OPEN CALL!!

Makerhouse 2021 is running for a third consecutive year, aiming at creating a platform of creativity and entrepreneurship, enhancing research and development through modern technology. Selected makers and groups of makers will have the opportunity to use the Youth Makerspace premises and equipment for a month each.

The residency programme will offer a unique opportunity to enhance the development process of an innovative idea, bringing together makers and supporting organisations. Each maker will have their own mentor, who will provide advice and guidance towards the implementation of the idea.

The completed projects will be presented to the public. Thus, makers will have a unique opportunity to develop a meaningful dialogue with the local community, which will enable them to take further action for promoting their idea.

For general information and participation criteria here

For general information and participation criteria here

Introduction to Arduino

The Youth Makerspace Larnaka and Cyprus Computer Society organise an online introductory seminar on Arduino robotics on Saturday 5 June 2021, 10:00-13:00.

Participants will learn about Arduino and how they can use it. They will create complete examples using Tinkercard Circuits, an open-source web-based tool which is used for 3D design, as well as basic circuits.

The workshop addresses individuals who are interested in robotics either professionally or as a hobby, professionals and teachers of computers, engineering, technology, electronics, electronic applications, etc.

No previous knowledge or experience is required, and participants do not need to have any Arduino equipment.

Interested participants should register through the following online form https://forms.gle/ywAFG1jMzk3UaVc87. They will then receive their zoom platform participation code via email.

The workshop will be offered by Odysseas Economides, founder of ROBO CY start-up which creates custom-made equipment aiming at encouraging Cypriot youth to use robotics in education, research, development and entertainment.

The workshop is free of charge and will be held in Greek. There are limited places available.

For more information, please call 24 201777 or email [email protected], or visit our website www.makerspace.onek.org.cy  and Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/makerspacelarnaka

As the Maker movement is increasingly adopted in primary and secondary schools and Makerspaces, students have more opportunities to create unique, personalized projects and objects such as computer programs, robots, and DIY electronics and develop new abilities and skills.
These crafting activities can foster young people’s creativity, critical thinking, collaboration, and problem-solving skills – key skills needed in the 21st-century workplace.

At the “Future of Makerspaces in Education” organized by the Cyprus Forum, Youth Makerspace Larnaka and Oxygono, an introduction to the Erasmus+ Assessmake21 project and what was achieved in the context of the development and piloting of a digital tool to assess the development of 21st-century skills. The event will continue with a panel discussion with three PhD candidates – Stella Timotheu, Giorgos Pallaris, and Dora Konstantinou – and early career researchers such as Andreas Papallas, working and researching digital creation and learning through space-making environments.

The panelists will share insights from their research and thoughts on what the future of Makerspaces in educational settings might be, especially in the Cypriot context.
The panel will take place on September 17 at the Youth Makerspace Larnaca of the Cyprus Youth Organization and the participants will have the opportunity to get to know the space! It is noted that the discussion will be held in Greek.