What was new in 2021
Online for the TechSoup NGOs
AMA or Ask Me Anything are 45-minutes online meetings during which we answer any questions about the TechSoup Program and #TechnologyforNGOs. In 2021, we spent 285 minutes live with members of the TechSoup community. AMA45 continues in 2022.
Îndreptar Digital / Digital Handbook goes to University
In 2021, students from the Pedagogy of Primary and Preschool Education at Lucian Blaga Sibiu University joined the teachers, pedagogical teachers and students from pedagogical high schools in the Digital Handbook community. Together with the Association of Young Educators from Sibiu, we are preparing a new generation of primary teachers for digital education.
Community meetings for our teachers
We have organized open support and guidance online sessions for all K12 teachers participating in our courses.
In 2021, we had 14 community meetings. #JoicuVoi / #ThursdayWithYou will return in 2022.
Award winners at the #Civil Society Gala
1st place in the Education, Teaching and Research category, together with the other 3 partner organizations from the Școala pe Net / School on the Internet consortium: Communication Resource Center, Teach for Romania and Eloc Foundation (Seeding Knowledge Foundation).
In 2020, through the School on the Internet Program, thousands of teachers in Romania received emergency aid and access to online teaching resources.
Our 2021 in numbers
primary school and pre-service teachers
enrolled in our online #DigitalEducationIntensive course
primary school pupils
who practiced their digital skills under the coordination of their teachers
2.525
teachers
in our online Teaching (the) Future courses, #DigitalEducationIntensive, #Scratch, #Python and #OnlineAccelerator
10.515
secondary school pupils
who practiced Scratch or Python in computer science classes
43
Energy Technical Colleges teachers
beneficiaries of an intensive digital education program for dual classes
10
online courses
part of the Teaching (the) Future and Digital Handbook programs, which reached over 7,388 K12 teachers and pre-service teachers
114
technology events
funded via Meet and Code and aligned with Europe Code Week
4.089
pupils and students
from small and medium-sized communities who have acquired or practiced advanced digital skills in Meet and Code events
82
Meet and Code organizers
small organizations, from schools, public libraries or small communities that have organized technology events
395
new NGOs
who joined the TechSoup Romania and TechSoup Moldova Programs
596.876
USD
the market value of the software products accessed by the organizations from the TechSoup Romania and Moldova Programs
1.028
support emails
sent to the NGO members of the TechSoup community
6
webinars
about technology resources for nonprofits or the Meet and Code initiative, together with partners such as Galantom and Stories of Good
7
online workshops
about our educational resources for Teach for Romania teachers, school inspectorates or together with other educational partners
26
community meetings
organized for those we serve: teachers, students, non-profit organizations, teachers from Energy Technical Colleges
What we continued to do in 2021
Quality professional development for K12 teachers
We created 2 new courses and organized a total of 10 online courses built for teachers, pre-service teachers, Teach for Romania teachers. All on our own e-learning platforms.
Alongside Energy Technical Colleges teachers
Technical Colleges from Timișoara and Ialomița joined thier colleagues from Bucharest and Deva, and the community of teachers who teach dual classes has grown to 92.
Digital Transformation for NGOs
We have accelerated our work of promoting digital tools in the work of non-profit organizations, either through our own campaigns or through many workshops with partners.
Meet and Code online
Meet and Code continued to support online events and funded small educational organizations to adapt their offline events alligned with Europe Code Week.
It was all possible thanks to
Extended team
Bogdan Moga, designer
Oana Sipoș, trainer
Vasile Brașovanu, trainer
Cosmin Sbarcea, photographer
Andrei F., sysadmin
Marius Ghițoiu & Nick Răileanu, CitizenNext
Mona Dîrțu, writing techniques mentor
Melania Medeleanu, diction and online presence support
Funders
Google.org via Tides Foundation
Romanian-American Foundation
Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation
ENEL România
e-distributie Muntenia
e-distributie Banat
Societe Generale Global Solution Centre
Partners and friends
TechSoup
TechSoup Europe
US Embassy in Bucharest
ECDL România
Genially
Asociația Envision România
Stories of Good
Asociația Tinerilor Pedagogi Sibiu
Teach for Romania
Institutul Cultural Timișoara
Fundația Progress: Code Kids
Romanian Tech Startups Association: EduHack 2021
Universitatea Lucian Blaga Sibiu
MicroDERLab Group, Facultatea de Inginerie Electrică, Universitatea Politehnica din București