The Rural Hub has delivered it’s AI Lesson Plans and Activities in local schools in Cavan!
The Rural Hub has delivered it’s AI Lesson Plans and Activities in local schools in Cavan! The testing of the Generation-AI Programme for Primary School students took place with 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th class students during a Science Day education fair in the Convent of Mercy National School in Belturbet, County Cavan, on Tuesday, […]
The Generation AI Online Platform
The Generation AI Online Platform The Generation AI e-Learning Platform: https://elearning.generation-ai.eu/ has been piloted in Ireland and promoted at our dissemination event! Teachers, parents, and students who participated in this piloting could not believe that so many rich resources were freely available for them to use so that they can embed the Generation AI tools […]
The Rural Hub has developed our Lesson Plans for Introducing AI into the Classroom!
The Rural Hub has developed our Lesson Plans for Introducing AI into the Classroom! The Rural Hub developed two lesson plans and sets of learning resources on the topic of Communication, Collaboration and AI; one set of lessons for students aged 6 to 8 years, and a second set for students aged 9 to 11 […]
The Rural Hub has delivered our online piloting as part of the transnational training event
The Rural Hub has delivered our online piloting as part of the transnational training event The Rural Hub hosted a workshop on Communication and Collaboration using AI, as part of the transnational continuing professional development programme foreseen as part of the Generation-AI Erasmus+ project. This workshop was facilitated as a virtual event in December 2021, […]
The Rural Hub has delivered national Continuous Professional Development Training to Primary Schoolteachers
The Rural Hub has delivered national Continuous Professional Development Training to Primary Schoolteachers The testing of the Professional Development Training for Teachers in AI-STEM Education took place online in Ireland over two sessions, on 4th and 7th January 2022. This training was conducted with 8 teachers in total. They were available to attend these online […]
Findings from our Desk-Research
Findings from our Desk-Research At the commencement of the Generation AI project, The Rural Hub undertook some desk research to better understand the status on the ground for how STEAM, STEM and AI is taught in primary education in Ireland. From our research, we can share the following findings. In recent years, Ireland has slowly […]
Generation AI Best Practice in Ireland
Generation AI Best Practice in Ireland As part of our research activities at the start of the Generation AI project, The Rural Hub has identified and profiled some unique national best practices that are currently being implemented to promote STEAM education in Ireland. So, we wanted to share some of these examples with you! First, […]
AI in Primary Education – Updated definition of AI
AI in Primary Education – Updated definition of AI “Artificial intelligence (AI) systems are software (and possibly also hardware) systems designed by humans 3 that, given a complex goal, act in the physical or digital dimension by perceiving their environment through data acquisition, interpreting the collected structured or unstructured data, reasoning on the knowledge, or […]
AI in Primary Education – Why Is It Important to Teach About AI
AI in Primary Education – Why Is It Important to Teach About AI There is no good or bad, right, or wrong, and fair or unfair when it comes to AI technologies. This is by design. Dr. Melvin Kranzberg, a professor of the history of technology at the Georgia Institute of Technology, stated that “technology […]
Final Online meeting with all the partners
Final Online meeting with all the partners Our last official meeting of the Generation AI project took place on 22 November. It took place online and brought together representatives of all project partners. We were able to exchange our latest modifications of the project resources, ideas, changes, and experiences. The partners were able to share […]
