8. SMART GREEN ISLAND MAKEATHON
From 12 to 15 March 2025, the SMART GREEN ISLAND MAKEATHON innovation festival will take place on Gran Canaria for the eighth time. Around 600 technology enthusiasts aged 6 to 66+ will meet on the island to deepen their knowledge of digitalization and a technically sustainable future. …. Read more
Technology workshops at the electronica fair
On Friday, November 15, 2024, school students can actively try out the latest technologies at various technology and programming workshops at the electronica fair. A 6-hour MAKEATHON is available for students. Participation is free of charge. …. Read more
Exploring STEM with EDUDEMOS Demonstrators
The EU co-funded research project EDUDEMOS is developing an innovative modular demonstrator system. The aim is to simplify access to various technologies, particularly in vocational education, through simple and cost-effective demonstrators. The first phase focuses on the exciting topics of renewable energy… Read more
Fun and innovation at the SMART GREEN ISLAND WEEK
Established on Gran Canaria since 2016, this year’s Innovation Festival comprises three event formats on the topic of sustainability and digitalization and reaches in total 900 participants between the ages of 6 and 66+… Read more
New technology workshop series: Programming with KARL
We are expanding our workshop series and offering the workshop “Learning to program with KARL : a robot adventure” on February 10, 2024 in Berlin. Children between the ages of 9 and 12 will learn their first programming skills in Python and can set fun tasks for the little blue KARL. If you are interested, […]
7. Smart Green Island Makeathon on Gran Canaria
Winter in Germany still has us firmly in its grip. A good reason to dream yourself away to a warm, sunny island. For around 300 students, this dream will become reality at the end of February. Together with 30 sponsors and partners, they are traveling to the 7th SMART GREEN ISLAND MAKEATHON in Las Palmas […]
Coaches trained for Murrelektronik
Our technology coaches were able to inspire more than ten Murrelektronik trainees for our educational work in July. During a training session, they learned about our technology stations such as LEGO Mindstorms and WeDo, Cleaning Robots and the Digital Petting Zoo 4.0. Directly afterwards, the new coaches were able to pass on their knowledge to […]
Technology fascinates kids at the Festival of the Future
The Deutsches Museum celebrated its 120th anniversary with the “Festival of the Future”. On July 08 and 09, technology coaches from the Gerda Stetter Foundation got young and old excited about technology as part of a large children’s program. Visitors were able to test LEGO WeDo and Mindstorms as well as assemble small Cleaning Robots. […]
Making and technical projects for everbody
This year’s SMART GREEN ISLAND MAKEATHON inspired around 600 participants aged 6 to 66+. In addition to the 4-day MAKEATHON, numerous technology workshops were held for students from the local educational institutions … Read more
“Robolympics” – technology with fun
At the beginning of February 2023, the Robolympics robot competition took place in Duisburg. Together with the mechatronics department of the University of Duisburg-Essen, ITQ engineers have trained around 35 students to become LEGO coaches. Using the snowball principle, they taught more than 100 secondary school students LEGO Mindstorms and prepared them for the Robolympics. […]
