30 Oct202129th October 2021
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MyMachine Co-Founder Piet Grymonprez Main Stage at HundrED Innovation Summit 2021

MyMachine Co-Founder Piet Grymonprez Main Stage at HundrED Innovation Summit 2021

HundrED.Org is a not-for-profit organization, which seeks and shares inspiring innovations in K12 education from around the world. Both in 2019 and 2020, MyMachine has been selected by the HundrED Global Academy for their Global Innovations Collection: an annual assessment of education innovations on their innovative approach, impact, and scalability. We have been taking a...

24 Oct202126th October 2021
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MyMachine keynote at FOLIO 2021 – International Literature Festival in Portugal

MyMachine keynote at FOLIO 2021 – International Literature Festival in Portugal

A true honour. FOLIO is an International Literature Festival in Obidos, Portugal. The 2021 edition had a dedicated Education track, curated by Ana Sofia Godinho. On the closing day, MyMachine Co-Founder Piet Grymonprez had the privilege to be on stage talking about MyMachine, its impact and goals worldwide, including in Portugal, thanks to the amazing...

08 Oct20218th October 2021
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MyMachine Slovakia Exposition in Bratislava

MyMachine Slovakia Exposition in Bratislava

MyMachine Slovakia organised their 2021 Exposition in Bratislava, putting those dream machines on display created by Western Slovak schools. Photo: Renáta Černayová – The travel rocket that will transport them to four places on Earth.   The MyMachine Expo at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava united all...

01 Sep20212nd September 2021
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emJoy Conference 2021 with keynote by MyMachine

emJoy Conference 2021 with keynote by MyMachine

EmJoy Education is a non-profit organization that connects teachers worldwide to help each other Embrace Joy in Education ! It was founded by Dimitra Spyratou (Greece), Dr. Kalypso Filippou (Cyprus), Andrea Magee (Northern Ireland) and Matina Kallivoka (Greece). They aim to empower the community of teachers and their feeling of belonging, while bringing them the support and inspiration...

16 Jul202116th July 2021
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MyMachine Portugal delivering dream machines of the 2020-2021 cycle – better yet: delivering impact

MyMachine Portugal delivering dream machines of the 2020-2021 cycle – better yet: delivering impact

Meanwhile, in Portugal: students in Famalicão finished their co-creation magic on some of the invented dream machines of this year’s cycle. Delivering Dream Machines is not the actual goal in MyMachine. Students participating in MyMachine learn how to bring their ideas to life by collaborating, respecting each other’s talents, and being persistent and resilient. They...

15 Jul202115th July 2021
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MyMachine Slovakia delivering dream machines of the 2020-2021 cycle – better yet: delivering impact

MyMachine Slovakia delivering dream machines of the 2020-2021 cycle – better yet: delivering impact

Meanwhile in Slovakia: the last invention delivered in 2021 is the Radio-Basket – a vacuum cleaner for radioactivity. What a brilliant idea! This invention is a common work of children from Spojená škola Letná Poprad, college students of Strojnícka fakulta TUKE and Stredná priemyselná škola techniky a dizajnu Poprad. The idea itself was a ′mission impossible′ for our college...

05 Jul20215th July 2021
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MyMachine Flanders&Brussels (Belgium) presenting all dream machines of the 2020-2021 cycle

MyMachine Flanders&Brussels (Belgium) presenting all dream machines of the 2020-2021 cycle

8 minutes of tremendous creativity and collaboration. This year’s grand exhibition of MyMachine Flanders&Brussels (Belgium) was divided into separate events for each of the elaborated dream machines. These inauguration events were done at the premises of the respective primary schools. They united all participating students: primary, secondary and university level, all celebrating the result of...

30 Jun202130th June 2021
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MyMachine Liège Exhibition 2021! A fantastic ending to a fantastic school year!

MyMachine Liège Exhibition 2021! A fantastic ending to a fantastic school year!

What a marvellous day this was! MyMachine Liège (Belgium) just finished their very first cycle, building 6 dream machines, uniting over 160 students from many different schools in Liège. While co-creating their dream machines, all these students learned the power of creative and entrepreneurship. At the end of this cycle, the results -the original drawings,...

21 Jan202122nd January 2021
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Burning Questions 2021

Burning Questions 2021

MyMachine Co-Founder Piet Grymonprez was asked to participate in the opening panel of Burning Questions in Finland. Burning Questions is a Oulu University student-led global event. This year’s theme of the event is “Accessibility: Building Education Towards a Sustainable World”. Accessibility in education is a multifaceted issue. Dr. Barbara Stauber and Dr. Marcelo Parreira do Amaral...