Not users of technology. Creators of it.
KETL is a child-centric technology learning pathway — Coding, Electronics, Mechanics, Robotics and AI — built for schools and families who already know their children are capable of more than a screen lets on.
Human-centred STEAM → Tech Developer pathways for ages 8–24. From consuming technology to authoring it.
of practice teaching children to build, break and rebuild — before KETL had a name.
Programs successfully running in multiple progressive, community-centric independent schools in Sydney, Australia.
Cohorts stay small on purpose. Any Session never runs more than six-nine students a session.
About KETL
Technology is already in every child's hands. The question that matters is whether they're using it — or building it.
- KETL (pronounced 'kettle') stands for Kanga EdTech Vision Labs
- We design STEAM → Tech Developer pathways for schools and communities
- Grounded in Montessori and Human-Centric Pedagogies
- Built to move learners from consuming technology to creating it
What we believe:
- Real education builds independence, not dependency. A child who can follow a tutorial has learned a trick. A child who understands how the system works has learned something that stays.
- Strong ecosystems - human or technical - emerge from strong foundations. We don't chase surface-level engagement. We build pathways that hold up over years, not terms.
- Technology should be understood and created, not just consumed. That's the line between a coding class and a developmental ecosystem, and it's the line everything we build sits on.
What we do:
- Partner with progressive schools and youth communities
- Run programs that move children from users to makers through coding, electronics, robotics, AI and systems thinking
- Coding Club is our community-facing delivery arm — where the pathway becomes real, cohort by cohort
- Build toward a self-sustaining model — replicable across Australia and beyond
Our EdTech Founder
Karthik Bharadwaj
- 22+ years in global IT: R&D, infrastructure, training, and mentoring across distributed systems and enterprise architecture
- Transitioned from building scalable systems to designing learning ecosystems for people
- Designs and runs STEAM → Developer pathways in progressive schools and youth communities across Sydney
- Draws on Montessori and Human-Centric Educational traditions — all circling one question: what conditions help young people grow into independent, capable, and creative contributors?
- Works toward a self-sustaining community model that can be replicated across Australia and beyond
Outside the work: Indian classical bamboo flute, astronomy, photography, puzzles, and electronic circuits — the same curiosity he sparks in learners he works with. Connect on LinkedIn.
Built to outlast any one person
A lot of programs like this quietly depend on one person being in the room. KETL is built against that. Every facilitator progresses through the same pathway — observer, co-facilitator, solo delivery, senior facilitator — before they lead a cohort on their own. It's the same principle we teach: build the system, don't just run the workshop. This is how the model replicates. This is how it scales.
Six ways in.
Start free, start small, start weekly, or start your teen on AI. Every one of them sits on the same pathway.
Every service sits somewhere on this line.
Five stages, from a child's first sense of cause and effect to code, circuits and mechanism working together.
Block Coding
First logic, first cause and effect.
Interfaces
Reading and directing a machine with confidence.
Coding
Writing real, working programs.
Art, Animation & Games
Building things worth showing someone.
Advanced Tech & Robotics
Integrating code, circuits and mechanism.
What they walk away with.
A clear picture of the whole pathway, and one honest answer about what to book next.
A working sense of how AI learns, sees and fails — and their first live blocks of code.
Five to ten sessions of block-coding and AI concepts, and something they built and can explain.
Week-over-week momentum from block-based coding toward systems thinking, and the habit of finishing.
A pace set by the child rather than the cohort, and readiness to join one.
A deep understanding of how AI learns, and the capability to design and build real AI systems — not just use them.
The detail, before you commit.
Free Parent Webinar — Meet KETL
30 minutes, live. The pathway, the philosophy, and a live taste of the method — no pitch, no obligation.
Leave knowing why unplugged-before-code matters, the full KETL pathway (Unplugged AI → Holiday Sprint → Weekly Coding Club), and exactly what to book next.
Unplugged AI — Single Session
Ages 8–12. One 45-minute sitting, mostly screen-free — cards, grids and stories that teach how AI learns, sees, and gets things wrong. Ends with a first live block-coding touch.
The entry point to the KETL / Coding Club pathway. Introductory pricing, small group on purpose.
Holiday AI Sprint
Ages 9–12. Block-coding + AI concepts, small live-online cohort, capped at 6 to 9 students per session.
For families who've finished the Unplugged AI session and want to go deeper over a school-holiday block.
Coding Club — Weekly Ongoing
Ongoing Scratch → systems-thinking pathway, 1 hour a week, in-person or online depending on location.
Where a learner keeps building week over week toward becoming a contributor rather than a consumer.
1:1 / Small Group Sessions
Individual pacing sessions for families wanting personalised attention before joining a cohort. Enquire for pricing.
Useful when a child is well ahead, needs a gentler entry, or is joining the pathway partway along.
AI for Adolescents
Ages 13–17. A structured AI pathway from understanding how AI learns to designing and building real AI systems.
Designed for adolescents who want to understand AI deeply and develop the skills to create AI solutions for real problems.
All six, side by side.
Australian pricing, in AUD.
| Service | Ages | Commitment | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free Parent Webinar | Parents | 30 minutes, once | Free |
| Unplugged AI — Single Session | 8–12 | One 45-min session | $39 AUD |
| Holiday AI Sprint | 9–12 | 4-5 days, holiday block | From $219 AUD |
| Coding Club — Weekly | 6+ | 1 hour a week, ongoing | $35–$50 / session |
| 1:1 / Small Group | 7+ | Set with you | Enquire |
| AI for Adolescents | 13–17 | Cohort pathway | Enquire |
Most technology education produces users. That's not a shortage of access — it's a design flaw. A child who only consumes what a screen gives them never learns what's on the other side of it. KETL exists to put children on the other side — building, breaking, rebuilding, on their own terms.
Cards, grids and stories first. A child who understands the idea writes better code than one who only knows the syntax.
Cohorts are capped so every child shows what they made — not what they were told to make.
A build that breaks gets rebuilt. That is the lesson, not the setback.
Programs successfully running in multiple progressive, community-centric independent schools in Sydney.
Place your child on the pathway.
Tell us their age, what they're curious about, and what they've already tried. We'll tell you honestly where they'd start.
Bring the pathway into your classroom.
KETL partners with schools that want real pedagogy behind their technology program, not a vendor drop-in. Let's talk about what that looks like.
Meet KETL before you book anything.
Leave knowing why unplugged-before-code matters, the full KETL pathway, and exactly what to book next. Next session on request — send us a time that works.
Questions we get asked.
+Does my child need any coding experience?
No. The Unplugged AI session assumes none — it runs mostly screen-free with cards, grids and stories, and ends with a first live block-coding touch.
+How much of this is screen time?
The entry session is mostly screen-free by design. Later stages move onto a screen deliberately, once the child already understands what the code is doing.
+How large are the groups?
Small on purpose. The Holiday AI Sprint is capped at six to nine students per session, and the single session runs as a small group.
+Is it online or in person?
The Holiday AI Sprint runs live online. The weekly Coding Club runs in person or online depending on your location.
+Which one should we start with?
The free parent webinar if you want the whole picture first. The Unplugged AI single session if your child is ready to sit in.
+Can we pay per session?
The weekly Coding Club is priced per session or per term. The Holiday AI Sprint is priced as one 5 or 10 session block.
Tell us where you're starting from.
Whether you're placing one child or building a program for an entire school, the first step is the same.