Option 1: GIGA GAMES Multiplier event

Learn about Project GIGA, an Erasmus+ funded KA2 project which connects classroom teachers with game developers to create highly personalized games for student engagement in any subject.

Natalie Denk

Mark Azzopardi

Lauri Ahas

Heli Pispala-Tapio

Simon Wimmer

Klaus Conrad

Option 2: AI in Practice – tools for educators

Using free tools such as Microsoft Immersive Reader and Reading Progress to showcase practical application of AI in education, and how it can significantly boost student engagement and learning outcomes, especially for educators struggling to create inclusive classrooms.

Option 3: Learning through Play: The way Forward

Experiences from early years: how to integrate the curriculum with an evolving mindset through a cross curricular approach to make learning more meaningful.

NOTE: This workshop will be of particular interest to early years and primary educators)

Option 4: Exploring AI in primary school

A real-life approach to environmental protection with robots and image recognition using simple block-based programming.

NOTE: This workshop will be of particular interest to policy and curriculum designers, as well as primary educators

Katja Eilerts

Sergej Stoetzer

Option 5: Learning teamwork by developing video games

GameTeamDev: a practical approach to training critical softskills. Learn about the approach and experiences of how students learn critical 21st century skills through collaborative industry practices.

NOTE: This workshop will be of particular interest to tertiary educators and policy makers.

Jan Henrik Storgårds

Filip Bovin 

Option 6: Implementing games in the classroom

In this workshop attendees will gain hands on experience on evaluating games for the use in the classroom and learn about the different ways of implementing any type of game in the classroom, from non-digital games to entertainment video games and educational video games.

Option 7: Regulating Emotions during game-based learning

This training workshop will assist teachers in promoting emotion regulation strategies during classroom games. Specific gamified elements can be found to be related to student anxiety, assessment induced stress and confidence.

Note: this workshop, based on Educational Neuroscience, is of particular importance to educators seeking to understand the impact of games on wellbeing,

Option1: Implementing Game Based Learning at scale – experiences from Washington State

Why is game based learning critical, and what are the practical considerations for schools and policy makers looking to implement a whole school approach.

NOTE: this workshop will be of particular interest to policy makers and school leaders, as well as educators looking to introduce game based learning in their schools.

Option 2: Innovation in EdTech – Movement-based Learning & Whole Child Development

The purpose of this workshop is to demonstrate and explain how teachers/interventionists can design and deliver effective learning experiences using multimodal, embodied multisensory personalized learning games.

Simos Retalis

Option 3: The use of educational and socially assistive robots in autism education

Note: this workshop will be of particular interest to policy makers and educators involved in special ed.

Option 4: How online assessments can drive better learning outcomes, security and inclusivity – a case study

Online Assessments can drive better learning outcomes and optimize educator workflow, while also ensuring equity and fairness.  How the  advent of AI is also set to vastly change how we think about assessment.

Note: this workshop is of particular interest to policy makers, school leaders and educators in all age groups, but particularly secondary, post-secondary and higher education.

Option 5: Teachers’ Maths Anxiety classroom management

This workshop unfolds children’s maths anxiety and teachers’ anxiety about teaching maths, such as characteristics, cognitive mechanisms, neurobiological markers and long-term consequences. It provides practical guidance to teachers, and is a key output of the Arithmós Project, funded by the Irish Research Council, a collaboration with Technological University Dublin

Note: this workshop, based on educational neuroscience, is of particular importance to any math educators.

Option 6: Being constructive when teaching with AI

Technology has always accompanied and shadowed human progress…. until now.

Soon, humans may not only lead but will have to learn to follow.

Thus with the onset of Artificial Intelligence and a new era of intelligent autonomous machines that can think and lead:

·         How can humans survive in style at the onset of innovative transformation?

·         Can teachers prepare the current and future workers to learn to work alongside intelligent machines and profit from a novel way of working and thinking?

·         Should teachers be prepared for tomorrow with the technologies of today or prepared them for tomorrow with technologies that still do not exist?

The answer is very simple but profound: Focus on and enhance the qualities that make use human!