The activities implemented within the scope of this project targeted teachers and students wih the aim of; -Contributing to the readiness of schools and teachers for digital education processes -Creating open source for Robotics / Coding lessons applied in schools -Contributing to the development of 21st century skills (creativity, problem solving, analytical thinking ... etc) of students. -Training teachers in coding teaching and to contribute to the development of their professional profiles. All participants in our project were recruited from the school environment. Since the topic of the project is universal for all groups of teachers, we involved teachers from primary schools, secondary schools, vocational education and training and teachers from universities.The project consortium had extensive links and cooperation with many different schools in Europe, so we involved participants from these schools. As our project had the ambition to be more international than just for the partner countries, we reached out with our content also to schools with abroad.
The current COVID19 pandemic has highlighted the need for Europe to speed up its digital transition process in order to overcome the gap that splits Europe into two areas that are growing at different rates. In addition, given the growing necessity of regulating the amount and the storage of big data through the use of artificial intelligence, European institutions require the development of digital competencies by European citizens. Digital transformation is a requirement for all European citizens, especially for the school system which shapes European citizens. For this purpose, teachers needed to upgrade their digital skills in order to keep up with the demands of a society that is continuously developing. Coding offers the opportunity to orient students towards computer science and new technologies. Besides improving logical abilities and analysis, teaching coding at school was a powerful tool for creative projects such as music and arts, expressing sensibility and each students’ personality. Like all citizens, teachers needed to acquire the necessary digital skills for their personal and professional lives and for participating in the digital society.