The Revista de Psicología of the Universidad de Chile invites to send manuscripts to the thematic section “Historical-Cultural Psychology and Educational Problems Relevant for Latin America”. Call for papers open until January 27th, 2017 The recent development of historical-cultural Psychology in the western world, and specifically in Latin America has deeply influenced educational...
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23 International Environmental Film Festival
27/10/2016
From November 3rd until 10th, the 23rd International Environmental Film Festival, the longest Film Festival in its genre, is taking place at CaixaForum, CosmoCaixa, Cinemas Girona, French Institute of Barcelona and in the following Universities: University of Barcelona, Pompeu Fabra and Blanquerna. More information
Animoto
21/10/2016
Animoto is a website that allows to create videos and presentations online through images, photos and music. It can be used as an educational resource for students to express their ideas and experiences about their language, culture, family, traditions… The trial version is available for 14 days. More information
Changing educational paradigms – Sir Ken Robinson
20/10/2016
Sir Ken Robinson explains in this video the importance of changing the vision of the education system. He explains in his talk the changes of educational, business and organizations system in the new global economy.
Big Think
Big Think is a repository of videos, articles, resources, expert advice and podcasts on several educational topics that come around the world. Like TED Ed, Big Think lets you create groups of people, educators and institutions to discuss issues or common interests. More information
IV Jornadas Valores en una Sociedad Cambiante – Lleida
11/10/2016
La sección de sociología y educación del Institut d’Estudis Ilerdencs, Fundación pública de la Diputació de Lleida, invita a las IV Jornadas Valores en una Sociedad Cambiante. En esta edición, las jornadas enfatizarán en las “Prácticas de trabajo en red para una educación personalizada“, con el objetivo de que los...
Las extraescolares a debate: ¿qué y cómo generan oportunidades educativas?
07/10/2016
La Fundación Jaume Bofill, en el marco del proyecto ¿Qué funciona en educación?, invita a participar en un espacio de debate sobre el impacto de las extraescolares en los aprendizajes de los niños y jóvenes. En el debate se presentará una compilación de evidencias internacionales elaborado por la investigadora Sheila González...
Popplet
05/10/2016
Popplet is an intuitive tool for the iPad and web to capture and organize your ideas as a mind-map. With Popplet you can also add pictures, videos to your maps. In the classroom and at home, students use Popplet for learning. Used as a mind-map, Popplet helps students think and learn visually. Students can...
Explore
04/10/2016
Explore is a website that offers live connections with webcams around the world to watch several animals in their natural habitats. The site also includes videos, photographs, open educational channels and all kinds of resources to explore the animal life around the planet. More information
Coral Colors
03/10/2016
This video show the movements and the enormous chromatic beauty of corals, a kind of marine animals that despite being one of the oldest animals on our planet, are mostly unknown. To capture these images it was necessary to apply the technique of time lapse as the slow movements of these...
EDUforics: anticipando la educación del futuro
22/09/2016
Tal como define su equipo directivo “EDUforics es una comunidad web creada para docentes y estudiantes, pero también para familias y personas alejadas de la educación que de una u otra forma participan del presente de la educación y tienen interés en colaborar en la orientación de su futuro”. El propósito...
Symposium “Focusing on the learner” Research group Esbrina UB
19/09/2016
The consolidated research group Esbrina — Subjectivities, Visualities and Contemporary Learning Environments, University of Barcelona, invites the symposium “Focusing on the learner” as part of the europeu project DIYLab – Do It Yourself in Education: Expanding Digital Competence to Foster Student Agency and Collaborative Learning. Under the slogan: “The Diylab Philosophy at School and...
Entrevista Cristóbal Cobo
14/09/2016
Álvaro Marchesi entrevista a Cristóbal Cobo acerca de su papel en el Plan Ceibal y su visión sobre cómo influyen las nuevas tecnologías en la educación.
Prepara tu Escuela para la Sociedad Digital: Claves para sumarse al cambio
12/07/2016
Prepara tu Escuela para la Sociedad Digital: Claves para sumarse al cambio es un informe elaborado por la Fundación Telefónica en 2016 en el que se presenta el trabajo de investigación realizado con diversos centros educativos de España en torno al tema de innovación educativa en la Sociedad Digital. Fundamentalmente,...
