From 13 to 17 April 2026, Nexus Innovation welcomed 14 teachers to Florina for a joint working week connected to two Erasmus+ projects: “From Interaction to Co-Creation: AI’s Role in the Classroom” (AICC) and “AI and Creativity in Schools.” The first project brings together Nexus Innovation with Tampereen yliopisto Normaalikoulu (Finland), CEIP Francisca Romero (Spain) and Niepubliczna Szkola Podstawowa PIĄTKA z Oddziałami Dwujęzycznymi, Olsztyn (Poland). The second project is coordinated by CEIP Maria Moliner, Quart de Poblet – Valencia (Spain) and includes Istituto Comprensivo Statale Adele Zara, Oriago Mira (Italy) and Nexus Innovation, Florina (Greece).
Instead of organizing two separate meetings, we chose to bring participants from both projects together. The themes of the two partnerships are closely connected, and this shared format created more opportunities for exchange, collaboration, and meaningful discussion. It was a rich experience to have teachers from different schools and countries working in the same space, sharing perspectives, testing ideas, and building new connections together.
Throughout the week, participants explored practical ways of using AI in education. We worked with tools that teachers can actually use in their everyday practice, such as large language models, image generation tools, and prompting strategies for lesson preparation and redesign.
We also focused on another important area: why children should learn about AI, and how these ideas can be introduced in age-appropriate ways through simple and accessible activities. Examples for younger and older learners helped connect these discussions with real classroom practice.
Another important part of the programme focused on source-based AI work with NotebookLM and on creating educational materials from participants’ own sources. Teachers explored ways of transforming selected material into engaging learning resources, such as presentations, podcasts, audio-based outputs and other supportive introductory content.
We also devoted time to the use of LLMs as creative partners in design thinking. Participants explored how AI can support empathy-based activities and idea generation without taking control away from learners. Together, we worked on prompt design for creating AI-supported roles, such as empathy agents and design buddies, and then tested these approaches on different educational themes.
A special part of the week was the contribution of Coconut Robotics, a remarkable team whose journey began when its members were still primary school students and who are now university students. Two of them, Aspa and Theo, joined us in the meetings and activities of the week, sharing an inspiring story of teamwork, persistence, and creative growth through educational projects. Their presence added a powerful intergenerational dimension to the whole experience.
Alongside the workshops, the week also included a strong cultural and social dimension. Our guests visited Prespes, Arcturos in Nymfaio, and the wineries of Amyntaio, while also enjoying shared time in Florina through dinners, coffee, walks and informal conversations. These moments were just as important as the formal sessions, as they helped strengthen trust and turn professional exchange into genuine human connection.
For Nexus Innovation, this week was much more than a training event. It was a reminder that European cooperation works best when people have the space not only to learn together, but also to think together, create together and build lasting relationships. Some of the teachers were old friends from previous Erasmus collaborations, while others were new partners and new friends. By the end of the week, however, it truly felt like one shared community.
We now look forward to the next meetings in our partners’ schools, where many of the ideas, tools and approaches explored in Florina will continue to develop in practice.
