A global vision of the event

1. Genoa Meeting May 2005 A global vision of the event

2. The schools participating in the Edurobot Project

4. Area metropolitana

5. Necessities • reflect on the experiencesthat have taken place; • exchangeinformation, problems, solutions, techniques, methodo-logies…; • experiment in the same surroundings during the final competition;

6. Necessities • visit a historic and cultural European city; • allow for as many people involved in the project to participate in the event; • contain the expenses.

7. General objectives • discuss how inter-relational and cooperation skills have been established by means of the project portal (forum, video-streaming, video-conference, chat); • illustrate • how the students and the teachers have analysed problems concerning the construction of the robot and how they have experimented with “innovative” solutions; • how they have used basic or re-cycled materials; • how they have created a common robotic platformand have carried out hardware and software personalisations; • how they have improved their ‘know-how’; • how they have checked that the final product (the robot) is the result of group research and cooperation.

8. Objectives for young people • the realization that they have taken part in an important transnational experience, which has allowed them • to share the same objectives and values, spirit of initiative and creativity, • cooperating in the creation of a common project, • creating a network of schools • and using online communication tools (forum, chat etc,); • experimenting in the field using a common language (English), developing a robot for the competition, “challenging” other competitors.

9. Objectives for the teachers  allow for the exchange and comparison of “good practice”, illustrating • programmes, • learning and teaching methods, • the use of new information and communication technologies for teaching;

10. Objectives for the teachers  understand and evaluate • the teaching methodologies adopted • and the importance of the contributions offered • by cooperative e-learning, • by ICT, • by Robotics, • by new technologies in the teaching and learning processes • and by the technical, scientific and methodological updating of the teachers that work in the technical and professional secondary schools.

11. Structure of the event

12. Common elements • weekend (Thursday Friday, Saturday, Sunday) or including a Sunday (Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday): in order to allow the participants to use discounts offered by airlines; • ½ day to experiment the route and read the competition rules: during this time the participants can exchange information, see the work carried out by their colleagues, exchange tactics and prepare their robot…

13. Common elements • ½ day for the competition: through this game the quality of the work undertaken will be become apparent • ½ day for a guided tour of the city: discover a city that was declared European Capital of Culture in 2004

14. Common elements • Event folderfor each participant, containing (event leaflet, city map, sticker, a synthesis of the first results emerging from the monitoring of the activities carried out…) • A moment to play together with football, basketball and volleyball challenges …

15. Hypothesis for the organization of the meeting in Genoa

16. 1stHypothesis(minimal) • One representative per cluster (6 robots) or per school • 3 days, including: • arrival, • experimentation of the competition route, • tour of the city, • competition, • departure; • Accommodation or in a gym (sleeping bags) or in a hotel • Meals: self-service (buffet in the event locations) • Closing address • Other: …

17. 2ndHypothesis (medium) • Numerous representatives for each cluster or for each nation; • 3 or 4 days, including: • arrival, • brief welcoming address c/o CNR, • tour of the city, • visit to a technologically advanced company and meeting with researchers, • experimentation of the competition route, • tour of the city, • competition, • departure;

18. 2ndHypothesis (medium) • Hotel accommodation; • Meals: self-service (buffet in the event locations); • Closing address; • Souvenir of the city; • Other: …

19. 3rdHypothesis(maximum) • 4 or 5 days, including: • Visitsto one or more technologically advanced companies; • Guided tour of the city (in two ½ days; in groups; guides can be students from Genoa or some teachers who agree to carry out this service); • Experimentation of the competition route; • Competition; • Participation in a conference (or part of it?); • Officialclosingaddress (?); • Meeting with researchers; • “Evening” / “afternoon” final event by the students from Genoa with photos, films, songs, jokes, slogan…

20. 3rd Hypothesis(maximum) • All schools represented; • Hotel accommodation; • Meals: self-service (buffet in the event locations) except on the gala evening; • T-shirt of the event; • Souvenir of the city; • Other: …

21. To be determined • DATE of the event: • 6-8 may • or 13-15 may • Or another date? • DATE within which the exact number of participants should be established