Idea: science packs for schools?

[Eike Rathke]

Hi,

On Friday, 2016-11-25 14:32:25 +0100, Matthias Kirschner wrote:

> One idea which came up is to support pupils to learn more about how
> computer work, and promote hacking by providing "science packs" with
> small hackable computers, and some modules, sensors etc. 

Maybe interesting to German readers:
https://de.wikibooks.org/wiki/Programmieren_leicht_gemacht_-_ad%C3%A4quate_Modelle_f%C3%BCr_den_Einsatz_im_Unterricht

It doesn't only list what "packages" already exist (some a tad old
though) but also gives a short overview about what qualifies a learning
software.

> What do you think about making it easier for pupils to get access to
> such tools. E.g. by having some packs in the libraries or for school
> projects? 

In general yes, though if hardware based then for school projects they
have to be offered in quantities to supply (multiple) entire classes or
courses. In which case it's also difficult to make schools actually
*want* them to use. Need approval, financial care, interested teachers,
depending on country/state buy-in from ministry, yadayada..

> If you like it, do you have an idea how you could make sure that
> children who are interested in that are connected around Europe? (E.g.
> in Germany there is something called "Jugend hackt" -- youth is hacking
> -- Is there something similar on a EU level? Or are there other ideas?)

Just found at https://jugendhackt.org/ (now even was at Seoul btw ;-)
https://hackdash.org/

  Eike

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