Eco-Heroes of NYC: Digital Storytelling & AI in English Class
8th-grade students use AI image generators and English language skills to create sustainable eco-superheroes fighting environmental issues in New York City.
As part of the European Sustainable Development Week, 8th-grade elementary school students are participating in an interdisciplinary project that combines English language learning, media literacy, and digital competencies. Connecting their regular curriculum topic of New York City and comic superheroes, students work in teams to analyze environmental issues in mega-cities (such as pollution, waste, and energy efficiency). Their task is to invent and describe in English their own eco-superhero who solves a specific problem in NYC. Using AI image generators through prompt engineering and Canva, students create comic strips and digital posters with strong environmental slogans. The project promotes critical thinking about technology, teamwork, and sustainable development through creative expression.
U sklopu Europskog tjedna održivog razvoja, učenici 8. razreda osnovne škole sudjeluju u interdisciplinarnom projektu koji spaja nastavu engleskog jezika, medijsku pismenost i digitalne kompetencije. Povezujući redovnu temu o New Yorku i superherojskim stripovima, učenici u timovima analiziraju ekološke probleme velikih gradova (poput zagađenja, otpada i energetske učinkovitosti). Njihov je zadatak osmisliti i na engleskom jeziku detaljno opisati vlastitog eko-heroja koji rješava specifičan problem New Yorka. Koristeći AI generatore slika kroz proces "prompt engineeringa" te alat Canva, učenici stvaraju stripove i digitalne postere s jasnim ekološkim porukama. Projekt potiče kritičko promišljanje o tehnologiji, timski rad i održivi razvoj kroz kreativno izražavanje.
