The foundation “La Main A La Pâte” is the French contact point. For their annual meeting, Scientix was invited to join for a collaborative work scheduled on Saturday 14th. Let me briefly introduce what is “La Main A La Pâte”. It is a foundation that aims at improving the...
Image: Shutterstock/ Macrovector_jpeg (2) A lot of definitions for sustainable development are interpreted in the world. “Sustainable development is the development which satisfies the needs of the present without disrupting the opportunities and the needs of future generations” (NJCED, 1987), while the International Institute for Sustainable Development prefers to see...
Image: shutterstock_270465959 I was quite sure, from the very beginning on, that being part of the Scientix project would give me new challenging opportunities for my job and for my life. Yet, I did not expect it would be so incredibly real so quickly… here is the whole story. As...
Image: Milorad Vučović Never before we have so desperately needed real changes in our schools, from top to bottom, and if you sincerely answer to the question, if you, personally, as a teacher are ready to change, the answer is more or less: No, even if you hear yourself uttering:...
Image: Shutterstock/Positive thinker In Lithuania, we believe that the “one size fits all” approach doesn’t longer work in education. We strongly believe that future school means personalisation plus intelligence. Learning personalisation means creating and implementing personalised learning paths based on recommended systems and personal learning environments suitable for particular...
Image: Tiina Kähära The year after Kodukup my four pupils, age 13, participated in Code Camp for girls that took place in Helsinki in October 2015. The camp was organized by Frantic, a digital agency providing high technology services. Week long day camp was all about learning the basics...
This article relates to the project “Doughnuts in programming – how to use the Scratch programming language to develop the logical and mathematical skills.” The project was implemented from October 1st to December 20th, 2014 by the Association “Parents in Education”. Computer Assisted Education and Information Technology Centre in...