{"id":2460,"date":"2020-04-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itcluster.lviv.ua\/free-online-education-project-it-future-next-generation-starts\/"},"modified":"2023-02-17T10:31:09","modified_gmt":"2023-02-17T10:31:09","slug":"free-online-education-project-it-future-next-generation-starts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itcluster.lviv.ua\/en\/free-online-education-project-it-future-next-generation-starts\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Online Education Project IT Future: Next Generation Starts"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"single-content content\">\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Quarantine and changes in our routine are not a reason for a holiday. However, this is an excellent opportunity to step out of the comfort zone and to try the online education format. To increase your productivity during isolation time, Lviv IT Cluster launches an updated version of the project for school children called IT Future: Next Generation.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">IT Future: Next Generation is a free online education project consisting of video tutorials, practical exercises, and webinars from leading IT experts. Classes will be held twice a week for a minimum of two months. The educational course will be interesting to 9-11th graders and teachers of information technologies.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cDue to the online study format, we engaged a lot of good IT professionals at Lviv Polytechnic<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">,\u201d says Education Director at Lviv IT Cluster <\/span><b>Zenoviy Veres<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cFor example, one team of students worked with its mentor Dima Maleev, who worked in Thailand, and SoftServe architect Jaroslav Klochnyk conducted practical classes with students on a business trip to Australia.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18455\" src=\"https:\/\/itcluster.lviv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/free-online-education-project-it-future-next-generation-starts_62f81a7e5e626.jpeg\" alt=\"iras7551-e1564587308604\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>What does the course include?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Twice a week, for a minimum of two months, IT practitioners and industry experts will teach you programming and talk about the specifics of working in the IT industry. In essence, it\u2019s a unique opportunity to learn the basics of how IT industry works, ask your questions to experts, complete practical tasks, and gain valuable knowledge.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cA bonus of this course is videos that students can view at any time. My students often share notes with their friends who study different subjects, as well as with classmates and teachers. As we know, because of quarantine schools are closed now, so I believe that we need to help students with educational support. Lviv IT Cluster is ready for an ambitious goal: to start teaching students of all schools, regardless of their level of knowledge and skills<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">,\u201d emphasizes <\/span><b>Zenoviy Veres<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">During a series of educational lectures, the best IT specialists will explain:<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What are the IT professions,<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Who are product and project managers,<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What programmers do and don\u2019t do,<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What are the types of testers,<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Who are the designers and what is UX,<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The role of sales and how to sell a product,<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Who are business analysts,<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What role do architects play,<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Data science and the magic of numbers,<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Web and mobile development,<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">How Artificial Intelligence works,<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">How to create smart devices.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cFirst of all, we\u2019ll describe the IT industry, the software development process, and the different roles related to a project; how to become, for example, a designer or data analyst. The course will be based on presentations from the Internet of Things program at Lviv Polytechnic. Subsequently, we plan to launch three parallel educational courses, so each student will have an opportunity to choose what he or she wants,\u201d<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> adds <\/span><b>Zenoviy Veres<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Education Director at Lviv IT Cluster.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Intrigued? To join IT Future: Next Generation and learn from the best IT professionals online for free, fill out a short registration form and answer some questions. Your opinion is important to us.<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/itcluster.typeform.com\/to\/xWVuiZ\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/itcluster.typeform.com\/to\/xWVuiZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Subscribe and follow the news of the IT Future project on <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/lvivitfuture\">Telegram <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lviv_it_future\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quarantine and changes in our routine are not a reason for a holiday. However, this is an excellent opportunity to step out of the comfort zone and to try the online education format. 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