About instructor

BIOSKETCH AS OF 10 AUGUST 2017

NAME Leoste, Janika
DATE OF BIRTH	1971
EDUCATION/TRAINING
INSTITUTION AND LOCATION	DEGREE	YEAR(s)	FIELD OF STUDY
Tallinn University of Technology	M.Sc.	2001	Economist
International Digital Marketing Conference EliteCamp		2014/2015/2016/2017	Digital Marketing
King’s College, London		2015	Internet of Things
The Estonian Information Technology Foundation for Education		2015-2016	Adult Educator Development Program in Educational Robotics
Tallinn University	PhD student	2017-	Educational Sciences

Research and Professional Experience

My speciality is marketing novel and innovative technologies via scalable edutaining methods, bringing them to the maximum amount of end-users by using interactive presentations, lectures and social media, and bringing these from the level of innovative research to the level of the end product.

With different business domains, I have pioneered techniques and methods that have been at early stages during implementing era, for example QR code supported animated online cartoons as RLOs for making workbooks interactive for kids, usage of social media in educating sector,  using short videos and sample programs with engaging narratives background to engage kindergarten and elementary teachers with STEM and robotics.

When looking at my work as an educator, I have to bring forth the creation of educating cartoon character Jänku-Juss and related cartoons, each of these bringing a valuable piece of information to the viewer in a format that enables children easily understand and assimilate this information. The cartoons are available through channels www.lastekas.ee and (biggest Estonian Youtube channel) www.youtube.com/lastekas and they gain every month more views than the number of Estonian population is. Besides cartoons the character is presented in quite a few educating books and workbooks. For the educating work using cartoons and books/workbooks I have been awarded by several well known organizations (see section Honors).

Also, the years 2014 until now I have been active as a robotics educator for the school teachers in popularising STE(A)M and robotics among educational sector with a goal of relaying the necessary STE(A)M education through teachers to the children, helping thus growing a generation of highly educated young people.

During 2017 I have been working out several video courses about educational robotics platforms for Udemy.com. Also, I was the member of the 1st Cyprus Robotics Challenge organising committee, which took place June 25th and project manager of 1st Tallinn Robotics day which took place 25th of April. I’ve conducted international and local workshops about educational robotics and virtual reality for teachers, students and politicians.

Positions and Employment (relevant)

Chief Software Developer for the most popular Estonian accounting software Raama, aka HansaRaama; also CEO of the company developing the software (Raama LLC); 1990-2004

CMO for Estonian most popular children site www.lastekas.ee, www.youtube.com/lastekas. (Also, marketing for related workbooks, books, etc) (Lasteveeb LLC); 2004-2015

Robotics educator of the Information Technology Foundation for Education (training teachers to use educational robots and related mind-set); 2015-2016

Team Leader and Marketer of the Garage 48 Baltic HealthTech winner ThinkForce, a team whose project used brainscanners and robotics to help the disabled and elderly people become more independent; 2016

Team Leader and Marketer of the world’s first HIV Digital Hackathon semifinalist team LiveHIV (The event was organized by the Estonian health technology cluster Connected Health, which is managed by Tallinn Science Park Tehnopol, and GlaxoSmithKline Eesti OÜ. The initiative had the support of the Ministry of Social Affairs);

Marketing Manager of Robotex (one of the largest robotics fairs in Europe); 2016

Honors

Estonian Research Council: Estonian Science Communication Award; 2014

UNICEF Estonia: The Bluebird Award; 2010

The Ministry of Science and Education: The Act of Language of The Year Award; 2008

Aadu Luukas Foundation: Mission Award; 2012

The Student's Union of Estonia and Child Welfare Union of Estonia: The Most Child Friendly Person of The Year Award; 2008

Affiliations

Future Robotics LLC; Pikk 48-5, 10133 Tallinn, Estonia; CEO

Publications (recent relevant)

As an author of popular Estonian cartoon character Jänku-Juss (Bunny Johnny) I have produced more than 1000 educational cartoons, 20 educational books and workbooks (total copies more than 200 000 units), and trained more than 2000 teachers and students via classroom courses and workshops.

