On 27 April, design and technology teachers are invited to take part in the "Design in Education" workshop to get inspiration from design experts and to get hands-on experience with the teaching materials and methodology developed for the "Design and Technology II" secondary school course. The seminar is organised by Riga Business School as a unit of RTU. In the seminar, Jānis Ķīnasts will dispel myths about design thinking, draw attention to the interconnectedness of design in time and space, and provide critical insights into [...]

Riga Business School, as a unit of Riga Technical University, announces a Programming competition for high school students with the aim of showcasing high school students' ideas or problems that are implemented or solved through programming to the wider public. Participants are required to present a project on a problem of relevance to a community group, developed in the high school course Programming I or II. The Programming competition is financially supported by the technology giant LMT. Students can apply for the competition until 22 [...]

In March, for the second time, I participated in the annual Riga Business School Technology Teachers' Conference - Idea Day "Solutions for Meaningful Technology Use and Teaching", where educators, education leaders and stakeholders gathered to discuss modern knowledge transfer and reception in the age of technology. Inspiring stories and discussions on technology and learning strategies provoked further thoughts. Artificial intelligence has no skills but content And so - artificial intelligence has entered our everyday lives, is present in school, in everyday life, at work. Be [...]

Yesterday, March 14, the second “Idea day” conference gathered more than 100 teachers and school management, providing a platform and experts to learn the most relevant skills for the meaningful use and teaching of technology in schools. Teachers and school management teams had the opportunity to enhance their digital competences through 14 different workshops, as well as discussions on methods, solutions and experiences. Thanks to the great response of last year's computer science, programming, design and technology teachers to the inspiring experience of "Idea Day", [...]

On 1 March, for the first time in Ogre, the logic game "Ogre Puzzle Day" took place, bringing together 80 of the most enthusiastic secondary school students to compete in solving logic problems. The Ogre State Gymnasium youth team "Dārgakmeņi" was the most skilful in solving the puzzles borrowed from the prestigious Harvard University, thus winning the honourable first place. In the logic game "Ogre Puzzle Day", organised by Riga Business School as a structural unit of Riga Technical University, the youth team "Dārgakmeņi" from [...]

On 14 March, the second annual "Idea Day" conference for teachers and school management will be hosted, which will bring together education and technology experts to share their experiences and present concrete tools and methods for meaningful use of technology and teaching. Idea Day is organised by Riga Business School as a department of Riga Technical University (RTU) with financial support from LMT and Ozoco. The organisers invite you to register for the Idea Day conference by 8 March here: https://idejudiena.rbs.lv/ In the first part [...]

On March 1st, Ogre District Education Department will organize a logic game “Ogre Puzzle Day” for the first time, gathering nearly 100 of the most enthusiastic and smartest high schoolers from Ogre Municipality. The teams will have to solve 10 logic tasks, which are based on the game principles designed by the prestigious Harvard University. In Autumn 2023, Riga Municipality organized a logic game “Riga Puzzle Day”, which gathered 172 youngsters. This year, Ogre State Gymnasium and Ogre District Education Department have taken up the [...]