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The Symbiotic Thinking Dojo is a research and education project. Your feedback, experiences, and support help us build better tools for everyone.
Ways to Contribute
Share Feedback
Tell us what's working, what's confusing, and what you wish the Dojo could do. Your input directly shapes development.
Send FeedbackShare Your Experience
Voluntarily share your Dojo session summaries to help us understand how the tool is being used and how to improve it.
Contribute Code
The Dojo is open source. Submit bug fixes, suggest features, or help build new Sparring Partners.
View on GitHubWho's Building This
The Symbiotic Thinking Dojo is developed by the Computing Talent Initiative at California State University, Monterey Bay.
Computing Talent Initiative
A research institute focused on reimagining computing education for the AI age. We develop pedagogical frameworks, build educational tools, and study how students can best learn to work with AI.
computingtalentinitiative.org →Project Lead
Dr. Sathya Narayanan, Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Computing Talent Initiative at CSUMB.
snarayanan@computingtalentinitiative.orgSupporting Development
Why Funding Matters
The Symbiotic Thinking Dojo is part of a larger effort to develop AI-Native Solution Engineering curriculum — teaching students to build with AI while maintaining strong fundamentals and critical thinking.
Funding supports continued development, user research, classroom pilots, and expansion of the toolset beyond the Dojo.
What We're Building Toward
- Additional Sparring Partners for specialized domains (writing, coding, research)
- Instructor dashboard for classroom deployment
- Research studies on metacognitive skill development
- Full AI-Native Solution Engineering curriculum
- Broader testing and refinement across diverse student populations
Interested in supporting this work?
Whether you represent a foundation, institution, or are an individual who believes in this mission, we'd love to connect.
Get in TouchHave an Idea?
We're actively developing the Dojo. If you have feature requests or ideas, we want to hear them.