AI Literacy
AI & Creativity — Generative AI for Innovative Teaching
6 days
Creativity is not threatened by AI — but how we teach it must evolve. This course explores how generative AI tools (image, text, audio, video) become powerful catalysts for student creativity when guided by teachers who understand both the technology and the creative process.
Participants design genuinely innovative learning experiences that develop student creativity, critical thinking and collaborative skills — using the generative AI ecosystem as their medium and Madeira's spectacular western coast as their inspiration.
Learning Outcomes
Participants to the course will learn to:
Use generative AI (DALL-E, Canva AI, Suno, Runway) as a creative classroom tool
Design project-based learning units integrating AI as a creative medium
Develop student creativity alongside — not despite — AI tool use
Apply design thinking and creative problem-solving frameworks with AI support
Build cross-curricular creative AI projects aligned with Erasmus+ innovation goals
Lead a school Creative AI workshop for students and colleagues
Programme
AI & Creativity — Generative AI for Innovative Teaching
Monday
Western Madeira — Landscape as Creative Inspiration
• Ribeira Brava valley: creative observation — colour, texture, form, movement.
• Calheta beach: photography with AI-assisted composition tools.
• Paul do Mar fishing village: cultural storytelling and community identity.
• Evening workshop: translating field observations into AI-assisted creative projects.
Tuesday
The Generative AI Creative Ecosystem
• Overview: image, text, audio and video AI — a complete creative toolkit.
• Hands-on: DALL-E and Canva AI for visual content creation.
• AI writing tools: from brainstorming to polished student creative work.
• Workshop: mapping generative AI to your subject's creative output objectives.
Wednesday
Project-Based Learning Design with AI
• PBL methodology: driving questions, inquiry, product and authentic audience.
• Workshop: designing a complete PBL unit using AI at every stage of the cycle.
• From question to final product: AI tools for each phase of the PBL process.
• Peer review: is this project creative, rigorous and genuinely student-centred?
Thursday
Multimodal Creativity — Audio, Video & Visual AI
• AI music composition: Suno, Udio and music AI in arts and STEM classrooms.
• Video AI: student documentary creation, auto-captioning and explainer videos.
• Podcast and audio production with AI tools.
• Design challenge: a complete student multimedia creative project for your context.
Friday
🌊 PLAN A — SPRING / SUMMER (March – September)
Creative Futures — AI, Ocean & Imagination
• Catamaran excursion from Parque de Santa Catarina: the Atlantic as creative space.
• Onboard creative workshop: AI-assisted poetry, visual journaling and storytelling.
• Group creative challenge: a collaborative multimedia piece inspired by the sea.
• Reflection: what does authentic creativity mean when human and AI intelligence meet?
🏫 PLAN B — AUTUMN / WINTER (October – February)
Creative AI Integration Workshop
• Presenting and refining your AI-powered PBL unit with structured peer feedback.
• Tool showcase: the most creative and underused AI platforms in education.
• Group challenge: design a school Creative AI Week — programme, tools and outcomes.
• Action planning: your first AI creative project next term.
Saturday
Certificate Ceremony & Closing
• Presentation of each participant's final project or action plan.
• Peer feedback and recognition of the week's collaborative work.
• Formal certificate ceremony in the Jardim Municipal do Funchal.
• Networking, group photo, and exchange of contacts for future Erasmus+ collaboration.
Materials, digital tools & other learning resources
Course participants will receive training and engage in exercises designed to develop their skills as trainers. The provision of additional materials or resources will be determined based on the course structure and the instructor’s approach to meeting the learning objectives
Course package content:
Services and activities included in the course package are those described above. Please note that accommodation, transport, and meals are not provided.
Cancellation & changes:
Common sense prevails when it comes to cancellations, which are analyzed on a case-by-case basis.