EduForward
Europe 2026

The workshop titled “Media literacy in practice: How to teach fact-checking and critical thinking in the classroom” is a practical compendium of knowledge on what disinformation is and how it impacts students both at school and in their daily lives. During the workshop, teachers will be equipped with knowledge about the nature and real-life examples of disinformation, how to teach critical thinking, and which tools to use to verify potential fake news.

This hands-on workshop presents a selection of practical AI tools that can help teachers create more engaging and accessible learning materials. Instead of focusing on one type of artificial intelligence, participants will explore different tools designed for text, visuals, audio, presentations and educational content.

The workshop may include tools such as Canva AI for presentations, worksheets and visual materials, NotebookLM for working with documents and source-based content, Suno for creating educational songs and music, ElevenLabs for AI-generated voice and narration, and selected tools for generating images and multimedia resources.

Participants will learn how these tools can be used to create classroom materials, adapt resources for different learners, transform traditional content into more engaging formats and support creativity in project-based learning.

The emphasis will be on practical experimentation. Teachers will test several tools and explore simple workflows showing how different AI applications can complement each other in the preparation of educational materials.

This hands-on workshop introduces two accessible AI tools that any teacher can create and use: an animated narrator avatar and an AI chatbot assistant. Drawing on a real classroom intervention for teaching the exponential function—developed on the Edivea platform and implemented within a Greek–Polish Erasmus+ collaboration—the session shows how each tool was designed, built and used with students.

Participants will meet the avatar “Euler,” see step by step how it was created using everyday AI tools (image generation and simple animation), and then explore how the AI chatbot was built. Through a shared Padlet, participants will contribute their own ideas—identifying where an avatar or a chatbot could support a “hard concept” in their own subject.

The workshop closes with the research findings on how students actually engaged with these tools—including a striking, counter-intuitive result—and an invitation to build a community for sharing digital materials and good practices across Europe.

Focus has become a growing concern among fellow educators, with two interconnected challenges becoming increasingly evident. First, many teachers report that their students’ attention spans seem to be diminishing, turning each lesson into a struggle against distractions of all sorts. Second, in a rapidly evolving world, we often find ourselves uncertain about which knowledge, skills, and competencies we should prioritize in order to prepare students for a future that is both fascinating and unpredictable.

Together, these issues highlight an urgent need to rethink how we understand and cultivate focus in language education, not only in our learners, but also in our own pedagogical decision-making. In my session, I will demonstrate how the core values of STREAM education can be meaningfully applied to foreign language teaching to address both of these challenges. I will provide practical strategies and classroom examples that help our students develop sustained attention and intellectual curiosity. You’ll be leaving the meeting better prepared to design focus-oriented classes that will equip your students with the language skills and cognitive competencies they will need in the complex world they are entering.

Emotional regulation and social connection have become growing concerns among fellow educators, with two interconnected challenges becoming increasingly evident in teenagers. For one thing, many teachers report that their students struggle to understand and articulate their own complex emotional states, which can often lead to frustration or withdrawal. What’s more, in a highly digital and fragmented world, these same students frequently find it difficult to communicate meaningfully with their peers, leading to misunderstandings and a lack of authentic connection in the classroom.

Together, these issues highlight an urgent need to actively cultivate both intra- and interpersonal communication skills within our schools. In my session, I will demonstrate how effective communication techniques can be used to address both of these challenges, helping students navigate their inner landscapes and their social environments. We are going to do a few practical exercises focused on developing active listening skills and facilitating healthy emotional expression. You’ll be leaving the workshop equipped with tangible tools that support your students’ self-confidence and enable them to build the healthy interpersonal relationships crucial for their personal and social development.

Have you ever watched your students drag their feet when asked to work with anyone other than their absolute best friend? It’s a familiar struggle for many of us, turning simple collaborative tasks into a battle against classroom comfort zones. On top of that, even when we do get them into groups, we often find ourselves stuck in a rut—using pairwork almost exclusively for speaking practice. We know collaborative learning is incredibly powerful, but it can be surprisingly tricky to figure out how to effectively weave it into other essential language skills like reading, writing, and listening.

If any of this sounds familiar, you should definitely take part in this workshop! In my session, I’m going to present a number of quick, effortless ways to divide your students into any group arrangement you need—without the usual complaints. Next, I’ll show you how to break out of the “speaking-only” box and use groupwork to successfully teach writing, listening, and reading. Last, but not least, I’ll demonstrate how you can use your students as peer teachers to make their learning much more efficient. You’ll leave the meeting with a toolkit full of practical, fun strategies to get everyone working together and learning from each other!

The workshop is designed for teachers of all subjects and all school levels, as well as educators, teacher trainers and other professionals interested in practical and inclusive teaching methods.

Participants will be introduced to the DIFERAL MOOC, developed within the international project DIFERAL—Differentiated Instruction For the Environment For All.

The main idea of DIFERAL is to show how differentiated instruction can help teachers respond to students with different needs, abilities, interests and ways of learning. Topics related to sustainability, climate, nature and responsible living are used as a practical context for applying these methods.

During the workshop, participants will explore selected parts of the MOOC and try out some of its activities. They will work with practical tasks, multimedia materials and classroom examples that show how one topic can be taught in different ways.

The workshop will be hands-on and interactive. Participants will work individually and in groups, test selected activities and discuss how they can adapt them to their own subjects, students and teaching contexts.

The aim is to provide teachers with simple, practical and ready-to-use ideas that can make learning more inclusive, engaging and accessible to different learners.

Led by psychologist Rasa Kupryte, this session considers how high learning potential can be both a gift and a challenge for the student, the teacher and the whole class. Participants will reflect on recognising learners’ needs and creating classroom conditions that support their development and wellbeing.

How can teachers help students question information, recognise manipulation and make well-informed decisions? This practical workshop introduces accessible activities and classroom strategies that develop critical thinking across different subjects, topics and age groups. Participants will explore ways of evaluating sources, identifying misleading content, distinguishing facts from opinions, challenging assumptions and encouraging students to ask better questions.

The workshop will show that critical thinking does not have to be taught as a separate subject or require major changes to the curriculum. Through practical examples and collaborative tasks, participants will discover how short critical-thinking activities can become a natural part of everyday lessons. They will leave with adaptable ideas that can be used to help students become more independent, reflective and responsible learners—both in the classroom and in the digital world.

This workshop is designed for teachers who would like to begin their eTwinning journey and discover the opportunities offered by international school collaboration. Participants will learn how the programme works, how it benefits teachers, students and the whole school community, and how eTwinning can be incorporated into everyday teaching. During the practical part of the workshop, participants will explore the European School Education Platform (ESEP), receive support with registering or activating their accounts, and find out where to look for project partners, inspiration, professional development opportunities and examples of successful projects. The workshop will demonstrate that getting started with eTwinning can be simple and requires no previous project experience.

This practical workshop is intended for teachers already registered with eTwinning who would like to enrich their projects and lessons with engaging digital solutions. Participants will explore selected tools that can support communication, international collaboration, content creation, task organisation and the presentation of students’ work and project results. During the workshop, participants will have an opportunity to test the tools themselves and consider how they could be used in their own projects or lessons. The session will focus on simple and practical applications of technology that encourage student participation, teamwork and creativity while helping teachers improve the overall quality of their eTwinning projects.