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, […]
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 […]
Workshop 2: Pedagogies and Curriculum Development
Workshop 2: Pedagogies and Curriculum Development A series of workshops were delivered t as part of teachers’ professional development training. The workshops were offered online for 3 days, from Monday December 13th to Wednesday, December 15th 2021. Overview of the workshop 2 This workshop aimed to foster primary school educators in their attempts to integrate […]
Multiplier Event In Spain – Learning about AI in the classroom
Multiplier Event In Spain – Learning about AI in the classroom On Thursday 17 November 2022, the multiplier event organised in Spain by the partner Siglo22 took place. It brought together a total of 26 people, most of them future teachers, who were able to learn about the objectives of the project and also about […]
AI in Primary Education – What about the biases?
AI in Primary Education – What about the biases? One of the topics discussed during the Multiplier Event in Spain was the biases that Artificial Intelligence can bring with it. The example proposed was one carried out during the pilot phase with primary school children. It is a tool that trains a robot to decide […]
E-learning platform feedback – IO4 in Spain
E-learning platform feedback – IO4 in Spain The e-learning platform was demonstrated during the project’s multiplier event in Spain. 26 people were able to view the content of the platform and provide feedback. As future teachers, they found all the content on the platform very useful. They also appreciated that it was available free of […]
Some of our results – Piloting IO3
Some of our results – Piloting IO3 The pilot phase of the Generation AI primary school programme took place between May and September 2022 in the different partner countries: Spain, the Netherlands, Cyprus, Greece and Ireland. A total of almost 300 pupils aged 6-12 years participated in these pilots, together with a total of 15 […]
School Program for Primary Education Students – Pilots in Spain
School Program for Primary Education Students – Pilots in Spain Last Thursday 29th of September 2022 the pilots for IO3: School Program for Primary Education Students took place in Spain. The piloting phase was held in a school from Madrid: Ciudad Educativa Municipal Hipatia FUHEM. This school is located in a town outside the city […]
