00:24It's the last day of school before the summer break for the pupils at this renowned international
00:29school in Lisbon.
00:31The atmosphere is relaxed, but behind the playful exercises the children are running
00:35on their tablets lies a lesson in digital literacy and computer programming.
00:41Their tool is Ubu, a Portuguese educational platform designed for children aged 6 to 14.
00:48It looks like they are just playing a game, but they are working a lot of different things
00:53on them.
00:54They need to understand, well, I have a computer, what do I need to use a computer?
00:57I have a robot, what do I need to make him do, so it's logic, it's math, they need to
01:02count
01:02the steps.
01:03Here we need to, like, read what is here about the international space station.
01:11It helps them to read instructions, otherwise they won't pass the level.
01:15It makes them understand, okay, so in my life I also need to read everything and I need
01:20to complete all the steps.
01:21This is the World Cup.
01:22This is the World Cup, exactly.
01:24Do you want to try to answer?
01:25Yes.
01:26Yeah, I want to.
01:27At the same time that they are learning computational thinking, computational skills, they are also
01:32learning about the World Cup and the countries and capitals.
01:37This also helps them to feel more comfortable with typing numbers of letters.
01:43Typing skills.
01:44Typing skills, it's really important for them in the future.
01:46Typing skills.
01:47And the fact that it's saying makes them want to be better.
01:50Oh!
01:50Nice!
01:51Eighteen Seconds!
01:54We meet Ubu's CEO and founder in a discreet street of Lisbon.
01:58As true digital nomads, he and his team have set up their offices
02:02in the relaxed atmosphere of a co-working space.
02:06A former financial and strategic advisor,
02:09João Magalhaes turned social entrepreneur in 2015
02:12when he and a few friends founded the Code for All group
02:16dedicated to spreading digital literacy.
02:20Technology was entering into our lives, into our jobs, into our homes,
02:25into the schools of our children.
02:27And we believed that no one was prepared for the speed that was happening.
02:31We decided to launch two different programs.
02:34One was how to help people without any background experience in tech
02:38to move to work in tech.
02:40And also at the same time, how to prepare the young generations
02:43to have a sustainable future in an increasingly digital world.
02:47So we built a turnkey solution for any teacher, any school or any government
02:51that was to introduce skills like digital literacy,
02:54computational thinking, creativity, steel, and more recently AI and cyber security.
03:02Oubu now reaches half a million children and is used by more than 8,000 teachers worldwide,
03:08mainly in Europe, but also in Latin America and Asia.
03:1317 of the group's 200 employees are currently working for the platform.
03:19Content is constantly invented or updated.
03:23The kids don't problem with written language.
03:26We teach them to use these blocks and create their own code.
03:30It's all related to a narrative with SDGs.
03:34Sustainable development goals.
03:36They will create something that is ethical, good for the world, use the technology for good.
03:42We live in a world where these skills are no longer a choice.
03:46They're completely mandatory for anyone.
03:48And knowing how to work within technology, but also with technology in a safe way,
03:53in a responsible way, and in an ethical way, it's incredibly important.
03:57We're not trying to make every kid become a programmer.
04:01We want them to learn the skills that they are going to be useful to their day-to-day activities.
04:07I really believe we are giving superpowers to local teachers.
04:11And also, at the same time, we are helping these younger generations to do a big transformation.
04:16And the transformation is moving from consumers of technology into creators of technology.
04:22Making that shift accessible tool is at the heart of the company's social impact commitment.
04:27We have a partnership with the Portugal Social Innovation Fund,
04:32with the Mel Foundation, with Siemens, with Montepieu.
04:36That support public schools that want to have this program for free.
04:41The entrepreneur had invited the executive director of the Mel Foundation,
04:46Portugal's top telecom company's social impact branch, to meet us.
04:51Supporting UBU was an obvious choice, says the head of the foundation,
04:55focused on digital literacy and inclusive technology.
04:59First of all, we prepare the new generation for what's coming.
05:02And the change will be huge in terms of the skills they need.
05:07With UBU, and by being in schools where you really need priority intervention,
05:13that are in less favorable areas,
05:15you give access to these capabilities to children from all backgrounds,
05:21and you ensure that where you were born does not define what you can achieve in life.
05:29We visit a school in one of Lisbeth's priority intervention educational areas.
05:35Adua and her classmates wouldn't have missed the last online lesson of the term with their teacher Isabel
05:41for anything in the world.
05:53Trained in digital education,
05:55Isabel was specifically entrusted with this class made in majority of foreign children.
06:00How do you discover here?
06:03How do you count?
06:05How do you count them?
06:07How do you count them?
06:08What do you count them?
06:09Robots?
06:10Os.
06:11Os?
06:12Quadrados.
06:12Ah, good.
06:13That's right, the quadrados.
06:14Very good.
06:16We have many nationalities here.
06:18We cannot communicate.
06:20UBO was our meeting point, because everyone likes to use UBO,
06:24and it was a way of capturing the attention of my students.
06:27From that time, I was able to introduce other topics.
06:31They are autonomous, they know how to use the computer with security,
06:34or the tablet, they know how to navigate, they know how to write.
06:37At this time, it was only a year, but I've seen great progress.
06:44According to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development,
06:4865% of children in primary school today will work in jobs that don't exist yet.
06:54A world of opportunities is opening up for digitally-savvy children like Arwa,
06:59whose family opened their doors to us at the end of the school day.
07:03Do you think it's fun?
07:04I love how we can do activities and learn at the same time.
07:08I learned how to program, how to design.
07:13We can make our own robot.
07:17So you're making it pink, right?
07:20Always pink.
07:21I enjoyed how that Arwa could do that.
07:24I'm watching Arwa doing that.
07:26So I say, Arwa, good job.
07:28And keep it up.
07:29I personally work in finance, and now we use a lot of coding.
07:33I'm learning is the hard way at this age.
07:36I think in the future, in 10 years and 20 years,
07:39you cannot do anything without coding and programming and robotics.
07:43Only the best of us who know these things, they will be the leader.
07:47They will be future leaders.
07:52What kind of � layered processes do the rest of us?
07:58I think we'd replace perhaps a viable thing in the 70s.
07:59Other people at the next stage this is how we create an adventure.
07:59We can speak and appreciate it.
08:00One day the season this is actually being taught.
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