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#ChristmasIsComing 🎄

This week, let's focus on inspiring activities and projects handled by our partners🦸‍♀️🦸‍♂️!

Today, get super #creative thanks to @RETROSTEM1 and discover #programming, #electronics and #robotics through the use of a #retro #gaming #console! 🕹️

The @RETROSTEM1 project focuses on the achievement of 3 main aims:

❓Enhance #creativity, motor skills, #problemsolving, self-direction, #collaboration, and other life skills

➡️Through #reading, #writing, #maths, and instil business principles and #STEM knowledge
⌨️Improve #digital skills of teachers

➡️Prepare them for the advent of #IoT, #Industry40 and game-based learning.
👩‍🏫Promote important #K12 concepts

➡️Allow school teachers and students discover #programming, #electronics and #robotics through the use of a retro-gaming console and hands-on #educational #games.
At this stage, you can discover the very ambitious and high-quality results of the project, enabling to develop #DIY and #teaching in #programming activities at school

➡️ https://t.co/l7GTTb79ZM
🕹️RETROSTEM Console

A #DIY #computer to be assembled by the teachers and the kids in the classroom and used for supporting the curriculum and practical applications.
📓Teachers Guide

How to build, configure and use #gaming #consoles in the classroom for teaching kids programming through the creation of games on Minecraft Pi version.

➡️Download the guide
https://t.co/UzJjqeAOmj
👨‍🎓Training Modules

A curriculum with modules, including unit plans, for using #Minecraft Pi with the console in the classroom and explaining how to use DIY Kits to build physical gadgets to be used with the games or other electronic gadgets

➡️ https://t.co/l7GTTb79ZM
🖥️Learning Motivational Environment

Delivering the curriculum in a #social learning environment using #motivational workflows and #gamification mechanics and recognition of the acquired skills and achievements based on #OpenBadges

➡️https://t.co/SIMMVMUn9m
And so much more on the project website
➡️https://t.co/exgiGAYYuJ

🤩👏🙏
Within @RETROSTEM1, our partner #EllinogermanikiAgogi is involved 😍 EA has a very strong vision-generated interest and rich research and development activity in the fields of #inquirybased education, #projectbased learning and #STEM in combination with #digital learning tools
Congratulations to the whole consortium for this amazing work!!! 🤩👏🙏

@civicuk
@CCS_Education
@EmphasysCentre
@p_lodz_pl
Colegiul Național Pedagogic „Mircea Scarlat” Alexandria
Ellinogermaniki Agogi

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