How the session ran
Local Living Labs take place in all partner countries and follow a shared methodology. In Košice, the session started with getting to know each other and a short presentation of the project. In the Human Spectrum activity, participants placed themselves on a line according to their experience with AI, then discussed it in groups of beginners, medium users and power users.
The main part was a World Café. Participants moved between three tables, each with one question:
What competences do school leaders need to support responsible AI integration at whole-school level?
What competences do teachers need to use AI in teaching?
How can we support ethical, effective and inclusive adoption of AI in education?
Each table presented its findings to the group. In the final reflection, participants looked at what was missing or overlapping, drew conclusions and discussed possible solutions. This turned into a lively debate on who should be responsible for building an AI strategy at schools.
What participants said
The mix of backgrounds and levels of AI experience made for a lively discussion. A few points came up again and again:
Good teaching comes first. Participants see AI competence as building on the basics of good teaching: critical thinking, checking information, asking good questions, creativity and self-reflection.
Ethics matters at every level. Data protection and anonymising student data, fairness, and openness between teachers and students about AI use were mentioned at all three tables.
Students should keep thinking. Participants suggested using AI as a mentor that makes students think rather than giving them answers, and limiting its use at certain stages of child development.
Leading AI is about school culture. For school leaders, participants mostly named attitudes: an open mindset, leading by example, willingness to innovate and patience.
Schools can learn from each other. Many schools are waiting for clearer guidance on how to introduce AI, but participants also suggested starting now, with experienced teachers training colleagues and schools sharing good practice.
The outcomes are now being put together into draft competence frameworks for teachers and school leaders. Together with the results of the Living Labs in the other partner countries, they will feed into the AIspire competence frameworks. Thanks to all participants for their time and ideas.