In this episode, host Benjamin Hertz speaks with Emma Abbate, a secondary school teacher from Italy, about the information landscape students are navigating today and the practical skills, habits, and critical dispositions that help them resist disinformation. 

In this episode, hosts Rute Baptista and Benjamin Hertz speak with Andreas Galanos, secondary school teacher (Greece) and Simone Pfliegel, secondary school teacher (Germany) about the opportunities and risks artificial intelligence brings to schools, and what it demands of those in leadership roles.

In this episode, host Benjamin Hertz speaks with KristiinaTammisalo, sociologist at the Population Research Institute in Finland, and Maroš Mitrik, secondary school teacher from Slovakia, about what it really takes to help young people thrive in digital environments: developing the agency, resilience and critical awareness to recognise when platforms are nudging them, and the confidence to lead a more purposeful digital life.

eTwinning project:

• HEALTH@SCHOOLproject

In this episode, host Benjamin Hertz speaks with Jakob Damgaard Laursen, Teacher and Special Consultant in the Future Classroom Lab in Copenhagen, Denmark, about one of education's most timely challenges: equipping young people with the skills, habits of mind, and confidence to navigate aworld saturated with data, from social media feeds and news headlines to school subjects and everyday decision-making.

In this episode, host Rute Baptista speaks with Marjaana Manninen, Senior Adviser, Education Finnish National Agency for Education, and Tomasz Ordza, eTwinning Ambassador and science teacher from Poland, about how schools across Europe are rising to one of education's most pressing challenges: preparing young people for a future shaped by climate change, artificial intelligence, geopolitical instability, and shifting labour markets.  

In this episode, host Rute Baptista speaks with Kornélia Lohyňová, teacher at the Hotel Academy in Bratislava, and Hazel Israel, Education and Skills Advisor, to explore how entrepreneurship education can be meaningfully integrated into school practice and what it really means to develop an entrepreneurial mindset beyond simply preparing students to start a business. 

In this episode, host Benjamin Hertz speaks with Marta Pinto, founder of AI Goes to School and middle school teacher, and Georgia Maneta, English teacher and eTwinning ambassador, to explore how assessment practices are evolving in response to the rise of artificial intelligence. Together, they discuss how AI is challenging traditional approaches to assessment and how teachers can rethink their practices without feeling overwhelmed.

Lesson plans discussed: 

• Lesson plan "Reflect and create with e-Portfolios and GenAI" teacher Carla Sousa https://aigoestoschool.com/en/reflect-and-create-with-eportfolios-and-genai/
• Lesson plan "AI and sustainability: prepare young people for science" by Teachers, Barbara Cleto, Ana Franco, Carla Alves https://aigoestoschool.com/en/ai-and-sustainabilty-prepare-young-people-for-science/
• Lesson plan "Co-creating stories with AI in higher education" Teacher Bárbara Cleto https://aigoestoschool.com/en/co-creating-stories-with-ai-in-higher-education/

• OpenAI (2023) New AI classifier for indicating AI-written text. Link to webpage https://openai.com/index/new-ai-classifier-for-indicating-ai-written-text/ 

• Liang, W., Yuksekgonul, M., Mao, Y., Wu, E., & Zou, J. (2023). GPT detectors are biased against non-native English writers. Patterns, 4(7). https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2304.02819

Articles on AI detection not working:

• OpenAI (2023) New AI classifier for indicating AI-written text. Link to webpage https://openai.com/index/new-ai-classifier-for-indicating-ai-written-text/ 

• Liang, W., Yuksekgonul, M., Mao, Y., Wu, E., & Zou, J. (2023). GPT detectors are biased against non-native English writers. Patterns, 4(7). https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2304.02819

In this episode, host Benjamin Hertz sits down with Elena Pezzi, a language teacher from Italy, to explore how schools can strengthen their professional learning culture by implementing study groups. 

In this episode, host Benjamin Hertz, joined by ArjanaBlazic (Croatia) and Andreas Galanos (Greece) explore how AI can serve as a powerful tool for teacher trainers. By focusing on the trainer’s perspective, the podcast will provide eTwinning ambassadors, or any teachers trainer, with concrete ideas and strategies for integrating AI into their own training practices.

In this episode, host Rute Baptista, joined by Darja Pipus and Isabell Youngkin, explores how educators across Europe are challenging traditional gender norms and expectations by promoting positive masculinity. Through evidence-based practices and real classroom experiences, our speakers share how they move beyond stereotypes to create more inclusive learning environments.