Objavljeno: 09.08.2016.
Koprivnički poduzetnik u suradnji s Institutom za razvoj i inovativnost mladih (IRIM) organizirao je u utorak 9. kolovoza radionicu robotike za najmlađe.
Udruga Institut za razvoj i inovativnost mladih (IRIM) pokrenula je projekt Croatian Makers u pokretu čiji je glavni cilj organizacija radionica robotike za djecu i mlade iz manjih lokalnih sredina koja ljetne praznike provode kod kuće. Ovim putem im se pruža da kroz programiranje edukativni mBot robota provedu korisno i zabavno vrijeme istovremeno razvijajući sve važnije STEM (science, technology, education, mathematics) vještine.
Drago nam je da su Koprivnički poduzetnik d.o.o., Poduzetnički inkubator i Grad Koprivnica dio ovog projekta jer svi europski i svjetski trendovi ukazuju na važnost, ali i nužnost posjedovanja STEM vještina. Kroz suradnju s drugim poduzetničkim potpornim institucijama, poduzetnicima i udrugama iz Hrvatske i Europe, Koprivnički poduzetnik je prepoznao da globalni trendovi zahtijevaju da svaki uspješan poduzetnik bude u toku s najnovijim tehnološkim otkrićima te da se sam mora gotovo svakodnevno educirati na području IT-a i novih tehnologija.
U svojim nastojanjima približavanja IT kulture mladima, Koprivnički poduzetnik je organizirao već niz događaja i projekata koji promiču IT zajednicu te ukazuju na sve potencijale koje pružaju nove tehnologije. Ova radionica je još jedan u nizu takvih događaja kojim se želi stvoriti pozitivno poduzetničko okružje za već postojeće poduzetnike, ali i pripremiti i educirati one koji će to tek postati – čak i one najmlađe.
Iako je česta predrasuda da je robotika zahtjevna i da se jedino rijetki mogu okušati u njoj, ove radionice pokazuju upravo suprotno, istaknuo je voditelj radionice Vlado Lendvaj. Naime, pokazalo se da djeci ne samo da nije teško naučiti osnove programiranja robota, nego im je i zabavno, a istovremeno podižu i svoje socijalne vještine u interakciji s drugim polaznicima.
To su pokazale i ove koprivničke radionice jer je bilo preko 30 prijavljene djece, stoga su se morale organizirati čak dvije radionice.
Robotics workshop for children was organised on Tuesday, 9th August, by Koprivnica Business Incubator and the Institute for Youth Development and Innovation (IRIM – Institut za razvoj i inovativnost mladih).
The Institute for Youth Development and Innovation launched a Croatian Makers project, with a main objective being the organisation of robotics workshops for children and young people from smaller places who spend their summer holidays at home. This way they can program the mBot robot, spend some quality time and develop an increasingly important STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) skills.
We are pleased to have Koprivnica Business Incubator and the City of Koprivnica participating in this project because all the European and world trends point to the importance and the necessity of STEM skills. Through cooperation with other business-supporting institutions, companies and associations from Croatia and Europe, the Koprivnica Business Incubator recognized the global trends that require that every successful entrepreneur is up to date with the latest technological discoveries and that he or she must educate himself or herself about IT and new technology almost daily.
In its efforts to boost an interest in IT culture among the young people, Koprivnica Business Incubator has already organised a series of events and projects that promoted the IT community and showed all the potential that new technologies offer. This workshop is one in a series of such events and it aims to create a positive business environment for existing entrepreneurs, but also to prepare and educate those who are about to become new entrepreneurs – even the youngest ones.
Although it is a common preconception that robotics is demanding and that only a few can manage it, this workshop showed just the opposite, said the workshop leader Vlado Lendvaj. It has been shown that it’s not only easy for children to learn the basics of programming robots, but they are also having fun doing it, and they develop their social skills by interacting with other children at the same time.
That was confirmed by this workshop in Koprivnica, as 30 children applied for the workshop, so two workshops had to be organised.
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