A zero-cost, 10-mission curriculum that teaches students how AI actually works underneath — data privacy, offline edge models, prompt engineering, and verifiable digital portfolios — without collecting student data or charging licensing fees.
| # | Mission | Skill demonstrated |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Forge Your Call-Sign | Prediction is not knowing |
| 2 | Find Your Address | Public addresses and private keys |
| 3 | Extract the Truth | Writing instructions an AI can follow |
| 4 | Read the Record | Checking a public record yourself |
| 5 | Into the Void | Running AI with no network at all |
| 6 | Spot the Glitch | Spotting a fake image |
| 7 | Verify Your Own Badge | Verifying a digital asset you own |
| 8 | Build the Mask | Personas — telling an AI who to be, and who you are |
| 9 | The 50 token Supply Drop | DeFi Micro-Transactions |
| 10 | The Skill Forge Finale | AI Agent Creation |
Is this cryptocurrency or speculation?
No. $GETS works like points in a loyalty or rewards scheme, issued by an
IRS-verified 501(c)(3) nonprofit and redeemable for merchandise and
discounts at approved vendors. They are not traded or listed anywhere. The badges are a different
thing again: independently verifiable certifications a student keeps for
life, at no cost to them. Credentialing is optional, and the CitiZen terminal
can be demonstrated in class with no account, wallet or token of any kind.
Where does student input actually go?
We keep no student database — our AI endpoint is a stateless pass-through
that writes nothing to disk. Mission 5 runs the model entirely on-device in
the browser via WebGPU, so that work never touches a network. 4 missions
(1, 3, 8, 10) send the prompt to Google's Gemini API under Google's API terms;
responses are returned without being retained by us. The remaining 5 missions
(2, 4, 6, 7, 9) use no AI at all. We collect no student names or school records, and
no email address is needed to take the course.
| Data | Processed by | Retention |
|---|---|---|
| Mission 5 prompts | Student's own device (WebGPU) | Never transmitted |
| Missions 1, 3, 8, 10 prompts | Google Gemini API | Not retained by us |
| Missions 2, 4, 6, 7, 9 | No AI used — no prompt is sent | Nothing to retain |
| Student name / school work | Not requested | Never collected |
| Email address | Not needed for the course | Only if a badge is claimed |
What about the science-fiction narrative theme?
The story is a gamified frame used to sustain engagement across 10 technical
missions. Assessment rests entirely on the technical objectives in the table
above: hallucination detection, AI ethics, source verification, edge
computing, and a build capstone.
Level 1 · no approval needed — demonstrate the CitiZen terminal in class.
Browser-based live demo — no signup, no accounts, no wallets, no IT
provisioning. Mission 5 can be run fully offline to show on-device AI working
with the network disabled.
Level 2 · with approval — full course as a club or elective.
All 10 missions, open on the website, with optional verifiable credentialing.
Requires only a browser. Claiming a badge needs a GetSmart Token account, and
students under 18 need a parent or guardian to approve it first.
A ready-to-send letter for families, with the permission slip attached, is at getstoken.org/course/parents.html. It is also linked from the course home page.