At the time of writing, there are only one week before the deadline to apply for funding for teaching materials from the Technology Rucksack.

These funds are intended to make the implementation of catch renewal easier for schools and teachers. 

A great opportunity for all schools

The technological school bag

A program designed to give students knowledge and understanding of technology, algorithmic thinking and programming. This program is also closely linked to the renewal that comes into force this year. Please contact us if you would like help with an application. 

The application deadline is 15. May. 2020

More information about the technological school bag

Building kits produced in Norway

At MakeKit, we realized early on that we wanted to produce all the main parts of our products locally in Norway. There are several reasons why we chose to do just that. Quality at all stages, direct contact with the manufacturers, follow-up during production, reduced transport consequences and, not least, contributing to local industry. 

For schools, this will also provide the opportunity to join company visits where the kits are actually made. 

If you want to know more about how we produce the kits here in Norway, or if you would like to show this production to your students, please get in touch! 

Joy of creation & motivation

How to motivate students? 

At MakeKit, we believe the answer lies in providing engaging, interdisciplinary and problem-based tasks. 

Such tasks provide the opportunity to create a sense of mastery in a number of areas in different subjects, and this mastery lays the foundation for providing intrinsic motivation. We are all different and take an interest in different things. It's hard to find mastery in something you're not initially interested in. Making projects interdisciplinary increases the likelihood that more students will find mastery in different tasks and at the same time lowers the threshold for trying out, finding mastery and perhaps also becoming interested in new subjects.

The school day also becomes more relevant and prepares the student to a greater extent for working life after graduation. Being able to work in groups on interdisciplinary issues is the norm in working life. Understanding and knowledge in different fields is and will continue to be very important.

If you have any thoughts on this, and how to give students relevant and engaging teaching, please get in touch! 

Classroom kits for better technology understanding

MakeKit's classroom kits provide knowledge about algorithmic thinking, programming and technology. The kits give students the opportunity for creative expression and interdisciplinary problem-based learning and connect the digital to the physical. The kits are based on micro:bit. This allows you to build on existing expertise and equipment that is now being rolled out via the national superbit project.

Find out more here: https://www.makekit.no/digitale-laeremidler-i-skolen-nor/