ALPHA EDTECH JUNIOR

Remembering the project:

The Alpha Lumen Institute created the Alpha Edtech Junior project to offer IT education to vulnerable young people, promoting social and economic inclusion in line with the SDGs of the 2030 Agenda. The project aims to prepare young people for the job market, tackling social inequalities and offering equitable opportunities. Focusing on training technical and socio-emotional skills, Alpha Edtech Jr seeks to train leaders prepared for the challenges of the future.

In recent months, students have developed activities that connect programming with basic robotics, understanding some application concepts and code development.

The theoretical content dealt with the following subjects:

• Commands for sensors applied to carts that follow black bands on the floor. Activation of the engines automatically. The students also observed in practice how Arduino works. 
• They learned to program decision structures (such as if-else) which allow the “robot” to choose between different actions based on current conditions. In the example of a line follower cart, the programming may decide whether the cart should rotate right or left as the sensor detects the lane position.
• They learned to program loops, which allows the robot to repeat tasks over and over again. For example, a loop allows the robot to "check" sensors several times per second, updating movement and responding to constant changes in the environment.

This project prepares students for the job market by developing a series of fundamental technical and behavioral skills. Through learning programming and logic, students gain a solid foundation for careers in technology and engineering. They also become familiar with important tools such as sensors, actuators and prototyping, which are widely used in industrial and automation processes. Furthermore, the project strengthens computational thinking and the ability to solve complex problems, which are skills valued in several areas.

Links:

• https://www.alphalumen.org.br/