Lang Chanh – Thanh Hoa

Training and gifting robots to the Department of Education and Training in Lang Chanh

On August 3-4, the Power of Radiance 2023 award program conducted STEM education training for over 300 teachers and principals from all primary and secondary schools in Lang Chanh district, Thanh Hoa province. Students in remote areas can only access STEM education if PRINCIPALS and teachers are trained in the STEM approach. In the past two days, over 80 principals and vice principals of preschools, primary schools, and secondary schools in Lang Chanh district, Thanh Hoa province, and more than 250 secondary and primary school teachers were trained in STEM subjects to teach in both regular and extracurricular hours WITHOUT the NEED for robots.

With the enthusiastic sharing of knowledge and experience by two teachers, Dao Thi Hong Quyen and Dang Thi Thu Ha, STEM education becomes simple, interesting, and feasible without requiring any expenses other than recycled materials such as paper and plastic bottles.

The STEM for Vulnerable Adolescents project presented 01 set of VEX IQ robots (from the U.S.) to Lang Chanh Town Secondary School and 06 sets of KCbot robots (Made in Vietnam) to 06 secondary schools in Lang Chanh district.

In 2022, thanks to the support of alumni from Lang Chanh district and the community, 05 secondary schools in Lang Chanh district received 10 sets of KCbot robots (Made in Vietnam). With the addition of 06 schools receiving KCbot robots, Lang Chanh becomes the first district in Thanh Hoa province with 100% of its secondary schools (11 schools) equipped with robots

After the training on Technical Design and Scientific Exploration, the program focused on training in the use of virtual robots (VEX VR) in teaching.

The application of virtual robots, VEX VR, is an effective solution for the poorest districts in the country, such as Lang Chanh, to eliminate programming illiteracy (Coding Literacy) for all primary and secondary school students if the schools have computers.

At the beginning of 2023, despite competing with a borrowed VEX IQ robot, the students of Lang Chanh Town Secondary School shocked the STEM community by achieving an outstanding TOP18 national ranking out of over 100 teams in the national VEX IQ robot championship for high schools.