In 2022, various workshops with professional trainers implemented by the ERDF-funded INTERREG projects BIG_inn AT-HU and EduSTEM AT-CZ took place at the European Office and the Board of Education for Vienna. In a challenging time, school leaders were supported and strengthened in their leadership role – the video provides tips and shows best- and worst-practice. [...]
Every year, the State Prize is awarded to individuals or institutions that have promoted a deeper consciousness or a better understanding for Europe in Austria. This year there were almost 150 entries and the KreativCHALLENGE project from the European Office of the Board of Education for Vienna made it into the top three in the [...]
In 2022, as part of the EU project DigiUp 4.0, a total of 25 career orientation workshops were held at four pilot schools in Vienna. In modules such as electronics/robotics, 3D printing/CNC or creative metal, pupils learned more about the use of digital technologies in technical professions. One of the workshops took place on 17 [...]
On 22 September 2022, the pupils of MS class 1A of the Bildungscampus Seestadt North were excited to meet school class from Slovakia in the Danube Floodplain National Park and experience a whole range of new things: an exploration tour through the castle gardens, a ‘living’ memory game, exciting stories during a guided tour of [...]
In 2022, teachers and pupils were able to improve and deepen their knowledge of digitalisation during the DigiMe coding workshops. Teachers learned how to programme sensors and electronics with a microcontroller under the guidance of the project’s technical expert, so that they could implement their own creative projects in the classroom: As a result, the [...]
Viennese schools want Europe, and the internationalisation strategy of the Board of Education makes it possible. The Erasmus+ team at the European Office developed the enterEurope project, which will enable, by 2027, many motivated teachers to meet their counterparts all over Europe and start to network with them. This very ambitious strategy is financed by [...]
Thanks to the BIGling project, many little BlueBots moved into Viennese primary schools and into the hearts of pupils and their teachers in 2022. During the project workshops, around 90 teachers were able to exchange information about the various possibilities of use and received a Blue-Bot package worth €2,000. Pupils had their first experience with [...]
On 5 December 2022, the European Office presented the ‘SprachENsensible STEM-Box’ with its comprehensive contents. At three levels, teachers will find on the one hand the theoretical basics of language-sensitive teaching, and on the other hand concrete working materials and instructions for experiments on eight different STEM topics: from water experiments and instructions for 3D [...]
On 12 December 2022, the RoboCoop final event took place at the University of Teacher Education Vienna. The main results of the study that was carried out by the project was presented with recommendations for policy making for the use of coding and robotics in STEM education. The project developed five robotics stations for teachers [...]
The time had finally come - after a two-part evaluation phase, the TOP TEN entries received their green prizes in time for Christmas. A jury of sustainability experts also rewarded the best activities and presented vouchers for amazing workshops and excursions at a ceremony during a school visit. Click here for the video and the [...]
