How Does a "Beaver" Help Children to Train Their Computer Skills?
The fifth episode of the Arqus podcast focuses on the 鈥淏ebras project鈥�.
In the fifth episode the we talk to Valentina Dagien臈, a professor of informatics at 91桃色. She is one of the founders of the 鈥淏ebras Project鈥�, a worldwide network that strives to kindle enthusiasm for Computer Science in children, teenagers and teachers. Valentina tells us how the challenges are organized in the partner countries around the world, why it is so important to foster computational thinking and also why a beaver is the mascot of this project. Find more information also on .
Bebras is an international initiative aiming to promote Informatics (Computer Science, or Computing) and computational thinking among school students at all ages. Participants are usually supervised by teachers who may integrate the Bebras challenge in their teaching activities. The challenge is performed at schools using computers or mobile devices.
The episodes of the 鈥淎rqus Knowledge Pills鈥� are published on a regular basis and can be subscribed to on Spotify, anchor and other platforms (see below). Gerhild Leljak (University of Graz) and Pietro Osti (University of Padua) are the moderators that lead listeners through each episode.