Ingenious Knowledge, Germany

Ingenious Knowledge GmbH, the coordinator of this project, is an SME and innovator in education on several levels. The company was founded in 2010 in Cologne, Germany, and has been working in close cooperation with education institutions, such as universities and schools, in order to develop new educational approaches. Its central focus is creating a new generation of education solutions with a focus on ‘serious games’. Ingenious Knowledge believes that new generations grow up in a different world that requires new approaches to education. The company is constantly exploring new ways of using modern technology to improve the lifelong learning environment and make learning more accessible and more fun. The staff of Ingenious Knowledge consists of a combination of education specialists, game designers, graphic designers and artists, and programmers. Combining technical expertise with pedagogical expertise is a strength that sets the company apart from most other companies in this field. Lately the company has been more and more involved in training teachers in innovative approaches to education.

The city of Ylivieska: Kaisaniemi and Taanila schools, Finland

Ylivieska is situated in the northern part of Finland. We have altogether over 600 students in secondary schools of Kaisaniemi and Taanila. The school buildings were built in 2021 and are filled with new pedagogical solutions. In Finnish National Curriculum coding is mentioned to be a compulsory learning content for comprehensive schools.

We work for the project as educational experts to bring practical questions and the point of everyday school work in the secondary schools, what kind of things help teachers and students to learn better and what works in the ordinary classroom situations. We also bring the view of special needs education for planning these videos. We also took part in the courses of Ingenious Knowledge earlier which helped us a lot.

Escola Secundária de Lagoa, Portugal

Escola Secundária de Lagoa is located in Lagoa, S.Miguel, Azores, Portugal. The school has a long history in the use of the ICT using hardware and software in creative new ways. We received the 2012 mentor school recognition, which resulted in a tradition of teacher collaboration to face a harsh reality in terms of the social and economic context where more than half of the students have social and economic problems and need some kind of social intervention. Our approach is diverse, but we try to make the most use of ICT as possible. This intervention extends to the special needs kids which have been also involved in ICT strategies used by the school, in this case, the use of video games in the classroom has been a standard practice. We are introducing code in many of our school projects and want to create an environment that allows our students to develop coding and computational thinking skills.

European Development Agency (EuDA, Czech republic)

European Development Agency EUDA is a Prague-based private company working closely with the school education sector. There are more than 40 Czech schools supported by EUDA on a regular basis. EUDA assists its clients and partners throughout the projects’ life cycle: writes research-based projects; searches for partners; tackles submission processes; consults with stakeholders; coordinates projects’ implementation; conducts periodical quality assurance; and produces summative and evaluative reports. EUDA also performs educational activities; facilitates transfers of know-how via international mobilities and traineeships; and coordinates EUDA Network. EUDA operates with entities from European Union Member States, Eastern Partnership and Western Balkan countries

EUDA worked with programmes like Erasmus+, Europe for Citizens, Visegrad Fund, Interreg Europe, EEA-Norway Grants, and national Operational Programmes within European Structural and Investment Funds. EUDA has experience in projects on, inter alia, youth, adult, and higher education; Vocational Education and Training; employment; social inclusion; social and technological innovation; health literacy; sustainable, urban, and regional development.