AI in the Gardens Game Development Community Camp

Miami Gardens

AI in the Gardens

AI Coding & Game Building Competition

A one-day immersive STEM experience designed to introduce middle school students in Miami Gardens to Artificial Intelligence, prompt engineering, and game development.

60+

Students participated

2

Middle schools represented

4

Hours of intensive innovation

1

Game building competition

The Experience

One day. One challenge. Big ideas.

Hosted by KCC, the event brought together more than 60 students from Carol City Middle School and Norland Middle School for an engaging, hands-on coding competition.

Students were challenged to think creatively, collaborate as teams, and build with AI.

Made possible through the support of State Representative Felicia Simone Robinson Johnson and Vice Mayor Robert Stephens III, the initiative demonstrated how emerging technologies can inspire the next generation of innovators while expanding access to high-quality STEM education in the Miami Gardens community.

Four-Hour Innovation Challenge

A crash course in building with AI.

01

AI & Machine Learning Fundamentals

02

Prompt Engineering Best Practices

03

Responsible & Ethical AI

04

Collaborative Problem-Solving

05

Creative Game Design

06

AI-Assisted Software Development

07

Rapid Prototyping & Iterative Design

08

Team Presentations & Project Showcases

Building With Modern AI

Turning ideas into playable games.

Students learned how to effectively communicate with leading AI platforms and transform their ideas into original, playable experiences.

ChatGPT
Claude
Gemini
Rosebud AI
First Place

Norland Middle School

Students designed and developed a game representing their school in just eight minutes.

Game Building Competition

Creativity, technical execution, teamwork and gameplay.

Teams presented projects inspired by their schools and communities and were evaluated on creativity, technical execution, teamwork, and overall gameplay experience.

Community Camp Moments