Town Lublin encourages future engineers and creators in the creative sector to develop technical skills and abilities within the framework of the new project “The student of the future”. The initiative is underway in cooperation with Lublin University of Technology.
– As European Youth Capital, we meet the expectations of future engineers and creators in the creative sector. The “Student of the Future” project is aimed at students and teachers. We start with workshops for educators on the use of modern equipment purchased by schools. The next steps in school workshops, entrepreneur visits and workshops await us. We want to inspire young people with curiosity about the world and show them the possibilities offered by new technologies – he says Beata Stepaniuk-Kuśmierzak, deputy mayor of the city Lublin for Culture, Sport and Participation, Plenipotentiary of the Mayor of the City Lublin European Youth Capital.
The project was divided into two stages. During the first, with the support of the Lublin University of Technology, more than 100 teachers from primary schools in Lublin will be trained in the operation and use of modern equipment. Workshop topics will include 3D printing techniques, programming microcontrollers, using audiovisual equipment and techniques, or soldering techniques. Classes with teachers will take place on the university campus and will be used for this purpose the modern 3D printing laboratories, the Internet of Things or the Pollub.TV studio. The first workshop for teachers will already take place October 14 and 15. Thanks to the training, the teachers will acquire the necessary skills to lead classes with students as part of the “Laboratories of the Future” program.
– Teachers are expected not only to have professional training and knowledge of the subject taught, but also to constantly improve their qualifications. One of the ways to acquire unique knowledge in the field of modern information technologies is a joint initiative of the City Lublin and Lublin University of Technology. Through training, teachers will be able to support students’ development even more effectively and encourage them to actively engage in learning, she says. teacher. Zbigniew Pater, rector of Lublin University of Technology.
In the following weeks, in their school workshops, students will acquire skills. The workshops will largely be based on the idea of the FabLab – a workshop equipped with modern devices, in which your projects or dreams can be turned into tangible things. It is a space for the creative use of innovative technologies and where you can learn from adult specialists, as well as from each other. In such a place, created in schools, students will develop their technical skills and learn to combine them with creative thinking.
On the other hand, in the second stage, which will begin in the spring of 2023will take place training for students in the field of vocational guidance and study visits students at the headquarters of Lublin companies who use modern technologies in their daily work. At the end it is expected competition for the best project, carried out thanks to the skills acquired during the workshops. Each competition group will include at least one student trained during the project. Winners will be announced and prizes will be collected at the final gala.
“The student of the future” is an initiative based on the possibilities offered by the equipment purchased by schools under the program “Laboratories of the Future”.
Detailed information on the project is available on the website Przedsiebiorczy.lublin.eu.
