Winners 2025

Faust goes AI

Bundesgymnasium Bludenz (AT)

How can Goethe’s world-famous tragedy be told in such a way that it reaches young people today – not by simplifying it, but by reinterpreting it? This was the question addressed by the teaching project “Faust goes KI” at the BG Bludenz under the direction of Jürgen Schacherl. The idea: Central scenes were to be realized as graphic novels.

After reading and selecting scenes, the students used ChatGPT for analysis, storyboarding and dialog. The images, in turn, were created with Midjourney, Leonardo and Copilot and were interlocked in Canva to form a coherent comic story. AI-generated set pieces were cleverly framed and recomposed to create a meaningful narrative that appeals to young readers. The project concluded with a reflection on the results using a digital survey among the pupils.

Aus analog wird digital – Unterrichtsprojekt Digitale Medien in der Volksschule

Volksschule Steinhaus (AT)

The three-week project at VS Steinhaus, led by Nicole Fuchs, taught Year 1 schoolchildren how to create an animated cartoon from their own drawings. First, the children drew their favorite cuddly toys on a piece of paper, and soon they were dancing across the screens using animation software. Supplemented with audio recordings based on the children’s ideas and wishes, the joint class film “Die 1b und ihre kuscheligen Freunde” was created.

Digitaler Dialog, Menschliche Gestaltung – Eine virtuelle Kunstgalerie als Schule der Vernunft

HTL 1 Bau & Design Linz (AT)

Teacher Lisa Kuka at HTL1 Bau und Design Linz developed a teaching project on creative work with generative AI. Individual approaches were called for: one student juxtaposed AI-generated images with her own watercolors, one student developed an online quiz in which friends had to guess whether they were AI-generated fairy tales or stories by the Brothers Grimm, another classmate created an animated design tutorial with the support of ChatGPT. The project demonstrates that AI can be both a tool and an opportunity for critical reflection.

DIGI-Profis der MS Schärding: Digitale Unterstützung für die Schulgemeinschaft

Mittelschule Schärding (AT)

Together with their teachers Daniel Pretzl, Daniela Pöschl and Maria Theresia Luckeneder, 15 pupils proved themselves as DIGI professionals. During the current school year, they have been responsible for integrating newly acquired tablets into the school administration program and supporting their colleagues from the first class as mentors in the safe and correct use of the devices and applications.