I would love to share my experience in a primary school in Italy. The school is located in a peripheral neighborhood where there is a lack of structured opportunities or places to socialize. The origin of the inhabitants is heterogeneous and often there is no family support network. The area is characterized by a constantly… Read more »
Author: Lina Cannone
Lynx for a collaborative programming experiment – How to create a quilt that wraps the world
A particularly interesting aspect of being part of the Fablearn Fellows group is to have first-hand experiences of activities that we could offer to our children. Last month’s project was to make a collaborative quilt, in which each component has to make one or more frames. The design of each frame has to be written… Read more »
Biotinkering 101
Our biggest challenge in this new century is to take an idea that seems abstract – sustainable development. Kofi Annan Over the years I have tried often how I can work in a fablab or a makerspace sustainably, the answer came last year when I discovered the DIY-Bio movement. What is DIY BIO? “Is a… Read more »
Reflections on Seymour Papert’s article “The Gears of my Childhood”
I have read Seymour Papert’s article “The Gears of my Childhood” before and it always inspires the same questions. I feel I have only found a partial answer at the moment: What is meaningful? What triggers in children and/or adults the sense of involvement that allows them to “fall in love” with a project?… Read more »