EU Code Week Online Bootcamp

European Schoolnet Academy is running an EU Code Week Online Bootcamp that will provide pre-primary, primary and secondary school teachers with practical ideas, tools and resources to help them bring coding and computational thinking into the classroom. Teachers will raise awareness of diversity and inclusion in coding and explore the potentials of artificial intelligence in education.

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In this three-module course, they will experiment with new learning materials and challenges, and they will create their own activities. Teachers will be introduced to the EU Code Week initiative and the opportunities it offers. They will connect with like-minded peers and become part of a community that fosters collaboration, teamwork and exchange of good practice and stimulates discussion and reflection. This MOOC will be organized around the concept of blended learning with onsite study-groups working alongside the online course.

You can follow the course at your own pace. One module will open at the beginning of each week, but there are only a few deadlines you need to pay attention to (those for the quiz and the peer-review activity).

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Learning objectives

To become familiar with the EU Code Week initiative and the opportunities it offers.
To explore EU Code Week Learning Bits, resources, and challenges.
To integrate coding, programming and computational thinking activities in teaching and learning.
To examine examples of unplugged coding activities in the classroom.
To discover the benefits of integrating robotics, tinkering and making into lessons.
To recognize different approaches in the implementation of AI in the classroom.
To identify risks and challenges of AI.
To understand the importance of inclusion, equity and equality in the classroom.
To meet like-minded colleagues to learn together and co-create learning outputs.
To exchange good-practice with peers.

Prerequisites

This course is open to anyone interested, but the main target audience are pre-primary, primary and secondary school teachers from Europe and beyond with an interest in the use of coding and programming in the classroom, regardless of the subject they teach and their knowledge of digital technologies. No previous experience or knowledge of coding is needed to take this course.

Modules

Module 1: On the Road to Code starts on 27/09/2021
Module 2: Bringing Ideas to Life starts on 04/10/2021
Module 3: Call to Action starts on 11/10/2021

Certification

In order to receive the certificate, the participation in the quiz will count for 10%, and the final Code Week activity together with the peer reviews will count for 90%. The overall passing grade is 95%.

The final deadline to complete all activities is Wednesday, 27 October, 23:59 CEST.