We wanted to achieve the following goals by implementing our project: GOALS 1- Developing the digital skills of 36 students from 3 schools with STEM and Robotics education. 2- Including 50% of the students (18 students) who are disadvantaged children and increasing their motivation, self-confidence, social and intercultural skills. 3- Increasing the 21st century skills, problem solving and basic competencies of students with STEM. 4- Developing coding and robotics skills; To raise students who have computational and algorithmic thinking skills, can adapt technology to the field of education, and can think creatively, qualifiedly and critically. 5- Contributing to the readiness of schools for digital education processes. 6- Developing the language, communication and collaboration skills of the participants, sharing good practices. Coding, which is considered today's literacy; helps develop 21st century skills such as problem solving and analytical thinking. Coding teaches people to communicate in a universal language across physical and geographical boundaries. Nowadays, coding has become a competency sought by the business world. With our project, we wanted to prepare our students for the world of today and the future.
Our main motivation for applying to the project is the results of the needs analysis applied to the teachers and students of our 3 partner schools. Our needs; - Inclusion of students with fewer opportunities in education - Development of students' basic competencies, motivation, self-confidence, communication, social and intercultural skills - Development of students' digital, STEM and Robotics skills - Schools' readiness for digital education processes The use of technology in education has increased especially during the pandemic period. During this period, we saw that disadvantaged groups had difficulty accessing education and were left behind. A "digital" distinction emerged between those who could access information and technology and those who could not. In our project, we supported young people with fewer opportunities for better social participation while also developing their digital skills using STEM and Robotics In this project, the Schools collaborated with an expert NGO in the field. In this way, students developed their STEM and Robotics skills. They increased their digital skills needed during the pandemic period. By successfully carrying out our project, we met our needs and achieved our goals as stated above.