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The third transnational project meeting was successfully held in Lodz (Poland) on 24-25 September 2024, hosted by the International Primary School of Innovative Education.All project partners from 3 countries (Italy, Poland and Czech Republic) attended the two-day meeting with at least 2 staff members per organisation. A warm welcome was organized by the final-year primary school students, who gave us a tour of the school. During the various sessions, participants had the opportunity to discuss the results achieved so far and the activities planned by the end of the project.Special attention has been given to sharing partner experiences during the testing of project results and to discussing the project’s sustainability. The partners had the opportunity to discuss the initial results of the testing being organized in each partner country. This allowed the partnership to identify improvement actions based on the feedback received, aiming to enhance the quality and usability of the produced results. A tour of the main attractions of Lodz was also arranged. If you are interested in exploring the project, you can also visit the project Facebook page. If you are a teacher and would like to interact with other European teachers about AI in primary education, you can join the dedicated Community of Practice.

The AI-Teach Community of Practise serves as an online community for the AI-Teach project. Teachers interested in implementing AI tools in their classes will have the opportunity to establish contacts with a European community of people focused on innovating primary education and improving its level of digitalisation. The Community is hosted on the European School Education Platform as an E-Twinning group. How to join To access it, please use this link. Before doing so, ensure that you have EU-Login credentials and have registered through the European School Education Platform / ESEP. What to do You can go through the Page section to understand the project idea and the main objectives and to explore the results produced. You can also visit the Forum section and post a message there, sharing ideas about using AI in primary schools or getting inspired by other members’ ideas! Let’s participate in Europe’s most exciting community of teachers!

The AI-Teach online platform represents the second result of the project, providing access to all the content included in the Handbook for teachers, facilitating easy online access to the AI-Teach handbook. The platform has been published in English and in all partner languages. To access it, you can click on the links below: Happy exploring!

The first draft of the AI-Teach Handbook was produced in English version. It is the main project result of the AI-Teach project, and it is dedicated to exploring the interdisciplinary use of AI-driven tools in primary education. Tailored for primary school teachers and educators, the Handbook serves as a comprehensive guide, equipping them with essential knowledge and resources to integrate AI seamlessly into teaching practices. The methodology for creating the document involved three main steps: 1. Conducting focus groups in Italy, Poland, and Czechia to understand teachers’ needs for integrating AI tools into learning practices. 18 respondents, including primary school teachers, educators, and tutors, participated. 2. The lead partner, Learnable, compiled the findings into a comprehensive report summarizing key insights. 3. The structure of the Handbook was defined and shared with partners. Collaborative efforts among AI-Teach partners were then employed to develop the content, with each partner contributing based on their expertise. The Handbook encompasses six key chapters: Each chapter is designed to empower educators with insights, practical strategies, and real-world examples, facilitating effective AI integration in educational settings. You can check out the English version using this link. Translated versions in the partnership languages will also be released shortly. If you have any suggestions or changes to the document’s contents, please write to us at the following email address: roberta.accorroni@ictrilliniosimo.edu.it. Enjoy the reading!

From 15 to 19 April the project partners met in Italy, at the IC Trillini partner school in Osimo which hosted the event, for an intensive training course on the wide topic of Artificial Intelligence for primary schools. Talent organized the training, curating the program and the participation in extra events. The training week opened with a beautiful and warm welcome offered by the second grade children, who sang a cheerful welcome song and gave origami flowers and seeds to plant upon returning home to their countries of origin, as a symbolic gesture of welcome and positive contamination. Afterwards, the morning continued happily with icebreaker games to strengthen the group’s knowledge, before delving into debates and practical content. After these initial warm-up phases we finally dedicated ourselves to the topic of Artificial Intelligence with an unplugged group activity. From Tuesday to  Friday mornings we dived right in technical aspects of AI. We had some group activities on the basic concepts of AI, on some free digital tools to implement AI on didactics, i.e. Teachable Machine, Machine Learning for Kids, Scratch, ChatGpt and AskLea. We had the chance to see real activities in class with students of 3rd, 4th and 5th grade, conducted by a TALENT trainer. In the afternoons we always joined extra activities. For instance on Tuesday, after a traditional lunch in the historical center, we visited an exhibition in Osimo about AI and Art so after lunch went to a private visit. In this exhibition, called IO-01, all the artworks came from an interaction between the curator and a tool based on AI. It was very interesting to know the point of view of this AI engine and the reflections aroused in visitors. On Wednesday we had the pleasure to host a professor from Polytechnic University of Marche who led the group in delving into ethical issues related to the use of AI inside and outside schools.  Moreover on Thursday afternoon a class and his teacher explained to the participants how to use the webapp Canva and AI to create a fantasy video-story, joining AI and digital storytelling! The training, as well as being a pleasant moment of exchange and growth for all participants, gave the participants the opportunity to strengthen their starting bases on knowledge upon the topic and to provide the autonomy necessary to carry out teaching activities in the classroom once they return to their schools.

The AI-teach kick-off meeting was held in Prague (Czech Republic) on 04-05 December 2023. The main goal of the project is to improve the understanding of the potential challenges and opportunities related to the appropriate, responsible and interdisciplinary use of AI-driven tools in primary education. During the meeting, the partners had the opportunity to present their organisations and define the work plan for the coming months. The topics discussed were as follows: The partnership will now be involved in defining the structure of the Handbook based on the main results from the focus group conducted locally in each partner country. To stay updated on project developments, you can follow the project’s social media page on Facebook (AI-teach project).