HacKidemia is a mobile invention lab that provides hands-on STEAM education to enable students to solve challenges through creative solutions. It combines science, technology, art and storytelling to motivate and inspire future innovators. The program offers global workshops for schools, tech companies and children to collaborate on 3D curricula and learning tools using rapid prototyping technologies. Students will design software, tools and interfaces to get hands-on experience in fields like programming, microelectronics and robotics.

2. MISSION
HacKidemia is a mobile invention lab that enables
future changemakers to access and create a
hands-on STEAM* education that will enable them
to solve specific challenges by developing and
testing creative solutions and physical artifacts.
WHY
Students who participate in science clubs and competitions
at least a few times a year are 50 percent more likely to
select a STEAM-related career plan once in college than
those not participating in such activities.
By combining science, technology, storytelling and art,
HacKidemia leverages creative thinking to motivate and
inspire a generation of future independent researchers and
propose a new learning-by-doing model for integration into
traditional pedagogy.
*STEAM: Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math
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3. WHAT
Global workshops fostering collaboration
between schools, tech companies and kids in PROGRAMMING
the development of 3d-enabled curricula,
tools, and learning environments for the 21st
century classroom.
We will introduce kids to new ways of
learning abstract and complex concepts by
using rapid prototyping technologies MICRO-
ROBOTICS
designed for novices. ELECTRONICS
With HacKidemia, kids will get their hands
dirty designing educational software,
toolkits, toys, and tangible user interfaces.
HacKidemia Workshops

4. Click on the image below to see Scratch in action
PROGRAMMING
In this workshop participants are introduced to computational creation with the Scratch programming
environment by viewing a collection of sample projects and engaging in an exploratory, hands-on
experience by designing collaborative narratives.
General Objectives:
• Introduce kids and parents/teachers to programing
• Discover by playing computational concepts
The participants will:
• Understand the concept of computational creation, in the context of Scratch
• Understand the benefits of remixing while designing
• Be able to create a Scratch project that tells a story by building on the work of others

5. MICRO-
ELECTRONICS
In this workshop the participants will become familiar with the basics of Microelectronics by going
through interactive problem solving exercises and will explore what they have learned in hands-on
creative projects development on a Raspberry Pi.
General Objectives:
• Introduce kids and parents/teachers to microelectronics
• Introduce kids and parents/teachers to programming
• Discover by playing computational concepts
The participants will:
• Learn the basics of Microelectronics – how diodes and transistors work
• Explore interactive projects done with Raspberry Pi demonstrating the core concepts in electronics
• Prototype their own microelectronics demonstration projects

6. ROBOTICS
The workshop is in three parts:
Superhero Design: In this phase kids will learn how important design is when you create something.
We will use the 123Dapp application from Autodesk to design the robots.
Superpower Development: In this phase the kids will learn how the electronics works. Together we
will program a Raspberry Pi micro controller, we will attach any additional shields needed for the
particular needs and a battery pack. Then we will place all the electronics inside a box, which would
go inside the creature developed in the previous phase.
Play: Create a superhero robot that can kick a ping pong ball. The target will be to inspire the kids to
play in a football tournament with their robots.
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Event Agenda
Facilitator Training:
10.00am - 12.00pm
Event Overview Lunch and Networking:
12.00pm - 1.00pm
Tentative Date:
To define Arrival of Participants:
1.00pm - 2.00pm
Tentative Venue:
To define Icebreakers and Introduction:
2.00pm - 2.30pm
Target Participants:
• Kids aged XX-XX (To define) Workshops - Round 1:
• Parents (To define) 2.30pm - 3.00pm
• Facilitators (To define)
Workshops - Round 2:
3.00pm - 3.30pm
Workshops - Round 3:
3.30pm - 4.00pm
Tea and Closing Remarks:
4.00pm - 5.00pm

9. Contact Us:
William Oechsner de Coninck
Inspiring belief in a better tomorrow. will.deconinck@gmail.com
Equipping kids with the tools to build it. +33 (0)6 30 81 77 17
Stefania Druga, HacKidemia (founder)
stefania.druga@singularityu.org