Digital Skills Camp
UNPICS
Project Pilot Description
Teach children from underprivileged families IT programming courses and digital competence for a 3 month period with internship in IT companies at the end of the course.
Project Pilot Outcome
- Teenagers aged 16-19 with Junior Developer Skills in Web Development
- minimum 50% successful internship rate in Moldavian IT companies
- analyze: project outcome, market interest, audience interest; as data for continuation of project.
Education Plan
The Education Plan is based on 3 modules: Craft, Discovery, Recreation.
Each of the modules contains exercises and activities that contribute to the personal and professional development.
Craft
- The programming course is based on Wordpress Website Development, that is highly demanded on the local and international market.
- All lessons will involve 30% Theory - 70% Practice Ratio.
- The programming course will contain case studies and complimented by work field trips to IT companies.
Discovery
- Teaching Digital Competence: working with information, search engines, cyber security and other.
- Ideation teaches the concept of creating new ideas, projects and inventions.
Recreation
- Recreation Module is responsible for developing a healthy environment where participants are concentrated on self-improvement, team-building and other social activities.
- Besides teaching programming, participants will cultivate a taste for art and pop-culture with the help of movie nights and discussion of various topics proposed by the mentors.
Tools and Resources
- Integration of Patented Gamification System into Education Program
- Selection of participants in collaboration with experts in psychology.
- Program based on market need, in partnership with senior developers.
- Constant Feedback from all parties during the program: developers, mentors, psychologists, participants.
- Fully equipped classroom with computers and projector.
What's next?
Project Mid Term Goals
- Extend program for 6-8 month period for ICT Course extending up to 2-4 groups. Initiate Digital Art Pilot Program.
- Create Long Term and Short Term Sustainability Instruments: digital stock concept, donation ware labor, employment royalties.
- Establish Educational Facility.
Project Long Term Goals
- Long Term Program specialized in developing ICT and Digital Arts specialists from underprivileged families.
- Inspire people to pursue ICT career as a way to tackle poverty.
- Educational Center in ICT and Digital Arts with an yearly number of 200 successful alumni.
Companies confirmed
to participate in internship program
- Fruitware - Serghei Corolev
- Enspire Development - Adam Lawrence
- WPMatic - Eugeniu Topolschi
...more to come.
Partners
- IREX Novateca
- Fundatia Pentru Dezvoltare
- Code 4 Romania
- Project - Go World
Team
Alexander Gubin
Visionary and Project Development. International Affairs.
Roman Gluck
Project Manager in ICT Education. Mentor in ICT.
Alexandr Capatina
Senior Software Engineer
Team
Alexandr Iscenco
Gamification Expert
Dmitri Potapov
Digital Arts Expert and Teacher
Valeriu Istrati
Public Relations
