Vinsers Sharpen Their Thinking With Ai: Beyond “How To Use”
As parents, have you ever wondered: In a world where AI can provide answers in an instant, what should we truly teach our children? At Vinschool’s AI Summer Programme, the focus is not on teaching students how to ask AI the right questions—but how to think with AI.
Over the past three weeks, Vinsers went beyond simply using tools. They were challenged to deconstruct problems (computational thinking), design solutions (design thinking), and “teach” AI the logic they developed. In this context, AI is not just a machine that answers—it’s a thinking partner, a mirror through which students refine and expand their ideas.
Vinschool’s goal is not merely to train coders, but to nurture architects of thought. This summer class marks a valuable first step in observing and evaluating students’ learning experiences—laying the groundwork for the upcoming school year, where AI competency will be deeply integrated to help learners take charge of technology and lead the future.
“I was excited to create an AI that can recognize tomato leaves. My team and I took pictures of healthy leaves and pest-damaged leaves, then trained the AI to tell the difference. After that, we integrated it into Scratch — if the leaf has signs of pests, the character explains how to deal with it. In the future, I want to build a small machine to help farmers detect pests early. This week helped me understand better how AI learns from data and that we need to train it carefully.”
For the first time, primary Vinsers had hands-on experience training an AI model using images.
Vinsers programmed characters using Scratch combined with the “Dancing with AI” experience – programming and controlling characters with hand gestures through a camera.
Vinsers confidently presented their hands-on AI training projects.
Primary Vinsers experienced how AI learns to recognize faces and poses through real image data.
Vinsers developed analytical and synthetic thinking through a hands-on activity: controlling a character using voice commands. Students recorded their own commands (left, right, up, down, etc.), trained the AI, and programmed the character to respond correctly to each command.
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In May, Vinschool officially announced the launch of a comprehensive AI education program for students aged 5 to 18, beginning in the 2025–2026 school year. The program is structured around three key pillars: age-specific competency frameworks, cross-disciplinary integrated content, and a specialized assessment system, developed under the academic guidance of VinUni and international experts.
