Presentation delivered during the Scientix 2 – Cycle 2 Teachers Winter Workshop 2, La Valletta, National Curriculum Centre, 30.01.2015 – 01.02.2015

1. Scientix Dissemination in
Romania & Launchings
Mihai Agape
Palatul Copiilor Drobeta Turnu Severin – Filiala Orsova
Scientix Ambassador for Romania
Scientix 2 – Cycle 2 Teachers Winter Workshop 2
La Valletta, National Curriculum Centre, 30.01.2015 – 01.02.2015
Scientix session 4, 31.01.2015, 15:45 – 16:00

2. The work presented in this document / workshop is supported
by the European Commission’s FP7 programme – project
Scientix 2 (Grant agreement N. 337250), coordinated by
European Schoolnet (EUN).
The content of this document / workshop is the sole
responsibility of the organizer and it does not represent the
opinion of the European Commission, and the Commission is
not responsible for any use that might be made of information
contained herein.

3. Summary
 Dissemination Examples
 Online
 Face to face
 Scientix projects (Go Lab)
 Moodle courses
 Launchings
 Robo Scratch - Moodle Course on Scientix portal
 STEM contests
 SCRIPT 2015
 ROBOTOR 2015

4. DISSEMINATION EXAMPLES

5. Facebook groups

6. Twitter

7. Ministry of Education
Portal Forum

8. www.didactic.ro

9. LinkedIn Group
Profesori STEM

10. LinkedIn posts

11. Some people prefer to
communicate via email

12. Information Request

13. Facebook Messenger

14. Articles in Written Publication

15. FACE TO FACE EVENTS

16. Use information from
Scientix presentation

17. Presentation Summary
• Scientix – general presentation
• Last Scientix events updates
• Scientix Portal visit
• Projects on Scientix Portal (relevant for
audience)
• Moodle courses on Scientix portal
• Q & A session

18. Moodle Courses

19. INVARIANT
PRESENTATION CLOSING

20. Travelling to Scientix meeting
Orsova – Bucharest train

21. What to do to increase the number of
STEM fans?

22. LAUNCHINGS

23. Scientix Moodle course Robo Scratch
http://moodle.scientix.eu/course/view.php?id=161

24. INTERNATIONAL ROBOTICS
TROPHY ROBOTOR

25. National Contest of Electronics
Pitesti, June 2007

26. Dance, Music, Drama…

27. How to bring technical activities
on stage?
Robotics Trophy ROBOTOR
 Robotics contests are spectacular
 Robotics = STEM integrator
 ROBOTOR = ROBOT + ORsova

28. ROBOTOR editions
 First edition:
 Regional Trophy - 2008
 National editions: 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014
 International editions
 2011: Poland, France, Turkey, and Romania
 2015: Poland, Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania …
 All editions have been included in the Educational
Activities Schedule of MEN

29. International Trophy
ROBOTOR 2011

30. International Robotics Trophy ROBOTOR 2015
Contests & Symposium, Orsova, 28-30 May 2015
 Dragsters (Junior & Middle)
 Line Follower (Junior, Middle & Senior)
 Mini & Micro Sumo (Junior, Middle & Senior)
 Line & Wall Maze (Junior, Middle & Senior)
 Solar Robots (Junior & Middle)
 Freestyle (Junior & Middle)
 Possible subsections
 Beginners
 Advanced
 mihai_agape@yahoo.com

31. SCRIPT
SCRatch International Programming Trial

33. What is Scratch?
 Scratch is a free programming language and
online community where you can create your
own interactive stories, games, simulations,
and animations.
 Scratch is a project of the Lifelong
Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab. It
is provided free of charge.
 http://scratch.mit.edu/

34. Local Winter Greetings Contest – 2011
http://scratch.mit.edu/studios/148271/

35. Regional Contest SCRIPT 2012
http://scratch.mit.edu/studios/171206/

36. National Contest SCRIPT 2013
http://scratch.mit.edu/studios/211401/

37. SCRIPT 2014 Gallery
http://scratch.mit.edu/studios/377099/

38. SCRIPT 2015
Contest & Symposium
 Contest
 Primary and lower secondary pupils (aged
from 6-7 to 14 – 15 years old).
 Version Scratch 2.0
 Symposium
 Creators of Scratch learning resources
(teachers & students)
 Online videoconference

39. SCRIPT 2015 – Contest
 Aim: promote the programming among
primary and lower secondary students, using
Scratch programming language.
 Contest objectives:
 Stimulating pupils to code.
 Developing English language skills of pupils
and teachers.
 Promoting of the best teams.
 Dissemination of the best projects.

40. SCRIPT 2015 – Contest
 Sections:
 Greetings
 Games
 Music and Dance
 Stories
 Simulations
 Educational Software
 Age categories
 one for each grade from 0 (6-7 years old) to 8 (14-
15 years old students).
 mihai_agape@yahoo.com

41. I invite you to participate
in ROBOTOR & SCRIPT
 International Robotics Trophy
ROBOTOR 2015
 SCRatch International Programming Trial
SCRIPT 2015
 Contact
mihai_agape@yahoo.com

42. Bibliography
 Agape, Mihai (octombrie 2013). Rules for National
Robotics Trophy ROBOTOR 2014.
http://sdrv.ms/17umqk7
 Agape, Mihai (octombrie 2013). Rules of Scratch
International Programming Trial SCRIPT 2014.
http://sdrv.ms/LgPxfX
 Agape, Maria-Genoveva (octombrie 2013). Rules of
Scratch International Symposium SCRIPT 2014.
http://sdrv.ms/LgPxfX
 Gras-Velázquez, Àgueda (september 2014). Scientix
2 - Cycle 2 Presentation.

43. Questions?