Final Conference Erasmus project "I'm not a robot"

Artificial intelligence has been on everyone's lips not just since ChatGPT. For early childhood education, the continuous (further) development of AI means a great challenge: On the one hand, a reflective and responsible approach to AI appears to be an important prerequisite for its productive, just, social and peaceful use. On the other hand, there is a lack of basic research, practical experience and tried and tested methods and approaches in the field of early childhood education and AI.

For three years, educational professionals and researchers from Italy, Denmark, Lithuania and Germany have been tackling these challenges in a European project. They dealt with the question of what foundations can be created in preschool education for children to deal with AI in a reflective and responsible way. The methods and approaches developed and tested in the project are now available to the general public as toolboxes and as a free online e-learning platform.

The symposium offers insights into the toolboxes and opportunities for testing them. The toolboxes are available in English, German, Lithuanian, Danish and Italian.

9:00-9:30 amArrival

9:30- 10:00 amWelcomeProject genesis - European cooperation in early childhood education (Speaker: Project partners)

10:00 - 10:30 amKeynoteHow to compare and to develop pedagogical work in early childhood education in Europe? Research and practice to create toolboxes about AI. (Speaker: Prof. Dr. Ulrike Stadler-Altmann, Chair for School Pedagogy Humboldt-University Berlin and Prof. Dr. Lina Kaminskienė, Chancellor of Education Academy Vytautas Magnus University)

10:30 - 11:00 amBreak

11:00 - 12:30 amWorkshop round 1Testing the toolboxes or the e-learning platform

12:30 am – 1:30 pmLunch Break

1:30 – 2:30 pmWorkshop round 2Testing the toolboxes or the e-learning platform

2:30 – 3:00 pmBreak

3:00 – 4:00 pmClosing panelExperiences from the workshops and areas of application for future day-care centers