“MORE THAN ROBOTS” FIRST LEGO LEAGUE SLOVENIA

Thursday, October 8 (10.00–15.00)

Friday, October 9  (10.00–15.00)

The FIRST® LEGO® League (FLL) is a research and educational program with an emphasis on robotics, which has been organized and conducted in Slovenia by the Super Glavce institute. The creative workshop participants construct and program an autonomous robot for problem-solving in the FLL field. The purpose of the workshop is to enable the participants to discover the fascinating world of advanced technologies in a fun and playful way. Through playing they gain experience from various fields, as their creative thinking is stimulated.

Key words and subject links: THINKING OUT OF THE BOX, NATURAL SCIENCES, MATHEMATICS, LOGIC, TECHNICAL SKILLS, COMPUTER SCIENCES, PROGRAMMING, ROBOTICS, PROJECT WORK, GROUP WORK

The mentor and head of the program is Natalija Premužič, co-founder of the Super Glavce institute (2012), and program and competition manager within the project FIRST ®LEGO® League (FLL) in Slovenia since 2011; organizer of children and family events since 2008 and an enthusiast and activist. Following her studies of Educational Sciences and Sociology at Ljubljana’s Faculty of Arts, Natalija spent the next twelve years working in the economic sector; in 2009, however, she opted for an individual career path and has returned to the sphere of education.