National Future Day 2025November 13 was the 2025 National Future Day (the “Nationaler Zukunftstag”) in Switzerland, a day where thousands of children accompany their parents to work, or can join different companies and educational institutions including ETH. This is obviously an event worth supporting in the strongest possible way; so just like in the last years, the ABZ contributed with a workshop Code Artists, organized by Joel Lindegger, on Python programming (using WebTigerPython), and that was a full success. At the same time, our colleagues at PH Bern conducted a workshop Creative Robotics For Girls, led by Urs Wildeisen, that used XLogoOnline and the Swiss-made xBot. The latter can carry a pen and thus be used to draw on paper.
photos by PH Bern / Urs Wildeisen What made this workshop special, however, was the integration of the Arts aspect by not only allowing the robot to draw, but to use its LED lights in combination with bulb exposure photography to create some fantastic pictures. I would conjecture that this a great way to experience self-efficacy. Further Reading
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