Tea for Teaching Using AI for Project-Based Learning
Dec 10, 2025
Tara Chklovski, Founder and CEO of Technovation, shares her journey to empower young women in tech through an AI curriculum accessible in over 160 countries. She discusses how students use AI to tackle real community issues, emphasizing autonomy and purpose in learning. Tara highlights the importance of ethical AI, engaging educators with free resources, and the competitive structure designed to inspire innovation. With a focus on project-based learning, she advocates for students to become fearless co-learners, equipped to address societal challenges like healthcare and education.
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Career Pivot Sparked By Gender Imbalance
- Tara Chklovski left her PhD to start a nonprofit after noticing few women in R&D roles in India and the US.
- That experience motivated her to build Technovation to bring technology and an innovator mindset to underrepresented groups.
Project-Based Work Changes Identities
- A three-month, team-based project where students build a tech solution for a community problem produces durable identity shifts toward being a problem solver.
- Technovation scaled that model globally because alumni still chose STEM careers years later due to the experience.
Start With Free Curriculum And Community
- Go to technovation.org to access free curriculum and an educator guide; no prior AI background is required.
- Sign up to join a global educator community for support and peer learning while implementing AI in the classroom.