Paper: “Examining Learning Experiences in and out of School: The Bridging Learning Experiences Project”
19/06/2016
On 18th and 19th June 2016 took place in the city of Rethymno, Crete, the International Conference “Cultural Historical, Activity and Sociocultural Research at Times of Contemporary Crisis” organized by the section of South and Central Europe and Middle East of the International Society for Cultural-Historical and Activity Research -ISCAR-...
The use of ICT in the out-of-school activities of children and teenagers
16/06/2016
The VIII International Congress of Psychology and Education -CIPE 2016 took place in Alicante the last 15th, 16th and 17th of June 2016, hosted by the Scientific Association of Psychology and Education –ACIPE- and the University of Alicante. The Bridging Learning Experiences research team participated with the paper “The use of...
Children and youth’s interests towards science and technology
The VIII International Congress of Psychology and Education -CIPE 2016 took place in Alicante the last 15th, 16th and 17th of June 2016, hosted by the Scientific Association of Psychology and Education –ACIPE- and the University of Alicante. The Bridging Learning Experiences research team participated with the paper “Children and youth’s...
Gender as a key element for choosing learning activities outside the school
The VIII International Congress of Psychology and Education -CIPE 2016 took place in Alicante the last 15th, 16th and 17th of June 2016, hosted by the Scientific Association of Psychology and Education –ACIPE- and the University of Alicante. The Bridging Learning Experiences research team participated with the paper “Gender as a...
The perceptions of families from different socioeconomic contexts about learning
The VIII International Congress of Psychology and Education -CIPE 2016 took place in Alicante the last 15th, 16th and 17th of June 2016, hosted by the Scientific Association of Psychology and Education –ACIPE- and the University of Alicante. The Bridging Learning Experiences research team participated with the paper “The perceptions of...
Students’ participation in related science and technology activities
The VIII International Congress of Psychology and Education -CIPE 2016 took place in Alicante the last 15th, 16th and 17th of June 2016, hosted by the Scientific Association of Psychology and Education –ACIPE- and the University of Alicante. The Bridging Learning Experiences research team participated with the paper “Students’ participation in...
Why do we make irrational decisions?
07/06/2016
Often people make decisions that are not “rational” from a purely economical point of view — meaning that they don’t necessarily lead to the best result. Why is that? Are we just bad at dealing with numbers and odds? Or is there a psychological mechanism behind it? Sara Garofalo explains...
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Youth’s learning trajectories in the information society: a challenge for school
31/05/2016
On May 30th, 1st and 2nd June 2016 took place in the city of Eskisehir, Turkey, the XVIII International Congress of AMSE-AMCE-WAER organized by the World Association of Educational Research (AMSE-AMCE-WAER ) and Anadolu University. The research team Bridging Learning Experiences participated in the congress with the presentation “Las trayectorias de aprendizaje de...
Apps para la tierra
20/04/2016
Con motivo de la celebración del Día Internacional de la Tierra, App Store en conjunto con WWF y 24 desarrolladores han ideado el proyecto benéfico Apps para la Tierra. Esta iniciativa cuenta con la intervención de 27 aplicaciones de la App Store que han modificado sus apps o, incluso, creado versiones con contenidos exclusivos para ayudar a...
Ideas TED
04/04/2016
TED.com TED.com is a platform for watching, sharing, discussing and translating TED Talks — as well as learning more about TED’s many projects and initiatives. In addition, in TED you can find a set of playlists to let you watch curated collections of TED Talks, offering two uninterrupted hours of...
UB Science Festival
23/03/2016
On 22 May 2015, the University of Barcelona opens its door to citizens to celebrate the UB Science Festival. The main objective of the activity is to bring people closer to the research activity developed at the University in an amusing and innovative way. Throughout the day, UB campuses organise...
The best stats you’ve ever seen
26/02/2016
You’ve never seen data presented like this. With the drama and urgency of a sportscaster, statistics guru Hans Rosling debunks myths about the so-called “developing world.”
Tabletop Whale
18/01/2016
Tabletop Whale is a science illustration blog created by Eleanor Lutz, designer in Seattle and a Bachelor in molecular biology from the University of Washington., USA. Tabletop Whale published, every two to three weeks, charts, infographics and illustrations on science and technology based on reputable scientific sources like textbooks and peer-reviewed...
