Do digital services improve reading skills?

How is artificial intelligence changing learning in schools?

A veritable technological revolution is taking place today under the banner of artificial intelligence and machine learning. Computers and machines are taking over more and more routine tasks.

Even today's labour market statistics show that there is an increasing demand for skills that cannot simply be taken over by a computer. These include above all creativity, problem-solving, social and emotional skills.

In schools, more emphasis should therefore be placed on forms of learning that enable pupils to acquire precisely these skills. Education of the future can also mean working in tandem with computers. School is about giving children the skills they need so that people, not machines, will continue to set the tone in the future.
Dominik Petko

I think the demand to introduce computer science as a subject from the first grade is exaggerated.

Stefan Aufenanger

How important is it for children to learn programming?

I think that programming is overrated in terms of its social significance. We are increasingly dealing with systems that develop themselves and make programming skills unnecessary. I think the demand to introduce computer science as a subject from the first grade is exaggerated. Programming must be something that children enjoy above all else. The right time for this depends on the child and their development.
Stefan Aufenanger

Why should I visit a library with my child today?

There are countless programmes to promote the use of digital media: Maker spaces, gaming and coding, digital reading aloud and storytelling, podcast and film workshops, virtual and augmented reality for everyone.

Many media literacy programmes also take a look behind the media scenes and raise young people's awareness of data protection, privacy and the personal impact of media consumption. Food for thought from the library is often better received than from the parental home.
Heike Ehrlicher, Director of the Swiss Library Association Bibliosuisse

Can digital services help to improve reading skills?

Wherever a skill needs to be practised in a targeted and individualised way, digital offerings seem to make sense to me, for example when it comes to learning basic vocabulary. They can take the pressure off teachers and are also highly motivating for many pupils because they receive immediate feedback on their performance. There are still no convincing digital offerings for literature lessons.
Christine Tresch