AI Ready Schools Open Workshop for Teachers
The Erasmus+ AI Ready project aims to enhance AI literacy in education by empowering schools, teachers, and students with knowledge about artificial intelligence’s benefits, risks, and ethical use.The project aims at balancing AI’s transformative potential with human-centric values, adhering to ethical guidelines, and raising public awareness about responsible AI implementation in educational settings.This includes the development of comprehensive guidelines for schools to implement responsible AI policies and the enhancement of the SELFIE tool with AI readiness assessment questions. The project willpromote responsible and human-centric AI use in educationTeacher Empowerment, training teachers inAI literacy and pedagogical skills and organising workshops for […]
The Algorithm on Trial
For years, educators have been on the front lines […]
Webinar – Supporting Migrant learners
For the next AI Pioneers Network webinar we’ll be […]
The kids aren’t alright
In a recent Substack post, Jared Cooney Horvath unpacks […]
A Persona-Driven Approach to Skills for Migrant Learners
This week the AI Cookbook team met in Athens […]
How do you know if you are AI ready?
The AI Ready Schools Erasmus+ project is currently undertaking a literature review focusing on themes of AI Readiness. Here’s are some preliminary findings; An AI-ready school appears to be characterised by a comprehensive mixture of institutional policy, teacher preparation, and a commitment to human agency and ethics. It moves beyond tool adoption to foster an environment where technology serves as a “thinking partner” while maintaining the “human in the loop”. 1. Institutional and Policy Frameworks 2. Teacher Readiness and Pedagogical Shifts 3. Curricular Integration and Literacy 4. Student Agency and Critical Thinking 5. Inclusive and Social Practices Follow the AI Ready project […]
There’s no such thing as self directed learning
Graham and I were discussing what personalised learning actually means in terms of the promises made by ed tech companies to use AI to offer differentiated and personalised learning. Graham introduced me to the idea of ants following predefined pathways as a metaphor for learners following AI predictions of what to study next. The more ants following the same pathway, the more that pathway becomes used, the more likely the AI is to suggest it. The pathway is never truly personalised, just branching options of a choose your own adventure story where the endings are pre-defined. I had always assumed […]
AI Ready Schools
Last week we celebrated the kick off of a new AI schools project at our first meeting in Leuven. The project builds on the work we did in AI@School and previous Taccle projects in that we will work with schools, teachers and pupils to co-create curriculum linked resources. AI Ready is an Erasmus+ initiative designed to prepare secondary schools for the digital future by equipping the educational community with the knowledge and skills to understand and use Artificial Intelligence (AI) effectively. Being AI Ready isn’t just about knowing AI—it’s about making informed decisions, understanding its potential, and using it ethically […]
Recording now available for our webinar on AI and Skills in Australia
Our network members in Australia present their work and […]
Resources for migrant education
The AI Cookbook Inventory of Best Practices and Tools […]
