International Cooperation for Digital Innovations in Primary Schools

摘要

The contemporary world is technology-oriented and technology users are younger and younger. Digital literacy has become one of the basic skills that educational institutions focus on delivering for. Together with the technological advancement, the skill of programming has emerged as no longer the need of the hour, but as a lifelong skill. The search for innovative ways of introducing digital content to the youngest users constitutes the main objective for educational institutions, together with an urge to come up with effective educational solutions to provide primary schools with tools and methods to teach programming. Cooperation of varied institutions, ranging from primary schools, universities, cybernetics and robotics societies, to renowned publishing companies, proves to be an effective initiative making exchange of best practices possible and joint efforts realistic. The paper presents the outcomes of the cooperation of European institutions from Poland, Croatia, Portugal, Italy, Finland, Denmark, The Netherlands and Turkey under three international Erasmus+ projects. Jointly created databases, tools and methods to teach about programming and AI include innovative ideas for teaching computational skills with and without technology. International cooperation guarantees wide access to the materials for elementary school educators worldwide and fosters digital innovation in schools.