“Updated Informatics — IT-Studios” Presentation for Educators

On September 26th at 14:00, the presentation “Updated Informatics — IT-Studios” for schools will take place. IT-Studios is an EU-funded project aimed at rethinking the school informatics curriculum and adapting the education to modern global IT practices. Its goal is to update digital educational resources along the following content lines: digital literacy, media creation, computational thinking and programming, data analysis and modeling, and digital citizenship. The pilot project was successfully completed last academic year in the framework of the EU4DigitalUkraine programme, with 50 schools and 3,000 students participating under the guidance of 70 teachers.

IT-Studios materials are ready for use and are being tested by pilot educational institutions across Ukraine. For all educational institutions, the updated materials will become available on September 26th after the public presentation. The event will benefit school directors, teachers, parents, and students – anyone interested in the development of Computer Science in Ukraine.

Event speakers:

• Mykhailo Fedorov, Deputy Prime Minister for Innovation, Education Development, Science and Technology – Minister of Digital Transformation
• Remi Duflot, Deputy Head of the European Union Delegation in Ukraine
• Valeriia Ionan, Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation for European Integration
• Dmytro Zavhorodniy, Deputy Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine for Digital Development, Digital Transformations, and Digitalisation
• Maria Gaston Betran, FIIAPP Technical Institutional Coordinator of EU4DigitalUA (online)

During the public presentation, you will learn:

• How can educational institutions register on the platform and start using IT-Studios’ educational resources?
• How can a teacher integrate IT-Studios into the educational process?
• Why is there a separation for directors, teachers, parents/guardians, and students, and what does the interface consist of for each of these participants in the educational process?
• Benefits of the materials “Updated Informatics — IT-Studios” on a separate module of the Diia.Education platform.
• How do the new lessons and interactive classes look like?

Join the presentation at the following link: https://forms.gle/civNYhcRyWm2Yqng6

Media accreditation form for the offline event: https://forms.gle/7AobQ4eTjaBctt726

The project is implemented on the initiative of the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine and the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine within the framework of the EU4DigitalUA programme, funded by the European Union.