The city recently started the educational cooperation “Weckruf Digitisierung”. Schools in our city and the open source network Fiware Foundation are participating. The aim is to implement digital change in schools.
“The future of society is determined by how you go digital,” believes Mayor Frank Dudda. The cooperation with Fiware is another building block for the city on the way to the so-called Smart City. With it, the two goals “digital” and “international” of the urban strategy 2025 would be taken up.
As a result of the educational cooperation, the schools with a focus on natural sciences receive sensors such as carbon dioxide meters, temperature sensors or air quality sensors from the city. “With this we want to promote digital education in schools and train the skilled workers of tomorrow,” says Pierre Golz from the city’s department for digitization. Students can set up the sensors and produce data. “We want to make digitization tangible. With the help of information superhighways, the data produced can be brought into a platform, “says Golz.
Fiware provides information material and training opportunities for teaching staff so that they can learn the software. “This is a big step for young people in the direction of understanding digitization and recognizing the benefits digitization can bring,” said Andreas Merkendorf, head of the municipal department for schools and further education.
Fiware is a non-profit association with the aim of supporting the digital transformation of society. Herne is the first city with which the Foundation goes together in MINT classes and vocational colleges. Here, a program previously reserved for universities is being offered for the first time for secondary schools and tailored to target groups. In this context, Frank Dudda speaks of a milestone: “We are on the right track to further strengthen our talent development.” The best projects of the students are to be awarded in the coming year.
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