The final seminar of the robotics project, with students and teachers and the seminar trainer. — Final seminar of the Nesttec project 16.5.

The New Stream of Technology project has ended

The final seminar of the Nesttec robotics project was held in May, and it ended the project that lasted almost four years.

The idea of the project was to develop the knowledge and teaching of robotics in the schools of South Karelia. The project aimed to improve the capabilities of the participating schools to participate in robotics and other technological cooperation with universities. Through the activities organized in the project, an effort was made to develop the problem-solving skills of the students and teachers involved in the project related to programming, coding and technology.

The project included St. Petersburg school number 622 as a project partner. Due to the war in Ukraine, the cooperation ended in March 2022, after which the project's measures were continued only in Finland at Imatra.

During the project, workshops and seminars were organized, where students assembled robots and programmed their functions.

During the spring of 2023, a visit to Heureka was organized and the final seminar of the project was held on May 16.5. Pekka Pihola, chairman of the Robotics and Science Education Association, was the instructor at the final seminar.

What did the project achieve?

During the Nesttec project, the robotics skills of the participating schools have strengthened.

— In the future, the strengthened expertise in robotics will also enable more fruitful cooperation with other educational institutions, such as universities, says the project manager Aleksi Laaksonen.

The Nesttec project has improved students' readiness for further studies and strengthened competence-based competitiveness.

— Coding, programming and technological know-how are the skills of the future. Through the activities of the project, the competence of the participating teachers and students in these fields has been strengthened, says Laaksonen.

In the project, robotics kits and their additional parts have been acquired for use by schools, which has made it possible to teach more versatile robotics in schools.During the project they have created new cooperation networks for future projects in the field of robotics and technology.