New Tech Kids | primary school

18 Jan 2026

Teaching Kids to Make Good Online Choices Early

Early intervention is the key to ensuring that kids adopt healthy attitudes and behaviors towards technology. NewTechKids is developing ways to shape these in young children through a series of lessons we're teaching which emphasize good judgement and active decision-making. During the 2025-2026 school year, we are teaching weekly digital literacy lessons at IKC Metropool, a primary school located in Amsterdam southeast, an area with a large proportion of low-income, immigrant and refugee families. Our

15 Dec 2025

2026 will be the year of AI Literacy for NewTechKids

By NewTechKids

It's time for the education system to make a choice: continue to ignore the importance of teaching kids and teens how to navigate technological innovation OR try to prepare them for constant and rapid technological innovation. Nowhere is this now more critical than when it comes to AI. Fail to teach kids to understand how it works, form ethical behavior around it and use it responsibly and schools will undo a lot of the benefits

15 Dec 2025

Teaching Kids to Verify the News They See on Social Media

By NewTechKids

NewTechKids is collaborating with IKC Metropool, a primary and middle school in Amsterdam southeast, to integrate technology education into its formal school curriculum. For the 2025-2026 school year, NewTechKids is teaching all students at this small school once per week, covering digital literacy, introduction to digital productivity tools, computer science and AI literacy. For older students (ages 10-12), our first module focused on hacking for good. We taught them how to stay safe online and

26 Sep 2025

Teaching Tech Skills: the good, the bad and the ugly

By NewTechKids

While NewTechKids teaches primary and middle school students tech knowledge and skills and an innovator's mindset, we don't control how they deploy them. We were reminded of this very fact recently. This week, we wrapped up our game design module for students at an Amsterdam primary school. We use game design as the context for teaching digital literacy topics, including: online safety dopamine and tech addiction privacy and the way gaming companies use our data

27 Jun 2025

Looking for a Primary School in Amsterdam Southeast or Diemen for free digital literacy lessons

By NewTechKids

NewTechKids wants to partner with one primary school in Diemen or Amsterdam Southeast to bring digital literacy lessons to all of its students (groups 1-8) over the 2025-2026 school year. We're looking for a school which serves low-income students and their families: particularly students who would not normally have access to technology education. We're looking for a school director and team of teachers who understand the importance of tech education and want to give their

3 Apr 2025

Mind over Matter (with a Didgeridoo thrown into the mix)

By NewTechKids

"We don't want help. We can do it on our own." During a recent NewTechKids computer science class at an Amsterdam primary school, we challenged students to design robots which can play musical instrument toys. Our collection of toy instruments includes a plastic didgeridoo which has never been used. When I mentioned this and challenged students to choose it, a pair of girls grabbed it. Not just any girls: a pair that loves building, figuring

3 Jan 2025

Kids Need to Understand AI, Not Just Use It

By NewTechKids

It's hard to help kids understand what AI is, how it works, and how computer "intelligence" is far from perfect. That's why NewTechKids is devoting more time to developing an AI curriculum for older primary school students. We're not only teaching them how the tech behind AI works, we're also teaching them to think critically about the pros, cons and implications of tech. (Should AI companies pay artist if work is generated from an artist's

27 Aug 2024

Video Games as theme of new digital literacy programs

By NewTechKids

NewTechKids is returning to Wereldwijs primary school in Amsterdam southeast for the third year in a row. We'll be teaching digital literacy programs to all classes in the entire school over the 2024-2025 school year. We'll be teaching an 'Intro to Technology and Responsible Usage' to the youngest students which covers topics such as online safety, responsible usage, being creative with tech (not only passive consumption) and coding. Our teaching team is testing the limits

4 Sep 2024

NewTechKids is Looking for Freelance Teachers

By NewTechKids

Are you a qualified teacher who wants to transform the way technology education is delivered to primary school students? Do you believe that technology education includes both computer science and the ability to think critically and ethically about technology? Are you committed to creating great, in-person learning experiences between kids and between kids and their teacher? NewTechKids is looking for freelance student teachers or qualified teachers to join our team. The most important requirements are

7 Feb 2024

Teaching Kids about their Digital Footprints

By NewTechKids

A large part of NewTechKids' digital literacy programs focus on helping kids understand how to use the Internet and social wisely: staying safe online, only sharing appropriate information, protecting their privacy, knowing what to do when uncomfortable scenarios arise. A few weeks back, we started the third block in a series of programs for all classes at an Amsterdam primary school. This time around, we are teaching five classes in both group 3 (approx. ages