On August 27 and 28, the Recife Expo Center will host the Bett Northeast Conference, an event organized by Bett Brasil in partnership with Sinepe-PE, which brings together educators, administrators, and experts to discuss the future of basic education in public and private schools.

With the central theme “A New Approach to Learning to Build Regenerative Futures, ” the program in the auditoriums will be organized around four thematic areas: Coexistence, Awareness, Creation, and Care, which will guide the panel discussions and lectures over the course of the two days.

Under the “Awareness” theme, the lecture “Implementing AI: What Matters for Schools” aims to discuss the ethical, conscious, and creative use of AI in learning, featuring educational consultant Fernando Trevisani and sociologist, researcher, and expert in education and technology Daniel Magnavita. 

In his view, Trevisani points out that the starting point for the meaningful use of AI in education is teacher training. He emphasizes that the process of implementing the technology must be aligned with the school’s pedagogical principles and the students’ actual needs; however, it is teachers’ professional development that drives innovation.

“We need to support teachers so they understand how to use AI resources to foster critical and reflective skills, both for themselves and for their students. We need to collectively develop guidelines for the use of AI to ensure that practices are aligned with students’ contexts and with what the school expects of teachers. It is also crucial to continuously evaluate the impacts of these resources on teaching and learning, so that their use makes pedagogical sense,” says Trevisani.

The educational consultant reports that he has been monitoring the implementation of these technologies in public and private school systems and that teachers must play a leading role in guiding the use of digital resources.

“Teachers need to show institutions the full potential of these tools, which uses make sense in practice, and actively participate in decisions regarding the use of these resources.” He points out that digital tools are often chosen by coordinators or principals without considering the actual needs of the classroom. “Sometimes the teacher doesn’t even know how to use them, or doesn’t understand how to incorporate them into a new lesson model,” he says.

AI for Educational Purposes and Inclusive Access

Also as part of the “Awareness” track, during the talk “Beyond the Hype: What Can AI (Actually) Do for Education?”, Fluencypass’s academic director, Maria Xavier, and Casa Thomas Jefferson’s instructional design specialist, Daniela Lyra, discussed how AI can personalize, engage, and enhance teaching without compromising pedagogical intent

According to Maria, AI already offers concrete and accessible solutions, such as virtual tutors, automatic grading of exercises, and adaptive learning paths. However, she also advocates for the use of so-called “offline AI, ” which teaches the fundamental concepts of artificial intelligence without the need for computers or an internet connection.

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"Unplugged activities play a key role in democratizing understanding of AI and fostering computational thinking in a playful and creative way. It is possible to explore algorithms, programming logic, and decision-making through board games, group activities, drawing flowcharts on paper, or even simulations of human neural networks, with the students themselves representing the elements of the system,” he points out.

These practices, she says, promote not only the development of 21st-century skills, but also student agency and a critical and ethical understanding of digital tools. “I believe that, whether through advanced digital resources or offline methods, artificial intelligence is already present in schools and is becoming increasingly accessible. The most important thing is that these initiatives go hand in hand, broadening horizons and preparing students to think, create, and act in a world increasingly shaped by technology,” she says.

Collaboration at the Heart of Creativity

In addition to the discussions on AI under the “Consciousness” theme, the event will also feature relevant reflections under the “Creation” theme, which invites participants to explore new ways of designing collective, personalized, and real-world-connected learning experiences. One such example is the talk “Co-creating Learning Experiences: Designing Learning Networks in a Post-Industrial Society, ” which will be presented by Carlos Eduardo Freire Gurgel, founder of FWK Innovation Design, and Caio Vassão, founding partner of Bootstrap Comunicação e Consultoria.

For Gurgel, co-creation is not just a methodology, but a new mindset. “Learning ceases to be a top-down process and becomes a living, networked process in which different voices participate in the construction of knowledge. Stakeholders such as students, teachers, families, local communities, social entrepreneurs, and even emerging technologies (such as AI) become part of the learning ecosystem,” he says.

The founder of FWK Innovation Design argues that managers and teachers should take on the role of facilitators and architects of contexts. “Taking an active role in this process begins with listening. From there, we can co-design environments where mistakes are part of the process, curiosity is valued, and knowledge isn’t confined to a rigid curriculum but expands through projects, causes, and real-world experiences,” he says.

He concludes: “Collaboration is the antidote to obsolete traditional models. And it begins with the recognition that no one teaches, learns, or changes on their own.”

Bett Northeast Conference

In addition to offering a preview of some of the ideas they will present on stage, the three experts also emphasize the importance of strengthening events such as the Bett Nordeste Conference, which highlights local realities and fosters exchange among educators from different regions of the country.

“The Conference is a unique opportunity to present ideas, share innovative practices, and, above all, develop collective solutions that take regional specificities into account. To me, this represents a concrete way to contribute to the democratization of continuing education and to the celebration of our country’s cultural, social, and economic diversity,” Trevisani summarizes.

Maria Xavier adds: “It is at these in-person regional meetings that we are able to share best practices, inspire one another, and develop solutions rooted in the realities of the North and Northeast—realities that are often overlooked in major urban centers.”

And for Gurgel, “rather than just discussing trends, the conference is a real opportunity to engage in genuine conversations about the future of learning—with our feet on the ground and our eyes on the horizon.”

For more information about the schedule and registration,click here.

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