Our EDU robot has crossed the provincial border. At the invitation of high school RSG Wolfsbos, where much attention is paid to technology education, EDU robot arrived in Hoogeveen on Tuesday, April 24. Two students from the school and two students from elementary school Villa Kakelbont received EDU-Robot from the hands of Bas de Nooijer of Ventura Systems and project leader EDU robotics for our business cluster.
The students loved it, they asked interesting questions, went for a walk with the robot, did a high five and even a dance and stretching exercises were no problem for the robot. ”That is exactly the way we introduce young people to technology at the earliest possible age,” explains Bas de Nooijer. This should also be possible in Drenthe, thought Petra Hummel, coordinator of Technical Education at RSG Wolfsbos. "Our school is very active with technology education and this robot fits in perfectly with that." According to Petra Hummel, the idea is that students not only develop skills in technology and programming, but that they also experience how to cooperate and patiently put something together.
Learning line technique
Students from grade 7 and 8 of elementary school are invited annually by RSG Wolfsbos to take engineering classes. Petra Hummel: ,,Once students from elementary school move on to RSG Wolfsbos, the technique lessons can be continued. That is our continuous learning line from primary to secondary education.
EDU Robotics
All more than 400 Frisian elementary school received an EDU robot last year. ”To bring the choice for technology to the attention of elementary school pupils, who often only come into contact with technology when they have already made a career choice in secondary school,’ said Bas de Nooijer. In Friesland, the successful project concluded in February with a ’return day” for all robots in Leeuwarden. ”At the theater De Harmonie, 900 pupils from 125 elementary school gathered together with their robots to show each other the fun things you can do with robots. The cooperating high-tech companies hope that schools and companies in Drenthe, in cooperation with the province of Drenthe, will give this project a sequel. Bas de Nooijer: ,,So that soon all elementary school pupils in the north of the Netherlands will have the opportunity to get acquainted with technology!"
Read more about EDU robotics in the Northern Netherlands
look at it item at RTV Drenthe
Read the article in the Hoogeveen Courant