Against fear and uncertainty: questioning and understanding.
Artificial intelligence is no longer a future prospect: it is a concrete reality that is already transforming the way we study, teach, work, and relate to the world. Schools, inevitably, are among the places where this transformation is becoming most evident.
Students using generative tools to study, teachers experimenting with new teaching methods, families reflecting on risks and opportunities: AI is changing our relationship with knowledge, study methods, and even the very concept of learning itself.
In the face of this revolution, the question is no longer whether to use artificial intelligence, but how to use it in a conscious, human, and responsible way. Becoming protagonists of this change means choosing to understand, comprehend, and guide the tools that are redefining our era.
Because, as Dante reminded us, “we are human beings, not mindless sheep.”
Every great innovation brings extraordinary opportunities along with inevitable challenges. AI can become a powerful tool for personalizing learning, supporting teachers, and fostering accessibility and creativity. At the same time, however, it can generate dependency, superficiality, misinformation, or even replace fundamental cognitive processes in children’s development.
For this reason, having access to these tools is not enough: we must understand them.
Understanding artificial intelligence means learning how to govern it without being overwhelmed by it or ignoring it. It means helping young people, teachers, and families develop critical thinking, decision-making skills, and awareness. Technology, in fact, is not neutral: it depends on how we use it and on the educational vision we choose to build.
Da questa esigenza nasce il convegno organizzato da CEFA schools and FAES Milano il prossimo 10 giugno 2026 presso la Sala Multimediale del Museo si Roma in Trastevere, dedicato al rapporto tra AI, scuola, didattica e nuove generazioni.
The event will offer an open and interdisciplinary discussion, designed not only for teachers and education professionals, but also for parents, educators, and anyone wishing to better understand the impact of artificial intelligence in educational contexts.
The goal is to provide a broad, accessible, and at the same time rigorous perspective on a transformation that concerns everyone.
Tra gli ospiti dell’incontro ci sarà Luca BotturiAmong the speakers will be Luca Botturi, Full Professor of Media in Education at SUPSI in Locarno. For years, he has worked on projects and research related to digital technologies in education across several countries, also collaborating internationally with the NGO Seed. Alongside his academic work, he leads digital education projects in Northern Italy and is the author of science fiction and theater works.
In his speech, he will address artificial intelligence as one of the great cultural and educational turning points of our time, focusing on the risks and opportunities of new technologies, emerging social and cultural impacts, and the need to use these tools consciously and effectively in educational settings.
Also speaking will be Professor Nadia Sansone Nadia Sansone, docente ordinaria di Roma Pedagogia Sperimentale UnitelmaSapienza Università di Roma, che offrirà uno stato dell’arte sull’intelligenza artificiale nella didattica, e il professor Roberto Castaldo, docente di Informatica e animatore digitale presso l’ISIS Europa di Pomigliano d’Arco, ideatore del Manifesto dell’Intelligenza Artificiale Generativa a Scuola.
Roberto Castaldo, professore associato di Filosofia politica presso l’Università eCampus, premiato nel 2022 come Professore dell’anno da Junior Achievement Italia, ha creato il Manifesto e il Codice Etico MIASEDU e l’omonima rete nazionale che conta 220 scuole in tutta Italia, porterà esperienze concrete dal mondo scolastico, mostrando applicazioni, strumenti e pratiche già presenti nelle scuole.
Artificial intelligence can be an enormous accelerator of possibilities, but who will guide this transformation?
The conference aims to integrate theoretical, ethical, and practical perspectives, encouraging a dynamic and stimulating exchange of ideas.Because today, more than ever, educating means guiding new generations through change — not with fear, but with responsibility.
Artificial intelligence can be an enormous accelerator of possibilities, but one fundamental question remains: who will guide this transformation?
The answer cannot be left to technology alone.
It must begin with people, schools, and educators.
Becoming protagonists of this turning point means not giving up critical thinking, creativity, human relationships, and the desire to understand the world.
Protagonists in the present, in order to provide young people with the tools they need to navigate the future.
