Would you let someone drive a car without developing driving skills and learning the rules of the road? AI is rapidly transforming education—yet most schools lack a comprehensive and effective AI literacy program.
Explica IA is the first AI Literacy Companion for Schools aligned with UNESCO's competency framework, enabling schools to implement artificial intelligence in education based on international standards and best practices.
Through engaging, personalized learning experiences, we help educators master essential AI competencies while empowering students to become AI-literate digital citizens.
Transform your school from a passenger into a confident driver of AI in education!
Many schools face a real challenge: teachers and students are interacting with AI-driven tools without acquiring AI literacy first—leading to confusion, misinformation, misuse, and missed opportunities.
Explica IA is here to help:
Simplified AI Learning: We break down complex AI concepts into clear, engaging lessons tailored for middle schools.
Personalized Teaching Support: Our generative AI adapts content to meet each student’s needs, helping teachers guide discussions confidently.
Aligned with Top Standards: Built around UNESCO’s AI competency framework and Brazil’s BNCC, our platform ensures your curriculum stays current and compliant.
In today’s classrooms, AI has redefined the traditional teacher-student relationship into a teacher-AI-student dynamic. But how can educators confidently steer this new road without the proper driving skills?
At Explica IA, we empower teachers with the 15 competencies outlined in UNESCO’s AI Competency Framework, ensuring they are prepared to lead in the AI era. Here’s how:
Human-Centred Mindset: Develop a deep understanding of how AI enhances—not replaces—human agency in teaching.
Ethical Principles: Learn to apply ethical guidelines when integrating AI tools into lesson plans and classroom activities.
AI Techniques & Applications: Gain foundational knowledge of AI systems so you can teach with confidence and creativity.
Professional Growth: Access personalized learning paths and adaptive content designed to build your AI expertise progressively—from understanding to applying and creating.
Additionally, AI pedagogy proposes a set of comprehensive skills to validate and select appropriate AI tools and integrate them with pedagogical methods to support course preparation, teaching, learning, socialization, social caring, and learning assessment.
Teachers will develop the ability to assess when and how to use AI in an ethical and human-centred manner. With Explica IA as their companion, they become facilitators who can inspire critical thinking, foster inclusivity, and promote sustainable practices with AI.
Students today must become responsible co-creators and informed citizens in an increasingly AI-driven world.
Aligned with UNESCO’s AI Competency Framework for Students, Explica IA ensures schools equip every learner to master the 12 essential competencies across four dimensions:
Human-Centred Mindset: Cultivate empathy, creativity, and problem-solving skills while recognizing the role of AI in shaping society.
Ethics of AI: Understand the moral implications of AI technologies and develop the ability to critically evaluate their impact on individuals and communities.
AI Techniques & Applications: Build foundational knowledge of AI concepts like machine learning, natural language processing, and computer vision through interactive lessons.
AI System Design: Explore the basics of designing inclusive, sustainable AI solutions that prioritize human well-being.
To ensure comprehensive AI literacy, Explica IA also supports schools in adopting strategies for integrating AI curricula in ways that best suit their unique contexts and student populations.
Through adaptive learning experiences, we tailor content to each student’s proficiency level, guiding them from understanding key concepts to applying them in real-world scenarios—and ultimately creating innovative solutions.
Pedagogy-First Approach: Designed specifically for middle schools (grades 6–8), our platform integrates playful, engaging content that makes AI accessible and meaningful for all.
UNESCO-Aligned Curriculum: Every feature of Explica IA maps directly to UNESCO’s frameworks, ensuring alignment with global best practices.
Personalized Learning Paths: Our generative AI adapts content to meet the unique needs of each teacher and student, fostering deeper engagement and better outcomes.
Accessible and Inclusive: Whether addressing visual, auditory, or motor impairments or supporting students with knowledge gaps, Explica IA ensures no one is left behind.
Seasoned industrial designer and strategic innovator who transforms complex challenges into human-centered solutions. As the creator and founder of Explica-IA, as well as the co-founder of the Novas Idades Institute, which is redefining Longevity for a sustainable future, Fabiana brings over two decades of expertise creating scalable frameworks that bridge social impact, market viability, and longevity readiness.
Passionate about designing AI literacy ecosystems from a systems thinking approach, Fabiana reflects upon bridging emerging technologies with societal needs with the goal of helping individuals, communities and institutions navigate AI’s ethical, economic, and cultural implications. Her work underscores how fostering AI literacy is critical to shaping equitable systems within the broader longevity landscape, where human potential, societal resilience, and sustainable innovation form a living ecosystem of mutually reinforcing cycles, amplifying resilience across generations.
Fabiana has led transformative R&D initiatives spanning longevity research, age-friendly cities, accessible transportation services, and the advancement of insurance education in low-income communities. Committed to advancing equitable systems beyond her career, she currently serves as President of ELA-IA, a Latin American nonprofit that contributes to and advocates at UN forums such as the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS+20) with concrete actions under the "Ethical Dimensions of the Information Society" initiative. She has also served as a pro bono consultant for Brazil’s national working group on insurance access policy, promoting education and financial literacy.
An AI educator, digital strategist, and product leader with 15+ years of experience in technology-driven learning. As a professor and consultant in Generative AI, Gabríela has trained hundreds of professionals—helping them develop AI literacy and integrate AI tools effectively across diverse fields.
With a background in publishing (São Paulo University) and certifications in leadership (Yale) and innovation management (Federal University of Paraná), she has co-created and launched learning solutions that merge technology with pedagogy, such as the Stryx chatbot. She has also led educational projects at Santillana, Larousse, and other top publishers, empowering students, educators, and schools to navigate the future.
Fernando is founder and tech lead of Booknando, a company specializing in digital solutions for over a decade, and co-founder of Volyo Audiobooks, an AI startup focused on neural voice technology.
Certified in Artificial Intelligence (EXIN BCS) and Information Security (EXIN), he is also pursuing ISO/IEC 42001:2023 certification in AI Management Systems. His academic research in Computer Science at the State University of Maringá (UEM) explored AI for accessibility, while his technical expertise includes Python and HTML/CSS, among other technologies.
In his two decades of experience in UX, service design, and product innovation, Bernardo has led design teams across major global brands, including Philips, FedEx, Lego, and TomTom. His focus has been on shaping user-centered digital ecosystems and fostering design maturity within organizations.
Bernardo is also deeply committed to social impact design. As the founder of Participa Studio, he facilitates collaborative co-design sessions, empowering community-driven projects to influence policymaking and drive innovation. His latest project, Semente Toolkit, reflects his passion for co-developing frameworks in favor of inclusive and sustainable change.
A frequent speaker, mentor, and design advocate, Bernardo bridges the gap between business, technology, and social impact, ensuring that design serves not just users, but society as a whole.
ESTRATÉGIA LATINO-AMERICANA DE INTELIGÊNCIA ARTIFICIAL (ELA-IA)
LATIN AMERICAN STRATEGY FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (ELA-IA) is a network of academics, activists, and professionals driving citizen participation in the development of a sovereign, ethical, and socially responsible Latin American artificial intelligence—designed for the common good.