Digital skills for pupils and teachers (including Artificial Intelligence and SELFIE tools)

📣 Dear Group Members!
June is the spotlight month of our group, and it’s going to be a real educational feast! 🌟

Get ready for plenty of events, inspiration, and exciting

encounters with AI!

🔍 We’ll kick off on Monday with an international Scavenger Hunt – it will be interactive and cross-cultural!

🚀 On June 11 at 16:00 CEST, I warmly invite you to join eTwinning Success Story #5, where I’ll share how Artificial Intelligence is enriching educational projects. 📣 Dear Group Members!
June is the spotlight month of our group, and it’s going to be a real educational feast! 🌟
Get ready for plenty of events, inspiration, and exciting encounters with AI!

🔍 We’ll kick off on Monday with an international Scavenger Hunt – it will be interactive and cross-cultural!

🚀 On June 11 at 16:00 CEST, I warmly invite you to join eTwinning Success Story #5, where I’ll share how Artificial Intelligence is enriching educational projects.
🎙️ As the moderator of the award-winning group “Digital Skills for Pupils and Teachers (including Artificial Intelligence and SELFIE tools),” I’ll present inspiring activities and real-life examples of AI integration in eTwinning projects.

💥 And the grand finale? A true highlight!
📢 Join our online event:
“Artificial Intelligence & Online Safety – How to Navigate This World?”
📅 June 16, 2025 | 🕔 16:00–17:00 CEST | 🌍 Microsoft Teams
🔗 Register here

🎓 Agenda & Speakers – top voices in education!
🎤 Wojciech Wątor – 10 Creative Ways to Use AI in Education
🎤 Eszter Kovács – Project-Based Learning with AI
🎤 Cornelia Melcu – eTwinning as a Path to Future Skills
🎤 Judith Martinez, Susanna Fogli, Olga Góźdź – Podcast.Us – Giving Voice to Students
🎤 Michał Siwkowski – AI in eTwinning Projects – Practical & Inspiring Use Cases

💡 This event is free and open to all teachers and educators, whether you're just starting your digital journey or looking for advanced inspiration. It marks the first highlight of our international eTwinning group:
“Digital Skills for Pupils and Teachers (including AI & SELFIE tools)”

📚 And as always – expect tutorials, unique projects, interesting links, and articles throughout the month!

🧠✨ We also invite YOU to contribute – share your ideas, tools, activities or success stories related to AI or SELFIE tools in education. Whether it's a classroom project, a handy resource, or a creative solution – we'd love to see it! Let's learn from each other and grow together.

📢 Help us spread the word among your colleagues and on social media – this group wouldn’t exist without YOU!

See you online! 🌐
#eTwinning #AIinEducation #DigitalSkills #SELFIEtools #EdTech #EUSchoolEducation

💥 And the grand finale? A true highlight!
📢 Join our online event:
“Artificial Intelligence & Online Safety – How to Navigate This World?”
📅 June 16, 2025 | 🕔 16:00–17:00 CEST | 🌍 Microsoft Teams
🔗 Register here-> https://shorturl.at/PKr0l

🎓 Agenda & Speakers – top voices in education!
🎤 Wojciech Wątor – 10 Creative Ways to Use AI in Education
🎤 Eszter Kovács – Project-Based Learning with AI
🎤 Cornelia Melcu – eTwinning as a Path to Future Skills
🎤 Judith Martinez, Susanna Fogli, Olga Góźdź – Podcast.Us – Giving Voice to Students
🎤 Michał Siwkowski – AI in eTwinning Projects – Practical & Inspiring Use Cases

💡 This event is free and open to all teachers and educators, whether you're just starting your digital journey or looking for advanced inspiration

📚 And as always – expect tutorials, unique projects, interesting links, and articles throughout the month!

🧠✨ We also invite YOU to contribute – share your ideas, tools, activities or success stories related to AI or SELFIE tools in education. Whether it's a classroom project, a handy resource, or a creative solution – we'd love to see it! Let's learn from each other and grow together.

📢 Help us spread the word among your colleagues and on social media – this group wouldn’t exist without YOU!

