Artificial intelligence comes to the classroom at ITET Maggiolini in Parabiago
How does artificial intelligence work? What are its potential and its limitations? And how can we help pupils to use it responsibly?
These are some of the questions at the heart of the Experience AI training session organised by the Fondazione Mondo Digitale at Milan Digital Week 2026, the event promoted by the City of Milan from 30 September to 4 October and dedicated this year to the theme ‘The Generative City’.
Last Thursday, 1 October, the main hall of the Giuseppe Maggiolini Technical, Economic and Technological Institute in Parabiago – a school led by headteacher Donatella Capobianco – welcomed around 70 teachers for an afternoon of training led by Elisa Chierchiello, a trainer from the Fondazione Mondo Digitale. The session forms part of Experience AI, the educational programme developed by the Raspberry Pi Foundation and Google DeepMind, supported in Italy by Google.org.
The training alternated between in-depth discussions and practical activities, enabling teachers to experiment with tools and methodologies for use in the classroom. Topics covered included prompt design, analysing biases in artificial intelligence, and developing teaching activities.
“They had the opportunity to explore how artificial intelligence really works so that they can then introduce it to their pupils in the classroom, helping them to develop a critical understanding of AI,” explains Elisa Chierchiello.
For schools, in fact, the challenge lies not only in learning new tools, but also in understanding how they work and recognising their potential and limitations.
This is also emphasised by Antonio Cascione, deputy headteacher and English teacher at Maggiolini: “After this course, we have come to understand the key challenges and how we can address them through appropriate education, starting with a proper understanding of how artificial intelligence works”.
During the workshop, the possibility of using AI to explore new ways of personalising learning also emerged.
“It has helped us understand best practices that can be applied in the classroom [...] both for us teachers and for the pupils,” says Caterina Portelli, a Spanish teacher. “This can help to personalise the learning journey.”
