Reading from the Open Future
Projects instead of rote learning. Discover what an after-school project looks like when children’s ideas get the green light.
The Open Future is kicking off the new school year on September 21. Children from Prešov, Trnava, and Zvolen have...
Prešov Mini Expo: Children’s Projects Charmed the Audience
We wrapped up the school year in Prešov in grand style. At the traditional Mini Expe, the kids showed their...
When the Younger Teaches the Older One: Children Showed Seniors How AI Works and Taught Them Safety Principles
The boys and girls from the Open Future center in Trnava organized an interactive workshop called “Digital Café”...
Contest for kids from Trnava and Zvolen: Defeat Brainfog and save the world of ideas!
Do you have a great idea that you think can change the world around you? Enter the Open Future contest, beat...
Asking the right question changes the way children think. An expert advises us to ask children, “And why?”
What is the best way to work with a group of children from different backgrounds? Mária Leitnerová from Teach.sk...
Children from the Prešov center helped with a bachelor’s thesis: Intern Kristína is researching the challenges of puberty
College students have long been an integral part of the innovative Open Future educational program. Some have...
Students are growing alongside the children of Open Future: Education in a supportive environment enriches us all
In the “Future DIFFERENTLY” program, college students spend time with children after school, but it’s not just...
CEO of Villum Foundation, part of VELUX foundations: We Have to Teach Young People They Can Shape the Future
At our Open Future centre in Prešov, we welcomed representatives of Villum Fonden, a foundation that has...
Mini EXPO 2025: Experience the Future First-Hand!
Parents, program partners, guests, and teachers – people connected to the program – tried out activities at the...
Open Future Kids in Action: Helping Seniors Navigate the Digital World
This year, our second-year students from the Trnava center came up with a mini-social innovation that hit the...
Open Future Expands to Senica, Topoľčany, Martin, and Dolný Kubín!
At the end of last year, the Pontis Foundation launched the Boost the Future call to find partners who would help...
Excursion to the Editorial Office of aktuality.sk: Artificial Intelligence Is All Around Us, Therefore We Must Practice Critical Thinking
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is becoming an increasingly common part of our lives. We explored this topic during...
We Have Launched a New Open Future Center in Prešov: Bringing a High-Quality Educational Program to Eastern Slovakia
Our opening event in Prešov was not just about cutting a ribbon at the newly renovated space at Važecká Primary...
Teacher of the Year Rasťo Očenáš from Sliač: Soft Skills Are the Child’s Operating System
Rasťo Očenáš teaches the first graders at elementary school and is not afraid to try new things with children....
We Are Launching a New Open Future Center in Prešov Soon
Our program knows no boundaries of regions or cities, and after Trnava and Zvolen, it also got a pass in the...
Dominika Gerhátová from the Trnava Open Future Center: When Children Collaborate in a Team, They Grow Individually as Well
We revisited the past school year with Dominika Gerhátová, coordinator at the Open Future center in Trnava....
Strong Connections with a Key Partner: We Presented the Open Future in Copenhagen
Exchanging valuable experiences with inspiring people who want to change the future in their communities, while...
A Big Day for the Third Graders from the Open Future: They Presented their Social Innovations at the Expo
We once again organized the Open Future EXPO 2024 at the Elementary School on Maxima Gorkého Street in Trnava....
Alumni of the Open Future: We have great memories of the club. We still benefit from what we learned
As sixth and seventh graders, they joined the Open Future program and attended dozens of excursions, field trips...
Psychologist Križo: You need to know how to take care of yourself. If the teacher is not cool, the children will detect it
Viktor Križo from Inklucentro considers informal education of children aged 11 to 15 very useful and beneficial....
One Million grant for Open Future programme: We will expand to six more Slovak cities
Thanks to a grant from the Danish Villum Foundation in the amount of 1.3 million euros, we can spread Open Future...
Educational designer Zuzana Laurincová: We want pupils to be leaders of a better future
How to be more efficient, better, more focused and innovative at the same time in the educational process? At...
Children as social innovators – they identified problems in their surroundings and proposed their solutions
Open Future programme Expo event connected people from business and public administration with elementary school...
Expert volunteers in Open Future programme inspire students and break down prejudices
Open Future centres are often visited by expert volunteers. In their spare time, they try to inspire the children...
How do they produce heat for radiators? In Trnava and Zvolen, we had a visit from MH Teplárenský holding
We lead children in Open Future centres to realize their responsibility for our planet, that energy sources are...
At Open Future programme, we use makerspace workshops. They help children develop entrepreneurship
Imagine if you had a workshop at school, at home or in the club you attend, where you could tinker, improve your...
In innovative centres, we develop 21st century skills in children.
We officially opened the after-school programme Open Future in Zvolen. After Trnava, Zvolen became the second...
College students can become part of Open Future team
We are opening registration for the mentoring program. Mentors are an important in Open Future centers. They help...