HIE 2025 Italian Session

 The Italian session this year was dominated by educators and what a thrill to hear them speak with such optimism and enthusiasm about their passion for teaching and for technology.

The Italian session was moderated by Lorenza Colicigno, who is herself an educator and whose sim NoiLab on craft is a magnet for any thoughtful hg traveler.

Our first speaker was Luciana Mattei. She teaches primary school in Latina, Italy. Her project unAcademy is an absolute joy - she is teaching children not only science, and English, but also all about their digital identity. Luciana's joyful approach to her work is infectious, and the whole audience felt the thrill of seeing how she has combined the virtual school in Craft-world, with the concrete school, in the real world.

If you missed her talk, remember you can watch all the sessions of HIE on our Youtube channel, HIE Expo. Use the Settings button to get the auto generated subtitles for your language.

Salahzar Stenvaag

Following Luciana was a combined presentation by two of the Edu3D team, which is an organization based on Craft grid. Salahzar Stenvaag and Eva Kraai spoke on the subject of AI and creativity.
Sal spoke first, explaining that TI is not as new as we may think - artificial intelligence dates back about a century, in fact. It is evolving faster than ever, these days, of course, and it poses all kinds of issues for lawmakers, content creators, and just about all of us, really.

Eva Kraai

Eva picked up the story with her interesting take on the benefits and challenges of AI, in particular from the point of view of creative people - there are so many labor saving advantages, but also of course some risks and worrying trends. Eva concluded this useful and practical talk by discussing many of the currently available AI tools, explaining which ones are good for which uses.

Thanks to all our lovely speakers for inspiring us to use Opensim for such positive purposes!