MCML Thinkathon: Future of Schools

Translating AI Research Into Teaching Practice

11.12.2025

3:00 pm - 8:00 pm

TUM, Campus Munich, Arcisstr. 21, Room 4905

The MCML Thinkathon is dedicated to bridging the gap between cutting-edge research and Bavarian educational practice. Its goal is to translate current insights from AI research into concrete workshop kits for teachers.

These kits aim to enable educators to foster AI literacy and meaningfully integrate artificial intelligence into classroom teaching -not by introducing new tools, but through the strategic embedding of current AI concepts into existing curricula.

Each group will work on a specific research area that can be particularly well connected to school subjects -such as AI in biology, medicine, physics, ethics, social sciences, or in computer science and engineering.

Agenda
15:00	Welcome: Anna Maria Schneider (MCML) Introduction of jury and mentors Task and objectives
15:15	Keynote Prof. Dr. Tilman Michaeli (Chair of Computer Science Didactics, TUM) Making AI tangible: Insights for designing effective outreach and teaching offerings
15:30	Practical Introduction Dr. Steffen Schneider (KI macht Schule! / Helmholtz Center Munich / MCML) On the collaborative creation of teaching materials
15:45	Coffee & Group Formation
16:00	Thinkathon
18:30	Results Session: Pitches
19:00	Dinner / Project Evaluation by Jury
19:30	Announcement of Results & Awards Prof. Uta Hauck-Thum (Chair of Primary School Education and Didactics, LMU) Teaching and learning in the culture of digitality
20:00	Closing & Farewell Anna Maria Schneider (MCML)

Mentors

Prof. Tilman Michaeli (TUM)
Dr. Steffen Schneider (KI-macht-Schule!/Helmholtz/MCML)
Herr Christian Hoffmann (Staatsinstitut für Schulqualität und Bildungsforschung)

Jury Members