AI Assistants
Lesson 2: Inside ChatGPT - How it Thinks
Demystify how ChatGPT processes information, generates responses, and learns from feedback. This comprehensive guide explains the technical foundations of large language models while providing practical insights into ChatGPT's capabilities and limitations.
Lesson 8: Publishing and Wrap-Up
With just an idea and a bit of time, a playable game is born — and now it’s ready to share. In this final chapter, we publish the project with a few clicks, reflect on the learning journey, and consider what it means for parents raising curious kids in the age of AI. Jippity shows how AI can empower kids not just to play, but to build — safely, independently, and creatively.
Lesson 7: Polishing the Game and Fixing an Error
After fine-tuning the gameplay, it’s time to make things shine. In this section, watch how kids can add visual polish to their projects using AI-guided asset integration — and see how Jippity helps fix a real coding error in seconds. It’s the perfect blend of creative expression and technical problem-solving.
Lesson 6: Tuning the Glide
Now that the basics are in place, it’s time to dial in the details. In this section, watch how a kid (or parent!) can refine game mechanics like gliding, gravity, and angle constraints — all with AI assistance. Learn how tools like Jippity make it easy to experiment, test, and adjust code, helping young creators build games that feel just right.
Lesson 5: Let's Add Some Art
Now that the basic game mechanics are working, it’s time to give the game some personality. In this chapter, see how kids (and parents) can bring characters to life using Jippity’s built-in art tools, asset library, or AI-generated images — and how easy it is to integrate those visuals into the code with AI guidance. Coding meets creativity in the most accessible way.
Quality Connection in a Digital World: AI for Family Digital Wellness
Learn practical strategies to use AI and technology tools to manage screen time, create meaningful family bonding activities, and establish healthy digital routines. This comprehensive guide helps parents navigate the challenges of raising children in a digital world while fostering genuine family connections.
AI for Family Health Management: Smart Tools for Everyday Wellness
Discover practical ways to use AI assistants like ChatGPT and Claude to manage your family's health needs - from checking symptoms and tracking medications to building healthier habits, all while maintaining privacy and safety.
Balancing Family Screen Time with AI-Powered Tools
Learn how to leverage AI-powered tools to create healthy screen habits for children of all ages. This comprehensive guide covers age-appropriate limits, content filtering strategies, and collaborative approaches to digital wellness that empower the whole family.
Family Creativity with AI for Young Children
Learn how to use free AI tools like ChatGPT, DALL·E, and music generators to create stories, art, games, and simple coding projects with young children, fostering both tech literacy and family bonding.
Evaluating Educational AI Tools for Home Learning: A Parent's Guide
Learn how to assess and select appropriate AI-powered educational tools that enhance your child's learning experience at home, from interactive platforms to AI tutors, with practical evaluation strategies for parents of all technical backgrounds.
Raising Children in an AI World: A Parent's Guide to Nurturing Digital Natives
Discover research-backed strategies to help your child navigate an AI-rich environment while developing crucial skills like critical thinking, creativity, and empathy. Learn how to introduce AI concepts, establish healthy tech boundaries, and use AI as a tool for learning and growth.
A Parent's Guide: Helping Your Child Use AI Chatbots for Homework
This comprehensive guide helps parents introduce AI tools like ChatGPT and Claude to their children as educational aids, not shortcuts. Learn how to establish ethical guidelines, demonstrate proper usage, and foster critical thinking skills that transform these powerful technologies into effective learning companions.
Household Administration Made Easier
Learn how to leverage AI assistants like Alexa, Google Assistant, and Siri to automate shopping lists, schedule home maintenance, and significantly reduce the mental burden of household management.
Simplifying Family Life with AI Assistants: A Comprehensive Guide
Learn how to leverage AI assistants like Google Assistant, Alexa, Siri, and ChatGPT to manage family schedules, tasks, meal planning, and routines. This comprehensive guide provides practical steps, real-world examples, and expert insights for busy parents seeking to reduce their mental load and create more organized family systems.
Prompt Engineering Foundations
Learn the core principles and advanced methods of prompt engineering that unlock the full potential of large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and more. From output control and sampling settings to advanced prompting frameworks, this lesson gives you the tools to drive better results, improve consistency, and think like a true AI collaborator.
