Spanish Vodafone Foundation participates in SIMO 2024 through a panel on artificial intelligence and its safe and responsible use by young people
19/11/2024
Vodafone Foundation in Spain has participated in the first day of SIMO Education, an international fair of educational technology and innovation held in Madrid, through a session for education professionals on Artificial Intelligence. Under the title “Artificial Intelligence: towards its safe and responsible use by children and adolescents”, the Foundation shared two projects it has in progress to bring AI closer to young people.
“Artificial intelligence has been introduced into our lives in recent years, and, in education, it gives us the opportunity to create dynamic and stimulating educational environments that are able to inspire curiosity and creativity in students,” explained Gloria Placer, Head of Vodafone Foundation in Spain. “At Vodafone Foundation we are working to bring the necessary tools so that children and adolescents can understand what AI is and, above all, use it in a safe and conscious way”.
One of the projects presented is the ‘Me Myself & AI’ campaign, an educational initiative through Kliick’s social media accounts, a Europe-wide campaign of Vodafone Foundation. In Spain, this campaign has been carried out through YouTube and TikTok to disseminate its messages and it already has more than 7 million views. Claramore (@_claramore_) and Helio Roque (@helioroque_) have participated in this campaign as content creators. The latter was also present at the panel and shared his own experience as a young person using AI and the development and importance of the campaign to reach out to teenagers.
“I have found that AI can do everything, it is a reasonable tool, but the important thing is to convey, especially to these audiences, that if you have a serious problem, AI is not the place to go,” explained Helio. “The goal of the campaign is to address all the evils, so to speak, to raise awareness that yes, they are useful tools, but it's important to put human creativity first, that AI is a tool for support”.
On the other hand, teacher Pablo Pestaña, from Pedro Brimonis Public School in Humanes (Madrid), shared his experience implementing DigiCraft activities in the classroom, designed to familiarise children with AI and its different uses. In addition, some of these activities are available publicly and free of charge on the DigiCraft website's Profundiza Inteligencia Artificial page, so that both teachers and families can carry them out with their children.
“Just like a calculator, children will have to learn to use it but always making it clear that it is not a substitute, but a support in their education, especially in primary education,” said teacher Pablo Pestaña. “AI will be in their future, teaching them now to understand this technology also helps us to fight against the digital divide”.
This workshop provided attendees with examples and tools to help teenagers and students understand and use AI safely. In addition, the importance of educating new generations about the responsible use of this technology, fostering an environment where curiosity and safety coexist, was highlighted.
“Artificial intelligence has been introduced into our lives in recent years, and, in education, it gives us the opportunity to create dynamic and stimulating educational environments that are able to inspire curiosity and creativity in students,” explained Gloria Placer, Head of Vodafone Foundation in Spain. “At Vodafone Foundation we are working to bring the necessary tools so that children and adolescents can understand what AI is and, above all, use it in a safe and conscious way”.
One of the projects presented is the ‘Me Myself & AI’ campaign, an educational initiative through Kliick’s social media accounts, a Europe-wide campaign of Vodafone Foundation. In Spain, this campaign has been carried out through YouTube and TikTok to disseminate its messages and it already has more than 7 million views. Claramore (@_claramore_) and Helio Roque (@helioroque_) have participated in this campaign as content creators. The latter was also present at the panel and shared his own experience as a young person using AI and the development and importance of the campaign to reach out to teenagers.
“I have found that AI can do everything, it is a reasonable tool, but the important thing is to convey, especially to these audiences, that if you have a serious problem, AI is not the place to go,” explained Helio. “The goal of the campaign is to address all the evils, so to speak, to raise awareness that yes, they are useful tools, but it's important to put human creativity first, that AI is a tool for support”.
On the other hand, teacher Pablo Pestaña, from Pedro Brimonis Public School in Humanes (Madrid), shared his experience implementing DigiCraft activities in the classroom, designed to familiarise children with AI and its different uses. In addition, some of these activities are available publicly and free of charge on the DigiCraft website's Profundiza Inteligencia Artificial page, so that both teachers and families can carry them out with their children.
“Just like a calculator, children will have to learn to use it but always making it clear that it is not a substitute, but a support in their education, especially in primary education,” said teacher Pablo Pestaña. “AI will be in their future, teaching them now to understand this technology also helps us to fight against the digital divide”.
This workshop provided attendees with examples and tools to help teenagers and students understand and use AI safely. In addition, the importance of educating new generations about the responsible use of this technology, fostering an environment where curiosity and safety coexist, was highlighted.