Craig Wilson and Tanya Howden present Big Hearts project on digital skills

Craig Wilson and Tanya Howden present Big Hearts project on digital skills

Craig Wilson, General Manager at Big Hearts Community Trust and Tanya Howden, Learning Experience Designer at Robotical present a project on digital skills called “Digital for all – Using the Power of Football” at the 13th EFDN Conference in Barcelona in November.

Digital for all – Using the Power of Football

Craig will summarize the work of Big Hearts in engaging with those who are the hardest to reach in their community and highlight the impact of Big Hearts’ work with a particular focus on “Digital for all” which includes a pathway to the digital skills hub delivered at the football club.

Tanya will cover the work of the Digital Skills Hub at Heart of Midlothian FC which gives all young people the opportunity to develop digital skills and be creative with technology. Using the power of sport and football as a gateway to STEM, young people are shown how their interests link to STEM subjects that they may perceive as boring or not for them. In the breakout session, they will include an opportunity for the attendees to get hands-on with some of the technology that is used in their code clubs and with groups from Big Hearts.

Craig Wilson – Big Hearts Community Trust

Craig is the General Manager of Big Hearts Community Trust, the charity of Heart of Midlothian Football Club. Using the power and reach of football Big Hearts aims to reduce social isolation with a focus on five key areas: Poverty, Kinship Care, Older People, Mental Health and Multi-Culture and looks to work in partnership with expert agencies.

Tanya Howden – Robotical 

Tanya is the Learning Experience Designer for Robotical, the creators of Marty the Robot. As part of her role at Robotical, she is responsible for developing learning resources and leading outreach activities to engage young people from several different backgrounds. Through helping to set up the CoderDojo community in Edinburgh, she assisted Heart of Midlothian FC with setting up and running code clubs at their new Digital Skills Hub, including introducing a Robotics club through her work with Robotical.

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