More than 12,000 Nizhny Novgorod schoolchildren learned about how modern video platforms work as part of the "Digital Lesson" project.

      13 November 2025 16:21 Society

      More than 12,000 schoolchildren in the Nizhny Novgorod Region learned about the structure of a modern video storage and distribution service as part of the "Digital Lesson" project. Classes on the topic "Video Platform" were held in Nizhny Novgorod, Dzerzhinsk, Shakhunya, Arzamas, Sarov and other cities in the region.

      Thus, at School No. 85 in Nizhny Novgorod the "Digital Lesson" was led by Denis Zaprudnov, Deputy Minister of Digital Development and Communications of the Nizhny Novgorod Region, and Natalya Artamokhina, a test engineer at VK.

      Students of senior technical classes were told about the operation of a modern video platform and the technologies that underpin it.

      In addition, the students learned about professions in demand in the IT industry: developer, designer, machine learning engineer, analyst and others. They were shown what specialists actually do when creating a modern video platform: developers create features and interfaces, analysts study audience behavior, engineers train algorithms, and security specialists protect user data.

      Using an interactive simulator, the students themselves tried to improve the service. They took on the role of a designer and suggested improvements to the page’s appearance; temporarily became testers and learned how to correctly describe discovered bugs in special reports; and, in the role of an analyst, learned how to help creators grow their channels and find viewers.

      “We also talked with the students about how digitalization is changing the world, about safe consumption of content we receive from the internet, and about some digital hygiene skills that can be useful both in studies and later in life. In my opinion, this is really important, because technology has become an integral part of everyone’s life, but not everyone knows how to use it wisely,” emphasized Denis Zaprudnov.

      The deputy minister told the children about the psychological techniques most commonly used by fraudsters to deceive citizens, and shared basic tips that help protect personal data. For example, using multi-factor authentication when working with messengers or banking apps.

      In addition, Denis Zaprudnov touched on the issue of working with neural networks and drew the students’ attention to how to most effectively organize work with AI for their learning. He recommended that students use neural networks not to complete assignments, but to check their work. The deputy minister also told the children about “digital habits” that have a positive effect on personal productivity.

      The special lesson on the topic "Video Platforms" was prepared by VK with the support of the VK Video team. Organizational and methodological support for the project in the Nizhny Novgorod Region is provided by the Nizhny Novgorod Institute for Educational Development.

      Anyone can view the materials of the "Video Platform" lesson on the project’s website.

      Recall that the "Digital Lessons" are held by the autonomous nonprofit organization ANO "Digital Economy" together with the Ministry of Digital Development and the Ministry of Education of Russia in support of the federal project "Personnel for the Digital Transformation" of the national project "Data Economy and Digital Transformation of the State", implemented on the instruction of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin.

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