The administration of mayor Francisco Azcué, through the Robotics Club, which operates under the Directorate of Innovation and Knowledge Economy of the Municipality of Concordia, is participating in the IV International Congress of Educational and Industrial Robotics.
The event is taking place at the headquarters of the Universidad Tecnológica Nacional (UTN) Facultad Regional Concordia. The sessions will continue, with various activities, until Friday the 27th and will include the eleventh Experimental Robotics Competitions.
COMMITMENT TO EDUCATION
In this regard, Pedro Kohn, from the Directorate of Innovation and Knowledge Economy, highlighted that “for the municipality, participating in this congress is very important because we are betting very strongly on a paradigm shift regarding education, and that is why we launched the Robotics Club”.
The official recalled that this space has the great objective of “introducing boys and girls, aged 7 to 12, to logical computational thinking to expand possibilities and provide many more freedoms in what they later decide to do when they grow up”.
Meanwhile, “they have fun, meet new friends and experiment, which is our great contribution to the educational system and so that they can evolve in the times to come”.
During this Thursday, Kohn, together with the Coordinator of the Robotics Club, Andrea Solari, gave a talk, seeking to disseminate the activities of the space and add those interested in participating.
ROBOTICS AND CHALLENGES
Precisely, the licensed professional Solari recalled that “this is already the second year we have been here, we had the support of the new administration of Francisco Azcué, for which we are very grateful”.
Finally, she recalled that the club is currently operating “in three different locations, one is in the Coworking space of the Convention Center, the other is in the Nido of Carretera La Cruz and the other is in the Casa del Bicentenario”.
For this edition, “we started with children aged 7 to 9, who will finish the first courses in two weeks and we will open new cohorts as well”.
It is worth remembering that the club is a collaborative learning space, which aims to train children aged 7 to 9 in robotics and programming knowledge. It aims to reach the different neighborhoods of the city, fulfilling the ambitious vision of democratizing technological education in lower-income sectors.
The workshops last for two months and the goal is to implement new cohorts in the future. The training sessions are designed to train boys and girls who do not have prior knowledge of the subject, meaning they are at an introductory level.
The classes are taught in an in-person workshop format, respecting regular school hours, so that as many children as possible can participate.
The initiative seeks to foster the development of technological competencies and for participants to acquire and test their soft skills, such as teamwork, collaboration, creativity, and communication. In this way, they are prepared to face a future in which the labor market has become increasingly competitive.
In 2023, 90 boys and girls graduated, who were able to demonstrate, through a final project presented in teams, that they were able to incorporate knowledge and tools that will be of great use for all their growth and development.
The event is taking place at the headquarters of the Universidad Tecnológica Nacional (UTN) Facultad Regional Concordia. The sessions will continue, with various activities, until Friday the 27th and will include the eleventh Experimental Robotics Competitions.
COMMITMENT TO EDUCATION
In this regard, Pedro Kohn, from the Directorate of Innovation and Knowledge Economy, highlighted that “for the municipality, participating in this congress is very important because we are betting very strongly on a paradigm shift regarding education, and that is why we launched the Robotics Club”.
The official recalled that this space has the great objective of “introducing boys and girls, aged 7 to 12, to logical computational thinking to expand possibilities and provide many more freedoms in what they later decide to do when they grow up”.
Meanwhile, “they have fun, meet new friends and experiment, which is our great contribution to the educational system and so that they can evolve in the times to come”.
During this Thursday, Kohn, together with the Coordinator of the Robotics Club, Andrea Solari, gave a talk, seeking to disseminate the activities of the space and add those interested in participating.
ROBOTICS AND CHALLENGES
Precisely, the licensed professional Solari recalled that “this is already the second year we have been here, we had the support of the new administration of Francisco Azcué, for which we are very grateful”.
Finally, she recalled that the club is currently operating “in three different locations, one is in the Coworking space of the Convention Center, the other is in the Nido of Carretera La Cruz and the other is in the Casa del Bicentenario”.
For this edition, “we started with children aged 7 to 9, who will finish the first courses in two weeks and we will open new cohorts as well”.
It is worth remembering that the club is a collaborative learning space, which aims to train children aged 7 to 9 in robotics and programming knowledge. It aims to reach the different neighborhoods of the city, fulfilling the ambitious vision of democratizing technological education in lower-income sectors.
The workshops last for two months and the goal is to implement new cohorts in the future. The training sessions are designed to train boys and girls who do not have prior knowledge of the subject, meaning they are at an introductory level.
The classes are taught in an in-person workshop format, respecting regular school hours, so that as many children as possible can participate.
The initiative seeks to foster the development of technological competencies and for participants to acquire and test their soft skills, such as teamwork, collaboration, creativity, and communication. In this way, they are prepared to face a future in which the labor market has become increasingly competitive.
In 2023, 90 boys and girls graduated, who were able to demonstrate, through a final project presented in teams, that they were able to incorporate knowledge and tools that will be of great use for all their growth and development.