Rob Widger

Rob has over 25 years of experience in Education including teaching, training and product development. Ten years teaching in both primary and secondary phases in two countries and as an ICT adviser where he trained teachers in Hertfordshire. He spent 10 years with LEGO Education as a Master Trainer in their Academy where he supported Ministries, LEGO Partners, teachers and students from around the world with his experience of implementing LEGO Education products into the classroom. He was also involved heavily in developing the MINDSTORMS EV3 face to face training material as well as creating the eLearning material for EV3. He has developed teacher trainer programmes across the GCC region in Robotics as well as managing STEAM programmes in schools. His penultimate position saw him teaching robotics to high school students in Abu Dhabi. Rob currently works for Shape Robotics as their Global Educator Director developing curriculum, training programmes and a new teacher academy. The company produces a fantastic modular robotics system that not only delivers solutions for coding and STEAM subjects but across the whole school. He wants to show teachers how quickly robots can be built therefore getting the most out of curriculum subjects whilst engaging students in a highly motivating way.