Edison Robotic Workshop

The Edison Robotics Workshop was a professional development program designed to equip Computer Science teachers in Uzbekistan with the knowledge and practical skills to teach robotics and programming effectively in secondary school classrooms. Participants engaged with a curriculum covering five programming environments: EdScratch, EduBlocks, EdPy, Python, and Edison-Loops, as well as the fundamentals of robot control systems. Sessions were structured to move teachers from accessible, visual block-based coding through to text-based programming languages, building confidence and competency at each stage. Practical, hands-on sessions formed the core of the workshop. Teachers worked directly with Edison robots, applying programming concepts in real time and developing the instructional skills needed to facilitate similar learning experiences for their students. Sessions also addressed pedagogical strategies for designing engaging and meaningful ICT lessons, ensuring participants left with both technical knowledge and the classroom tools to use it well. By the end of the workshop, participants had developed a working understanding of robotics and programming across multiple platforms, hands-on experience with physical robot systems, and a clear set of methods for integrating these tools into their professional teaching practice.