The goal of Building Bots with Kids is to lower the threshold for accepting technology and to prepare children for a future within which everyone will be expected to at least possess a small understanding of technology. In this fast-changing professional world, becoming familiar with technology at a young age is essential. Colleagues Naomi Heijlands and Thom Retra started this initiative which is supported by the Deloitte Impact Foundation.
Naomi: “Our sessions are for children aged 10-15. We want to take away the "fear" that programming is not for them. Your education does not necessarily have to be technical, but you really need to know how to use technology if you want to function well in our future society. We visit schools in the far reaches of the Netherlands. Thom has developed a track on which we first let the children play around with LEGO robots for half an hour. But we focus on the software robots.”’
Thom: “I think it is nice to see that children who are not very accustomed to technology are inspired by our trainings. We bring technology within their reach.”
We successfully organize free workshops in Amsterdam, Utrecht, Rotterdam and Eindhoven area where we aim to reach at least 1,000 children each year.
Deloitte’s Building Bots with Kids team visited a school in Amsterdam to teach kids more about robotics and RPA.
Would you like more information or do you know schools/networks where we could offer our workshops? Check out our onepager above and please send an email to: nlbuildingbotswithkids@deloitte.nl.