Thank you for your interest in contributing to the Copilot Classroom Starter Kit! This project is designed to help educators explore and implement GitHub Copilot in thoughtful, ethical, and engaging ways. Your ideas, insights, and examples are welcome!
🧭 Purpose of the Project
This repository contains real-world prompts, activities, and templates that I use in my own classroom to integrate GitHub Copilot into programming and web development courses. The goal is to promote:
Reflective and ethical AI use
Skill-building through collaboration and code review
Scaffolding that supports all learners, especially beginners
🛠️ Ways You Can Contribute
Whether you’re an educator, developer, or instructional designer, you can help in many ways:
✍️ Share new guided prompts or code challenges
🧪 Add debugging or refactoring activities
🧰 Create alternate assignment templates or rubrics
🗣️ Suggest or refine classroom discussion prompts
📄 Improve documentation, structure, or clarity
📦 Contribution Guidelines
Fork the repository and clone it to your machine
Create a new branch for your changes: git checkout -b add-new-activity
Add your content to the appropriate folder and include a short README.md for new folders or activity files
Use clear, consistent file names (e.g., reverse_string.js, copilot_intro_lab.md)
Submit a pull request with a short explanation of your contribution
✅ Content Criteria
Keep examples beginner-friendly and scaffolded when possible
Avoid copyrighted, proprietary, or AI-generated content from unknown sources
Use inclusive, classroom-safe language
Keep markdown formatting clean and accessible
🤝 Code of Conduct
This is an educator-friendly, supportive project space. Please be respectful of diverse teaching styles, technologies, and perspectives. Discrimination, harassment, or gatekeeping is not welcome here.
🙌 Thank You
Your contributions help fellow educators and learners worldwide build confidence with coding and AI tools. Thank you for helping shape the future of ethical, engaged, AI-supported learning.