Anke Den Ouden
CEO
As Microsoft we are keen advocates of STEM education: science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. These fields are essential for the era of AI, the age of Copilot, innovation, creativity, and problem-solving in our world. At Microsoft NL, we are passionate about inspiring and empowering the next generation of leaders in STEM fields. That’s why we created Dream Space, a place where young people can learn, explore, and create with technology.
Dream Space is a free educational program that offers coding-for-good workshops for students, aged 8 and up, in the Netherlands. The workshops are designed to link technology to real-world challenges and encourage participants to use technology creatively to make a positive impact. The workshops are based on research that aims to improve students’ STEM skills as well as their social-emotional skills, such as empathy, creativity, ethical decision-making, and collaboration.
Dream Space also supports teachers to enable their students to learn actively with innovative tools and methods, and to integrate computational thinking and 21st-century skills into their own lessons.
With Dream Space we aim to make technology more attractive and inspire children to pursue the digital side of learning. We believe that every student in the Netherlands should have the opportunity to pursue a STEM career and know the various paths to get there. However, there are some challenges that we need to overcome:
To address these challenges, we need to prepare today’s students for the jobs of the future. We need to inspire them to be curious, creative, and confident with technology. We need to show them the possibilities and opportunities that STEM fields offer.
Dream Space is open to primary schools, secondary schools, and special education. It is our ambition that in the next five years, every student will have followed a Dream Space workshop. Over the last few months, we have welcomed 500 children to our Dream Space program in our office. This school year we expect to have hosted between 3.000 – 4.000 children. With digital content we expect to increase the number even more!
Are you a teacher and do you want to visit Dream Space with your class? Fill out the registration form and we will contact you as soon as possible: https://forms.office.com/r/PUqMwDPw9R
Anke Den Ouden, CEO & Dagmar Lens, Education Director
Microsoft The Netherlands.
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