasive speech on a topic they care about.

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  • ⚖️Ethos-Logos-Pathos Workshop: Students identify each element in famous speech excerpts
  • 🎭Persuasion Ladder: Turn a weak argument into a strong one using evidence, emotion, and credibility
  • 🎤Opinion Speech: "Schools should ban social media" / "AI should grade exams" — pick a side, speak it!
  • 🗳️Vote After Speeches: Did they change any minds? Class votes before and after
PersuasionEthos/Logos/PathosOpinion
🏠 Home Challenge: Persuade a family member to try something new using all 3 persuasion tools.
13

⚡ Impromptu Speaking

Think fast · Speak smart · Zero prep

🎯 Students build the ability to speak clearly and confidently with zero preparation using the PREP (Point-Reason-Example-Point) formula.

Show Activities
  • 🎯PREP Formula Drill: Learn the structure — practice with 3 easy topics before going live
  • 🃏Random Topic Cards: Pick a card, think 30 seconds, speak for 90 seconds — repeat 3 rounds
  • 🧊Ice Breaker Challenge: "Make us laugh in 60 seconds about something boring"
  • 🏆Impromptu Championship: Tournament bracket — best impromptu speaker of the day wins a badge
ImpromptuPREP FormulaQuick Thinking
🏠 Home Challenge: Every day this week, speak for 1 minute on a random topic chosen by family.
14

🥊 Introduction to Debate

Arguments · Rebuttals · Listening

🎯 Students participate in a structured mini-debate, learning to argue a position they may not personally hold — and rebut opposing points clearly.

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  • 📋Debate Format Intro: Opening statement → 2 arguments → rebuttal → closing — 2 minutes per side
  • 🎭Devil's Advocate Round: Argue for the position you disagree with — builds intellectual flexibility
  • 🎤Live Mini Debate: Topic — "AI should be banned in schools" — teams of 2 vs 2
  • 👂Active Listening Drill: Repeat opponent's point accurately before countering it
DebateRebuttalCritical Thinking
🏠 Home Challenge: Have a friendly debate with a sibling or parent — one must argue the opposite view.
15

🌟 Stage Presence & Confidence

Nerves · Mindset · Power poses

🎯 Students learn neuroscience-backed techniques to manage stage fright, project confidence, and own the room — even when nervous.

Show Activities
  • 🧠Nerves = Energy: Reframe the feeling — anxiety and excitement are the same chemical reaction
  • 💪Power Pose Lab: 2-minute confidence pose before speaking — does it work? Group reflection
  • 😤Box Breathing Technique: 4-4-4-4 breathing drill before going on stage
  • 🎤Comeback Round: If you stumble — practice recovering with grace and continuing confidently
  • 🏅Stage Star Rehearsal: Full run of graduation speech for the first time
ConfidenceStage FrightMindset
🏠 Home Challenge: Practice your graduation speech in front of a mirror 3 times this week.
16

🏆 Bold Speakers Showcase!

Final speeches · Parents · Certificate

🎯 The grand finale — students perform their best speech in front of parents and peers, receive their Bold Speaker certificate, and celebrate 16 weeks of growth.

Show Activities
  • 🎤Final Speech: Each student delivers a 3–4 minute prepared speech of their choice (informative, story, or persuasive)
  • Impromptu Wildcard: One surprise impromptu question after the prepared speech
  • 🤝Peer Appreciation Round: Each student says one thing they admired about a classmate's growth
  • 🏅Bold Speaker Certificate: Official SpikiTech graduation certificate presented to every student
  • 🎉Portfolio Handover: Every student receives their full speaking portfolio to keep
GraduationFinal SpeechCertificate
Program Outcomes

What Students Walk Away With

After 16 classes, every Bold Speaker graduates with real skills, real confidence, and a real portfolio.

Understand how AI works — machine learning, neural networks, LLMs — explained clearly

Critically evaluate AI-generated content, deepfakes, and biased algorithms

Create responsibly using generative AI tools for school and personal projects

Deliver a 3–4 minute prepared speech with clear structure and confident delivery

Speak impromptu for 90 seconds on any topic using the PREP formula

Understand and apply the 3 pillars of persuasion in everyday communication

Participate confidently in structured group debates with arguments and rebuttals

Use storytelling structure to make any topic engaging and memorable

Manage stage fright using proven techniques from neuroscience and practice

Hold meaningful conversations about AI ethics, fairness, and responsibility

Build a personal speaking portfolio capturing their growth over 16 weeks

Graduate with the SpikiTech Bold Speaker Certificate

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The Grand Finale 🏆

Class 16 is a full showcase event — students speak in front of parents, get their certificates, and celebrate the boldest versions of themselves.

🎤 Final Speech ⚡ Impromptu Round 🤝 Peer Appreciation 🏅 Certificate 📁 Portfolio
Bold Speaker Certificate
Every student graduates as a certified SpikiTech Bold Speaker
Complete all 16 classes → deliver your final speech → earn your portfolio + certificate → join the SpikiTech alumni network.
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