Schoolchildren of Tatarstan to master messenger technologies at the “Lesson of Digit” from VK

A new stage of the all-Russian educational project “Lesson of Digit” from VK is taking place in Tatarstan. On October 31 at 12:00, under the forum “New Challenges - Training for the Digital Economy”, an open lesson on the topic “Messengers” will be held with the participation of Tatarstan Minister of Digitalization of Public Administration, Information Technologies and Communications Ayrat Khayrullin, curator of the Uchi.ru platform Artem Alekseev and the head of VK career guidance and educational projects Alena Shtabina. Anyone can watch the broadcast of the lesson in the “Lesson of Digit” community on VKontakte.

From October 16 till November 12, schoolchildren of Tatarstan will get acquainted with the device and possibilities of services for communication on the example of the educational profile Spherum in VK Messenger, as well as IT professions involved in the creation and development of messengers as mobile developers, designers, product and community managers. The kids will get acquainted with the rules of digital etiquette, content moderation and how communities are created and maintained in the messenger. Schoolchildren can also build and customize their own bot, as well as create sticker packs for school chats.