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Children today live in the age of artificial intelligence. Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be defined as a system that has been designed to interact with the world in ways we think of as human and intelligent. Ample data, cheap computing and AI algorithms mean technology can learn very quickly. Children are already using technology based on AI. On average, children tend to receive their first smartphone at age 10, and by age 12 over half of all children have their own social media account. It is estimated that by 2022, there will be 58 million new jobs in the area of artificial intelligence. Thus, it is important that the youth of today are both conscientious consumers and designers of AI.UNESCO (2019) says AI has the potential to accelerate the process of achieving the global education goals through reducing barriers to accessing learning, automating management processes, and optimizing methods in order to improve learning outcomes. Education will be profoundly transformed by AI. Teaching tools, ways of learning, access to knowledge, and teacher training will be revolutionized.A European JRC policy foresight report (Tuomi, 2018) suggests that in the next years AI will change learning, teaching, and education. The speed of technological change will be very fast, and it is important to understand the potential impact of AI on learning, teaching, and education, as well as on policy development.The EU working group on AI in education working group distinguishes between 'Education for AI' and 'AI for education'. Education for AI is about equipping students and teachers with knowledge about AI. AI for Education focuses on AI applications that can be used to improve education and thus learning and teaching. Particular potential is seen in the areas of personalisation of learning, automation of domain-specific knowledge, tackling learning difficulties and automation of assessments. For both teachers are in the focus of attention, because they have to be trained to be able to use AI in educational institutions. The AI@education project seeks to address both AI for education and AI in education. This project seeks to develop and pilot a curriculum for high school students on the topic of artificial intelligence. It also seeks to support the continuing professional development of teachers by creating an online community of practice for exchange ideas and best practices. If teachers are to prepare young people for the new world of work, and to excite young people to engage with careers in designing and building future AI ecosystems, then teachers themselves require training to understand the impact of AI and the new needs of their students. ers.The project aims to enhance teachers’ skills and competences to meet the growing need for children to understand artificial intelligence, its impact on society, and how they might shape the future of AI and to be able to understand the ethical concerns and implications around AI..The main objectives of the project are to develop and deliver:- A curriculum and toolkit for teachers with a set of activities, teacher guides, assessments, materials, and resources to assist teachers in teaching about artificial intelligence- A teacher training course to increase AI awareness both for face to face delivery and as a MOOC Learning Scenarios for teaching with AI in schools- A selection and analysis of best practice exemplars across the world and a directory of Open Source Software and Creative Commons materials on AI for use in schools- Open Educational Resources for AI adapted to the profile and needs of high School studentsThe project brings together a consortium of schools, universities and research SMEs together with UNESCO as Associate Partner, coordinated by Pontydydgu from the UK. Partners are school in Belgium, UK, and Greece. The main results of the project will be a curriculum toolkit, selection of best practice examples, learning scenarios for the use of AI in schools Open education resources and an Massive Open Online Course. The project will support teachers through professional development and resources for the use of AI for teaching and learning and new courses for students in understanding AI in society.
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