EU Code Week Community Ambassadors, Educators & Volunteers

Community

A vibrant network of educators, volunteers and ambassadors driving EU Code Week forward. Connect, collaborate and inspire the next generation of digital innovators in your country — and beyond.

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EU Code Week thrives thanks to a vast, international community of volunteers. In this page you can meet the members that are active in your country. EU Code Week’s backbone is the Ambassadors, the Leading teachers and representatives of ministries of education in the EU and Western Balkans countries – the Edu coordinators.

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Ambassadors

EU Code Week Ambassadors are the main point of contact for Code Week in each country and help spread the vision of Code Week locally. The Ambassadors connect people, companies and communities interested in supporting EU Code Week. They encourage organisers to register coding activities on the Code Week map, and promote the overall participation in EU Code Week. Ambassadors also review and approve activities in their country. Ambassadors also work with their peers in other countries and meet regularly to discuss how to further develop the initiative.

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Stamatis Papadakis

Dr. Stamatios Papadakis is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Preschool Education, University of Crete, Greece. His expertise lies in Educational Technology with a specific focus on mobile learning. Engaged in numerous international and national projects concerning computational thinking and pedagogy across Pre-K to 16 Education, he is dedicated to advancing the field. His research primarily explores mobile learning, particularly leveraging smart mobile devices and associated applications in Preschool and Primary Education. He aims to foster Computational Thinking and enhance students' numerical comprehension. Additionally, his current research delves into the impact of a STEM learning approach facilitated by context-aware mobile learning environments in preschool classrooms, elucidating its effects on learning outcomes among preschoolers.

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Spyros Blatsios

Spyros Blatsios is a Physics and Informatics teacher. Since 2002, he works at Platon Schools, Katerini, Greece. Currently he is the Head of the European Projects & Lifelong Learning Department. He has participated in many EU funded educational research projects such as SOCRATES/COMENIUS/MINERVA/FP7/ERASMUS+, and he's been engaged in educational robotics with publications since 2005. Spyros received his Bachelor of Science in Physics at Aristotle University, Greece and a Masters of Science in Information Technology at Hellenic Open University, Greece. He is currently a PhD candidate in Applied Informatics at the University of Macedonia.

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Ναταλία Θεόκλεια Γεωργιτζίκη

I am an ICT teacher and the Principal of the 10th Primary School of Livadeia. I am a graduate of the Department of School of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki with a master's degree in "Electrical and Computer Engineering" and a master's degree in "ICT in Education" from the department of "Informatics and Computational Biomedicine" of the University of Thessaly. I have excellent knowledge of English (Proficiency) and good knowledge of French (DELF B2). My occupation includes many years of experience in innovative educational actions, STEAM and educational robotics, with numerous presentations and participation in conferences and writing articles in scientific journals. I maintain a personal blog with educational material for the Computer Science course in Elementary School, for programming and robotics. At the same time, I have published educational e-books, such as " Scratch Programming Language, Activities for Elementary School ", " Create with Arduino and Program with Ardublock " and " Play and Program with Thymio Robot - Activities for Elementary School " with the aim of strengthening digital skills in primary education. During my educational career, I have attended a series of seminars and trainings covering critical and contemporary topics such as IT, hacking and programming, school violence, adult lifelong learning, and educational technologies. At the same time, I participated in activities that strengthened my programming and robotics skills, as well as innovative STEM teaching approaches. Through these seminars I gained important knowledge and skills that I apply in educational practice, enhancing my effectiveness and administrative ability in educational environments. I am an active eTwinning partner, participating in several innovative projects, robotics, coding and competitions, promoting interdisciplinary learning and the principles of sustainable development. Finally, I am a trainer for the new curricula for the IT course in Primary School. Since 2020 I have been participating in the celebration of the European Programming Week with over 70 activities having received excellence and connecting with the code4all code hundreds of schools every year in Greece and abroad. I share all my activities on my personal website and social media in order to promote the codeweek initiative in Greece and abroad.

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ΑΝΤΩΝΗΣ ΣΠΑΝΟΣ

Greek Code Week Ambassador

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Leading teachers

Leading teachers is an active community of more than 450 educators from across Europe. They help connect schools, teachers and students interested in participating to Code Week and encourage them to organise activities and register them on the Code Week map. The Leading teachers hold professional development webinars in their language and are a reference point for other teachers in the country but also in Europe. They also promote the initiative locally. If you are a teacher, you can find Leading teachers near you to connect with on the map.

Edu coordinators

EU Code Week Edu coordinators are correspondents in Ministries of Education or other educational authorities and organisations participating in EU Code Week. Edu coordinators strengthen the foundations of the initiative by supporting teachers and schools nation-wide. This includes communication with schools who already participate in EU Code Week to learn about their best practices and share experience. Edu coordinators also support schools that want to participate in the initiative, by providing available resources, learning material and opportunities within the community.

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CityLab IKE Greece

CityLab IKE is an innovative organization based in Greece dedicated to promoting STEM education and fostering a passion for robotics among students. The organization focuses on developing creative problem-solving skills and critical thinking through educational robotics, enabling participants to design, build, and program their own robotic systems. CityLab IKE collaborates with schools, educational institutions, and community organizations to deliver workshops, camps, and training programs that inspire the next generation of innovators and technologists.STEM subjects include Engineering, Robotics, Computer Science, Mechatronics, Industrial Design, Astrophysics, Bioengineering and Financial Engineering workshops.