The DigiSus-project presented for the Minister of Education

The Minister of Education in Norway, Jan Tore Sanner, visited one of the kindergarten partners in the DigiSus-project Friday 28^th of June. In Sagvåg Maritime FUS kindergarten the project partners have designed a special sensory room that is the character Ansgar’s cabin. Ansgar is a fisherman and in his cabin the children can listen to sounds from the sea and birds, from boats in the harbor and to local songs. Only by touching different objects connected to the Makey Makey technology that is programmed in Scratch.

Minister Sanner got to enter the cabin and try the sounds, and he also got to experience to play piano-sounds by touching hands. Project leader Ingrid Grønsdal informed the minister about the objectives and organization of the DigiSus-project and the minister and his team expressed great interest in the project and plan to contact DigiSus directly to learn more.