On November 14th, as part of the Science4All initiative promoted by the University of Padova, the IAS-Lab team ran two laboratory sessions for lower secondary school students at the Department of Information Engineering. The sessions were led by Profs. Emanuele Menegatti and Michele Moro, Dott. Daniel Fusaro and myself. The question we started from: can …
On November 28th, as part of Job&Orienta 2025, the national fair on orientation, education and work held in Verona, I led a workshop organised by USR Veneto titled “Girls, robots and the future: orienting beyond stereotypes in STEM“. The starting question: why do girls choose STEM pathways less often than boys? The workshop explored how …
On November 24th, I took part in the third appointment of EduRobotics at the SMACT Competence Centre in Padova, organised in collaboration with the Équipe Formativa Territoriale of USR Veneto and the Department of Information Engineering, University of Padua. The theme of this edition was the integration of educational robotics and artificial intelligence. During the …
I consider this an important topic because educational robotics turns abstract ideas into concrete, hands-on experiences that build real understanding and metacognitive skills. Seeing the robot as a tool for thinking means it can support not only STEM but also other subjects, offering a versatile context for interdisciplinary learning. Moreover, bringing ER into the classroom …