Day 3

FAU - Chair of Media Education

Introduction into training in “Agile leadership tools” and research into motivational retrospectives as an agile school management tool (LeadCom)

Melanie Schäfer

The session, led by Melanie Schäfer, a member of the LeadCom project team, focused on introducing agile methodologies as an effective framework for school leadership and team management. It was designed as a hands-on simulation of an agile sprint, enabling participants to experience agility in action and reflect on its benefits for school settings.

The training is part of a broader program titled “Digital Leadership”, which will be implemented at the Institute for Pedagogy and Psychology (IPSN) in Nuremberg starting in May 2025.

Digital Consulting Formats (LeadCom)

Christof Beer (U Bamberg)

Led by Christof Beer (University of Bamberg), this session presented different formats for digital support and consultancy aimed at schools and teachers. Far from a generic approach, the focus was on counseling as a structured, theory-based competence essential in both face-to-face and digital educational contexts.

Christof Beer introduced ZeBERA as a learning and research hub that supports the third phase of teacher education. Here, students and practicing educators develop school counseling skills in key areas such as parent-teacher communication, learning guidance, and student well-being, and help educators develop their own authentic counseling styles.

The session concluded with insights from the LeadCom project, which aims to strengthen counseling competencies among teachers and school leaders, promote blended formats of communication (e.g. phone, Zoom, in-person), and highlight the need for schools to design their own counseling strategies. The key message: traditional face-to-face counseling methods can—and should—be adapted to digital settings, empowering teachers to become active designers of a blended school counseling culture.

Introduction to PING – chatbots and prompting in (higher) education

Paul Schütz

The third session of the day was led by Paul Schütz and focused on the PING project, an initiative aimed at fostering AI literacy and pedagogical innovation through research-based learning. The main objective of the project is to help future educators assess the opportunities and risks of AI tools in educational contexts, while designing and evaluating meaningful usage scenarios.

Participants explored how teachers and students can use AI tools responsibly, reflecting not only on classroom applications, but also on the broader societal impact of artificial intelligence. The theoretical foundation of the project is the Dagstuhl Triangle, which positions AI in the intersection of technological understanding, societal relevance, and educational practice.

Within these programs, students participate in project seminars that blend small-scale research with creative design, often culminating in the creation of scientific posters to present their findings.

The session concluded with a gallery walk of student posters, where we were able to see how these theoretical and technical concepts were applied in practice. This offered valuable inspiration for how to integrate AI education into teacher training in a reflective and critical way.

Presentation of IBSTEAM

We provided access to a shared website about the professional development activities we are implementing in some of our training courses.

In the evening, all participants were invited to an informal networking event at Restaurant Kopernikus in Nuremberg, a German Biergarten/pub. This gathering offered a relaxed setting to reflect on the day, exchange experiences, and build professional connections with project partners.

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