See you online! 🌐

You’re Invited to a Special Live Event: Navigating AI and online safety.
📅 Date: June 16, 2025
🕔 Time: 16:00 – 17:00 (CEST)
🌍 Location: Microsoft Teams (Online)
🔗 https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/3e175c81-4d8d-43b6-b553-b8d3ac0ae6bf@e21d18f1-2112-4ecf-a67c-d20aedbd18b3
This event is the first highlight of the eTwinning group
“Digital Skills for Pupils and Teachers (including Artificial Intelligence and SELFIE tools)”
💡 Free and open to all teachers and educators interested in the future of digital education.
Together we will explore how artificial intelligence is transforming teaching, learning, and collaboration across Europe.
🗓️ Agenda & Topics:
🎤 Wojciech Wątor – 10 Creative Ways to Use AI in Education
Practical examples of how AI can support and enhance daily teaching.
🎤 Eszter Kovács – Project-Based Learning with AI
Ideas on using AI to drive inquiry and student-led learning.
🎤 Cornelia Melcu – eTwinning – A Path to Grow Skills for the Future
Discover how European cooperation fosters digital and transversal skills.
🎤 Judith Martinez, Susanna Fogli, Olga Góźdź – Podcast.Us – Giving Students a Voice
Learn how podcasting can empower students to tell their stories creatively.
🎤 Michał Siwkowski – Empowering eTwinning with Artificial Intelligence
A showcase of AI-powered eTwinning projects and classroom practices.
✨ Whether you're just starting your digital journey or looking for advanced ideas, this event offers inspiration, tools, and real stories from classrooms across Europe.
📢 Let’s shape the future of education together — with curiosity, creativity, and confidence.

Invitation to the Digital Education Stakeholder Forum 2025

We are pleased to invite you to the Digital Education Stakeholder Forum 2025, which will take place on 20–21 November 2025 in Brussels, Belgium, and online.

Organised by the European Commission, this high-level event brings together educators, policymakers, researchers, and digital education innovators from across Europe to shape the future of education in the digital age.

Under the theme "Learning in the Digital Age", the Forum will explore progress made under the Digital Education Action Plan 2021–2027 and co-create the vision for its next phase. Key topics will include:

• Digital skills and inclusion
• Emerging technologies in education
• Artificial intelligence and lifelong learning
• Supporting teachers and educational institutions in digital transformation

The event will offer engaging panel discussions, interactive workshops, and networking opportunities to connect with other forward-thinking stakeholders in digital education.

Whether you join us in person or online, your voice is essential in driving Europe’s digital education agenda forward.

Participation is free of charge, but registration is required.

We look forward to your contribution and collaboration!

https://education.ec.europa.eu/event/digital-education-stakeholder-forum-2025

Call for participants: Future Classrooms

Join our squad and workshop, and apply no later than 22 May

We are very excited to open a call for participants for both a face-to-face workshop and a follow-up online working group ("squad") dedicated to the topic of Future Classrooms. In the upcoming months, we will look at how new technology can shape and improve classrooms - physical and online ones. We will zoom in on different sub-topics, including learning spaces, data-informed design, learner engagement and more, and the work will be led by John Augeri. 

•  Apply no later than 22 May.
•  Application form: https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/future_classrooms

We are looking forward to receiving your application!

🌟 It’s time to vote for May’s project! 🌟

We’re thrilled to present two fantastic ideas submitted by our group member, Eszter Kovács:

🌍 Around Europe with AI – A journey across the continent with the power of artificial intelligence!
🎨 Virtual Art Festival – Celebrate creativity in a digital space!

🗳️ Cast your vote by heading to:
PAGES → eTwinning AI Project Ideas → MAY

Let’s decide together what we’ll explore next!

🌟 April Winner of the eTwinning Project of the Month: 

🚀 AI Time Capsule: Visions of the Future

This idea will move forward to the next stage—congratulations to everyone who supported it!