Online And Classroom Robotics Courses For Teachers

• Ozobot for beginners
• Edison for beginners
• mBot for beginners

• Leoste. J, (August, 2017). Edison for Beginners, https://www.udemy.com/edison-algajatele/learn/v4/overview , 22 students, 32 lectures, 2,5 hours video content
• E-learning course helps teachers and students make their first steps with robotics and programming when using Ozobot Bit robotics platform.
• Leoste. J, (June, 2017). Ozobot for Beginners, https://www.udemy.com/ozobot-bit-algajatele/learn/v4/overview , 102 students, 24 lectures, 1 hour video content
• E-learning course helps teachers and students make their first steps with robotics and programming when using Ozobot Bit robotics platform.
• Leoste. J, (June, 2017). Dash for Beginners, https://www.udemy.com/dash-algajatele/learn/v4/overview , 102 students, 39 lectures, 2 hours video content
• E-learning course helps teachers and students make their first steps with robotics and programming when using Dash robotics platform.
• Leoste. J, (June, 2017). mBot for Beginners, https://www.udemy.com/mbot-algajatele/learn/v4/overview  , 78 students, 24 lectures, 2 hour svideo content
• E-learning course helps teachers and students make their first steps with robotics and programming when using mBot robotics platform.
• Leoste. J, (April, 2017). Tallinn Robotics Day challenges, playfields and solutions, https://koolielu.ee/waramu/view/1-a5497560-2cf0-4db8-9142-4f26939ec1b0 , used 579 times.
• Tallinn Robotics Day was noncompeting event for kindergarten and educational schools students to encourage them to develop their robotics skills.
• Leoste. J, (2016). Smart Electronics (Makey Makey, littleBits, Philips Hue) and Robotic Gadgets (Bee-Bot, Ozobot, Edison), http://koolielu.ee/waramu/view/1-8e283f6d-eeb2-4f7a-a8fb-7e8ae8a834a4, used 1993 times
• The goal of this material is to share ideas about how to diversify the education in pre-school and primary school by using smart and robotics gadgets. The material is intended as a helping tool for the teachers who are looking to implement one or many of the following: Ozobot, Makey Makey, Edison, Bee-bot, Philips HUE, littleBits.
• Leoste. J, (2016). Introduction to  Programming Educational Robot Edison Using EdWare App, http://koolielu.ee/waramu/view/1-fbe409e4-ec7b-40ef-a881-79df939d0487, used 1142 times
• Edison is a LEGO bricks compatible small educational robot at an affordable price. The robot can be used right out of the box by using bar codes that activate built-in programs. Older children enjoy also programming Edison, using tablet or computer. The goal of using Edison educational robot is to get children into being interested in robotics and programming.
• Leoste. J, (2016). Using LEGO Mindstorms EV3 Robotics Kit in Curriculums of Physics, Mathematics, and Science Teaching. Different Ways of Robot Movement, http://koolielu.ee/waramu/view/1-24d856f2-3a0d-4297-abb8-418fdbdfac8b, used 1196 times
• Leoste. J, (2016). Introduction to Programming LEGO Mindstorms EV3 Robotics Kit Using LEGO Programmer App, http://koolielu.ee/waramu/view/1-a9347a3d-1eea-437a-be71-a092699b52b0, used 1057 timesThis training is aimed at grade teachers in mathematics, physics, technology and informatics who want to use the LEGO EV3 sets as practical tools for learning math, physics, technology, informatics, and problem solving.
• Leoste. J, (2016). LEGO Education WeDo 2.0 Robotics and Educational Bricks for Kindergartern and Elemenatry School, http://koolielu.ee/waramu/view/1-0c16f349-6358-4eb4-8b77-6638b6505633, used 1016 timesThese materials provide an overview of the six strongest LEGO Education kits that are meant for the pre-school and primary schools - StoryStarter LEGO, the LEGO MoreToMath, LearnToLearn LEGO, the LEGO Machines & Mechanisms, BuildToExpress LEGO, the LEGO WeDo 2.0.
• Leoste. J, (2015). LEGO Education Robotics and Educational Bricks for Kindergarten and Elementary School, http://koolielu.ee/waramu/view/1-2b0f834f-c542-435e-a7ae-63e7ec580fdc, used 2688 timesThese materials provide an overview of the six strongest LEGO Education kits that are meant for the pre-school and primary schools - StoryStarter LEGO, the LEGO MoreToMath, LearnToLearn LEGO, the LEGO Machines & Mechanisms, BuildToExpress LEGO, the LEGO WeDo.
• Leoste. J, (2015). LEGO Mindstorms EV3 for Beginners, Introduction to Robot Design and Science Activities Software, http://koolielu.ee/waramu/view/1-c1e70443-ca60-4440-b5d1-b1f2fd74d30c, used 2015 times
• This tutorial is created for the teachers who need to teach LEGO robotics using EV3 sets. The materials provide an overview of the LEGO Mindstorms EV3 robotics sets, including sensors, physics add-on kits and the principles of robot design.
• Leoste. J, (2015). LEGO Mindstorms EV3 Space Challenge, http://koolielu.ee/waramu/view/1-d8eb351d-92e0-4c0a-a569-f2922a89d892, used 913 times
• These materials provide an overview of the LEGO Mindstorms EV3 Space Challenge kit, teach the related sensors, the principles of building challenge robot, illustrates the ways of programming simple activities and gives an overview of creating necessary programs for the solution of the challenge missions.
• Leoste. J, (2015). LEGO Mindstorms NXT/EV3 Green City Challenge, http://koolielu.ee/waramu/view/1-eaaa57de-336d-4f9b-8bba-d6cb203cea85, used 1153 timesThe LEGO Green City Challenge training materials will help you to acquire the operating principles of LEGO Mindstorms EV3 and NXT robots and teach you to use the robots in solving the Green City Challenge.

Supervision And Lectures

As a teacher of HITSA (The Estonian Information Technology Foundation for Education) I have trained 968 Estonian teachers in educational robotics (total: 58 trainings; 20 EAP and 518.74 academic hours for 58 trainings).

Have trained 968 Estonian teachers in educational robotics as a teacher of HITSA (The Estonian Information Technology Foundation for Education).