👉🏼Yesterday, November 25, 2025, students from across seven European countries gathered online for an eTwinning webinar titled “AI in Schools – A Silent Debate on the Future of Learning,” organized by Srednja škola Ban Josip Jelačić in Croatia as part of the KA220 «SmartEd» Erasmus+ project, where Educom+ is proud to participate.

👉🏼This “silent debate” format invited students to critically explore multiple perspectives on artificial intelligence—from its potential to enhance learning and show us the world with enriched information, to concerns about data privacy and digital addiction. Student webinars like this are invaluable because they position young learners as active participants in shaping their own educational futures rather than passive recipients of technological change.

đź‘ŚThey develop critical thinking skills, build authentic European connections, amplify student voice in crucial conversations and foster the digital citizenship and metacognitive abilities that will serve students throughout their lives.

As we navigate this transformative moment in education, ensuring that students themselves have space to question, explore and contribute their perspectives on AI integration isn’t just good pedagogy—it’s essential democracy in action.

About the Author: Georgia Karagianni

Georgia is an English teacher with further training in educational psychology, inclusive education, counselling and teaching Greek as a foreign language. She has participated in many European projects (Erasmus+ KA2 & KA3) producing intellectual outputs on intercultural education, inclusive practices, creativity, pedagogical exploitation of digital tools, environmental education, and more. She has served for five years as Head of the Department of Educational Affairs in the Directorate of Secondary Education of Karditsa Prefecture. She holds an MA in “New Forms of Education and Learning”, an MA in “Language Education for Migrants and Refugees”, and a PhD in Open and Distance Learning from the Hellenic Open University, with her research focusing on digital metacognition and learning autonomy. She is a teacher trainer in Erasmus+ KA1 mobility courses and a trainer and syllabus creator at the Center of Lifelong Learning of the Hellenic Open University. She is currently serving as an EFL Education Consultant for Primary and Secondary Education at the Directorates of Education of Trikala and Karditsa, Greece.