The Fondazione Mondo Digitale at Raspberry Fields 2026
Since yesterday, Homerton College at the University of Cambridge has been hosting Raspberry Fields 2026, the Raspberry Pi Foundation’s international conference bringing together organisations, researchers and educators committed to the development of computing and artificial intelligence in schools. The Fondazione Mondo Digitale is sharing the experience gained in Italy with an international audience during the panel discussion “How we support educators: Approaches to professional development”, dedicated to teacher training models.
Representing the Foundation are Elisa Amorelli, Communications, Marketing and Institutional Relations Coordinator, and Miriam Pintore, Project Officer, who are set to share an approach centred on empowering teachers: not just technical skills in artificial intelligence, but practical tools, confidence and support so that they can transform innovation into everyday teaching practice.
The Italian contribution is based on the experience of Experience AI, the programme developed by the Raspberry Pi Foundation in collaboration with Google DeepMind and implemented in Italy by the Fondazione Mondo Digitale. The programme combines online and face-to-face training, practical workshops, the design of subject-specific activities using AI, and a constant focus on ethical considerations, ranging from managing bias to verifying content generated by artificial intelligence.
The results confirm the validity of the model: to date, 4,346 teachers and over 271,000 pupils have been involved, already exceeding the final target set for pupils by December 2026. Among the case studies presented are those from the Liceo Vico in Naples, where face-to-face training involved over one hundred teachers, and the Istituto Agrario G.B. Cerletti in Conegliano, which has been trialling AI applications in courses dedicated to sustainable agriculture and viticulture.
Alongside Experience AI, the Foundation is also presenting the Digital Licence for Teachers, a modular programme inspired by the European DigComp and DigCompEdu frameworks, designed to integrate digital citizenship and artificial intelligence into everyday teaching through practical resources, ready-to-use activities and micro-credentials.
Participation in Raspberry Fields represents an important opportunity to engage with partners from around the world. The theme of the panel, in fact, is precisely the sharing of training models capable of adapting to different cultural and organisational contexts, demonstrating how educational innovation cannot be exported according to standardised models, but must arise from the real needs of schools and communities.
