Overview
- Seven winners were named from 191 applicants to the KI‑Schulpreis, with Carl‑Fuhlrott‑Gymnasium Wuppertal taking first place for its overall concept.
- Awarded projects feature didactic agents, a school bot for staff support, feedback and assessment apps, and clearly labeled, GDPR‑compliant use, with students contributing bots and primary pupils shaping their own learning paths.
- An OECD study reports that general‑purpose chatbots can boost task scores without producing durable understanding and can reduce students’ mental effort, with advantages disappearing once access is removed in exams.
- The OECD finds that AI designed for teaching yields more sustainable learning gains and can help less‑experienced teachers improve instruction, urging schools to use such tools purposefully to enrich learning rather than replace cognitive work.
- Schools cite hurdles such as data‑protection limits, shrinking budgets, and device shortages, prompting moves toward open‑source, locally hosted models to maintain data sovereignty.