This month's featured project is: 

🌟 My Future Looks So Bright

Coordinator: Jolanta Okuniewska – Primary School No. 13, Olsztyn, Poland
Partners: Romania, Cyprus, Moldova, Portugal
Age group: Early primary education
Project language: English
Subject areas: Career education, foreign languages, ICT, art, early childhood education
TwinSpace link:https://school-education.ec.europa.eu/en/etwinning/projects/my-future-looks-so-bright/twinspace 

🎯 Project Goals

• Raise awareness among students about the importance of different professions and their role in society.
• Explore a wide range of careers—from traditional to future-oriented jobs—especially in the context of technology and artificial intelligence.
• Develop logical thinking, creativity, critical thinking, and language skills.
• Encourage students to reflect on the relationship between hobbies and future career choices.

🧩 Project Activities

• Discovering Professions: Students explored various types of jobs, including interesting, endangered, and emerging professions, and discussed their importance.
• Hobby vs Career: Children examined how hobbies can influence or even become future professions.
• Education and Work: The importance of education and skill-building for professional success was highlighted.
• Technology & Professions: The project discussed the impact of technology, automation, and AI on jobs, including future inventions and professions.
• Local Community: Pupils learned about professions practiced by their parents and people in their immediate environment.

🛠️ Methods and Tools

• A variety of teaching methods were used: educational games, learning-by-doing, basic coding, AI-assisted tools, and traditional visual and verbal techniques.
• Collaborative work in pairs or small groups, both within the classroom and with peers from other countries.
• Creative tasks such as posters, greeting cards, illustrations, and quizzes that fostered imagination.
• Role-playing emergency situations and analyzing local professions helped prepare students for real-life responsibilities.

🌍 International Collaboration

The project was carried out in close cooperation with partners from Romania, Cyprus, Moldova, and Portugal. Pupils worked not only with their classmates but also interacted with international peers, promoting intercultural learning and global awareness.

🏆 Results and Recognition

• Awarded the National and European Quality Labels.
• Winner of the "Our eTwinning Project 2025" competition.
• Students improved their oral and written communication, presentation skills, and participated in drama-based scenes to build confidence.
• The project strengthened home-school cooperation by involving parents in the planning and execution of project tasks.

This project is an excellent example of integrating multiple areas of learning with effective international collaboration, fostering essential skills in an engaging and innovative way.

In June, our group will be organizing a highlight event, where we plan to showcase a variety of inspiring activities and good practices. One of the key elements will be a shared online meeting focused on exchanging experiences related to digital tools and innovation in education.

We would like to kindly invite you to take part by giving a short presentation (up to 15 minutes) about your work or projects related to Artificial Intelligence in education. Whether you are using AI tools in your classroom, running a project, or exploring new ideas – we would love to hear about it!

If you are interested in contributing to the event, please don’t hesitate to contact me, preferably via e-mail: siwkowskimichal@gmail.com

We look forward to your participation and to learning from each other.

This mont's AI tool is SORA

Sora is OpenAI’s cutting-edge AI model designed to generate realistic and imaginative videos from simple text prompts. Just describe a scene or action, and Sora brings it to life with stunning coherence and detail.

Key Features of Sora:

• Text-to-Video Generation – Enter a descriptive prompt, and Sora will generate a video that matches your input.
• Remix and Re-cut Tools – Modify existing clips by replacing elements, extending scenes, or reordering sequences to craft your story.
• Storyboard Editor – Arrange and edit sequences on your personal timeline for more complex storytelling.
• Loop and Blend Functions – Seamlessly loop video clips or merge two clips into one cohesive result.
• Style Presets – Apply unique visual styles like Cardboard & Papercraft or Film Noir to customize the aesthetic of your videos.

Subscription Plans:

• ChatGPT Plus ($20/month): Up to 10-second videos at 720p resolution with 2 concurrent generations.
• ChatGPT Pro ($200/month): Up to 20-second videos at 1080p resolution, 5 concurrent generations, and watermark-free downloads.

Tutorials as always- Pages->Tutorials->SORA

We have the voting results. The logo attached was the winner, receiving over 50% of the votes. Thank you to everyone who participated in the voting!