Model Context Protocol (MCP): The Missing Link in AI Integration
Large language models are powerful—but limited by fragmented tools, shallow integrations, and poor context management. Enter the Model Context Protocol (MCP): a universal interface that helps AI systems interact with real-world data, tools, and workflows. This course explores how MCP works, why it matters, and how to use it—from architectural concepts and layered context to real-world applications, multi-agent workflows, and implementation best practices.
Whether you’re a developer, researcher, or product leader, you’ll gain the foundational knowledge to build, integrate, and scale AI systems using structured, context-aware protocols.
AI-Powered Travel: Plan Smarter, Travel Better
This hands-on guide teaches you how to plan your next adventure with AI-powered travel assistants like ChatGPT, Roam Around, Hopper, and GuideGeek. From booking flights and finding hidden gems to packing lists and souvenir creation, you’ll learn how to use AI at every stage of the travel journey. Whether you’re a seasoned traveler or planning your first trip, this course shows how to save time, reduce stress, and uncover experiences you’d never find in a traditional guidebook.
Get the Most Out of Gemini
Get the Most Out of Gemini is your essential guide to using AI as a daily assistant, creative partner, and productivity booster. Whether you’re just starting or want to sharpen your prompting skills, this module walks you through everything—from setting up your environment and writing effective prompts, to using advanced features. With clear explanations, real-world use cases, and expert tips, you’ll learn how to turn Gemini into a powerful tool that works the way you work.
Get the Most Out of Claude
Get the Most Out of Claude is your essential guide to using AI as a daily assistant, creative partner, and productivity booster. Whether you’re just starting or want to sharpen your prompting skills, this module walks you through everything—from setting up your environment and writing effective prompts, to using advanced features. With clear explanations, real-world use cases, and expert tips, you’ll learn how to turn Claude into a powerful tool that works the way you work.
Get the Most Out of ChatGPT
Get the Most Out of ChatGPT is your essential guide to using AI as a daily assistant, creative partner, and productivity booster. Whether you’re just starting or want to sharpen your prompting skills, this module walks you through everything—from setting up your environment and writing effective prompts, to using advanced features like Memory and Custom GPTs. With clear explanations, real-world use cases, and expert tips, you’ll learn how to turn ChatGPT into a powerful tool that works the way you work.
Teaching Your Kid to Code by Making a Videogame in Under an Hour
In this hands-on walkthrough, a parent and teacher explores how kids can safely learn to code — and even build their first videogame — using AI. From keyboard controls to gliding physics and pixel art, discover how tools like Jippity are empowering the next generation of creators while giving parents peace of mind.
AI Literacy for Parents: What You Need to Know
Build your foundation in AI with this essential guide for parents. Learn the core concepts behind today’s AI tools, explore how they can benefit your family, understand their limitations, and set realistic expectations for how to use them. This chapter empowers you to confidently evaluate AI technologies and make informed choices for your home.
Vibe Coding 101: Build Faster with AI by Your Side
Vibe coding is a new way to build software—faster, more intuitively, and with powerful AI assistants like GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT as your collaborators. This course teaches you the foundations of vibe coding, from setting up your environment to prompting strategies, debugging, and building real projects. Whether you’re creating SaaS apps or games, you’ll learn how to pair with AI to turn ideas into code, without starting from scratch.
AI Agents: From Theory to Application
Nick Wentz
Nick Wentz helps people harness the power of AI to improve everyday life. With a background in tech, media, and education, Nick builds practical, approachable learning experiences that make advanced AI tools accessible to everyone—from busy parents to ambitious professionals. His mission is simple: teach people how to use AI to save time, make smarter decisions, and build a better future.
Matthew Berman
Matthew Berman is the creator of Forward Future, where he interviews the thinkers and builders shaping the next era of AI. At Forward Future University, he translates those insights into clear, practical lessons to help people understand how AI really works—and how to use it. Known for making complex ideas feel human, Matthew blends storytelling with systems thinking to help learners stay ahead of the curve.
Jacob Shulman
Jacob Shulman is a teacher, programmer, and musician from Los Angeles. He is the cofounder of Jippity, the only AI-powered, kid-friendly coding workspace on the web.
Astro
Born in a simulated training orbit built by the first AGI research collective, Astro was designed to explore not just outer space—but the frontier of intelligence itself. Raised on a steady diet of curiosity, code, and cosmic questions, he now serves as Forward Future’s official ambassador of innovation. With one boot in reality and the other in possibility, Astro guides humans through the AI era with wonder, wisdom, and the occasional well-timed meme.
