A student of the School of Frikis in Benidorm, winner of the Projects Scratch contest

10 June 2017

Un alumno de la Escola de Frikis de Benidorm, ganador del certamen de Proyectos Scratch

The course of the educational project is completed promoted by the UMH and in which 54 students between 7 and 12 years have participated

The first edition of the School of Frikis, the educational project promoted by the Center for Operational Research of the Miguel Hernández University of Elche (UMH) and with which the Benidorm City Council collaborates, has ended on Saturday. A first edition has been awarded with one of the students of Benidorm, Marc Gomez Martinez, who has won the contest Scratch Projects convened within the framework of this educational project among 6th grade students throughout the course Have participated in some of the schools of Frikis that have developed in the province.

The mayor and head of Education, Toni Pérez, went to the social center José Llorca Linares Saturday to dismiss the course with some of the 54 students from 7 to 12 years who since last November have participated in the School of Frikis.

Pérez has been accompanied by the councilor of New Technologies, Lourdes Caselles; and by the Secretary of Competitiveness of the Mayor of Manizales (Colombia), Germán Gallo, who these days is in Benidorm to know the city, its tourist model and also the bet that is being done for innovation and technology linked to Smart City.

During the visit, they have known the game created by Marc Martínez and that has earned him the prize of the Scratch contest: OmegaFace The Impossible Game. Martinez received the award last week at the closing ceremony of the 2016-2017 course that was held at the UMH and attended by students throughout the province, their families and monitors.

The Impossible Game is a project made with Scratch, a visual programming language developed by the MIT Media Lab, aimed primarily at children, and allows easy creation of animations, games or interactions. You can play the game Imposible online at the following link: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/154260566/

Perez recalled that Escuela de Frikis is an educational project that aims to raise children's concerns about the use of technology and information technology, and encourage their learning in computer programming to promote problem solving skills, logic and the creativity.

The mayor has advanced that the intention of the City Council is to repeat experience the next course, as well as to implement other projects of the UMH to promote and facilitate technological competencies among the elderly.