On May 5, 2025, the SMACT Competence Center in Padua hosted an inspiring event: a conference and hands-on workshop with Gary Stager, a visionary educator and internationally acclaimed advocate of constructionism, the learning-by-making philosophy inspired by Seymour Papert. The event — “Il futuro si scrive in codice” — was organized by the Department of Information …
This year, for the European Robotics Week, I contributed to organize three initiatives involving both students and teachers: All these proposals were featured on the official EU Robotics Week 2024 event map, highlighting the growing attention to robotics as a tool for learning, creativity, and teacher professional development.
On November 28, we met again in Padua at the SMACT Competence Centre for a new appointment of EduRobotics, hosted by the Department of Information Engineering, University of Padua. The event was organized in collaboration with the Équipe Formativa Territoriale of USR Veneto, and what made this occasion truly meaningful was the sharing of experiences …
On February 19, I had the chance to return — this time not only as a researcher, but also as someone who once belonged to the Équipe Formativa Territoriale of USR Veneto — to help organize a full day of training on educational robotics at the Competence Centre SMACT in Padua, in collaboration with the …
On November 21, I was at the University of Bergamo to share the data I have been collecting on the gender gap within a project on robotics and migrant girls. It was a valuable opportunity to discuss these findings with Prof. Pivetti (University of Bergamo), Prof. Datteri (University of Milano-Bicocca), and his research group. Exchanging …