MEDCLIC: The Mediterranean in one Click
23/12/2015
“la Caixa” Foundation, and the ICTS SOCIB set up the program MEDCLIC which has the dual objectives of promoting research and bringing the benefits of the new marine and coastal observation technologies to society. One of the objectives of the “Medclic: the Mediterranean in one click” project is to investigate...
Upcycling the Oceans Project
22/12/2015
Ecoalf Foundation has begun to remove trash from the seabed via fishermen off the coast of Levante (Spain). The project Upcycling the Oceans, organized in three phases, aims to show that cleaning the oceans is possible and the portion of the collected materials can be recycled into pellets, thread, fabric and...
Astronaut’s perpective on how Earth looks from outer space
08/12/2015
The view of Earth from space is one that few of us will ever get to experience. To see the planet as a single orb in the expanse of space can change the way you feel about your life, our species, and our place in the universe. It’s an experience...
Compromiso de Barcelona por el Clima 2015-2017
04/12/2015
El ayuntamiento de Barcelona asume el compromiso por el clima conjuntamente con 800 entidades ciudadanas vinculadas a la red Barcelona + Sostenible con las que ha elaborado un documento a propósito de la 21ª Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre el cambio climático, COP-21. El pasado 23 de noviembre, la...
FameLab 2016
01/12/2015
Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology and the British Council España are launching a new edition of Famelab España 2016, with the collaboration of “la Caixa” Foundation. In Spain, three editions have already been held and have proved to be a complete success. They have promoted a new scientific diffusion format that has made major inroads:...
100 años de la Teoría de la Relatividad General
25/11/2015
El 25 de noviembre de 1915, Albert Einstein presentó ante la Academia Prusiana de Ciencias, en Berlín, la formulación de una nueva teoría de la gravitación en un artículo de cuatro páginas titulado “Las ecuaciones del campo gravitacional” en el que modificaba la hasta entonces aceptada teoría gravitatoria de Isaac Newton. La teoría de Einstein...
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Jamtoday Fair: el videojuego como metodología educativa para el aprendizaje de hábitos saludables
13/11/2015
JamToday es la primera red paneuropea dedicada al diseño de juegos aplicados. El proyecto reúne a diferentes tipos de actores -como clusters creativos, empresas de juegos, educación, institutos de investigación, instituciones del sector público, etc.- para ejecutar las Game Jam por toda Europa. La JamToday Fair es un encuentro sobre...
20ª Semana de la Ciencia en la Universidad de Barcelona
Del 13 al 22 de noviembre la Universidad de Barcelona organiza diversas actividades alrededor de la Semana de la Ciencia que este año llega a su vigésima edición bajo la coordinación de la Fundación Catalana para la Investigación y la Innovación (FCRi). Algunas de las actividades programadas son: 4º Torneo Interuniversitario del juego...
The Tapir: a living fossil threatened with extinction
09/11/2015
Although the Tapir is one of the world’s largest land mammals, the lives of these solitary, nocturnal creatures have remained a mystery. Known as “the living fossil,” the very same Tapir that roams the forests and grasslands of South America today arrived on the evolutionary scene more than 5 million...
Expanding Opportunity in a World of Innovation
28/10/2015
How can cities, schools, tech leaders, and policy makers drive innovation that is robust, open, and inclusive? In the fourth and final webinar of the October series, Doing Innovation: Empowering Young People for Tomorrow’s World, host S. Craig Watkins talks with experts from academia, business, education, and entrepreneurship about the new...
Kano, a computer designed and constructed by children
13/10/2015
Alex Klein is the developer of KANO minicomputer. This computer can be constructed and programmed by seven years old children. As a game of Lego, children can learn to design their own games, watch high-resolution videos, connect to the Internet, fly a drone… As the designer explains, the children will...
Can we, as adults, grow new neurons?
Neuroscientist Sandrine Thuret says that we can, and she offers research and practical advice on how we can help our brains better perform neurogenesis—improving mood, increasing memory formation and preventing the decline associated with aging along the way.
La educación científica del siglo XXI: Retos y propuestas
04/10/2015
por Neus Sanmartí e Iván Marchán Carvajal Los cambios sociales y tecnológicos que hemos vivido en los últimos decenios están obligando a replantear numerosos aspectos de la enseñanza de las ciencias. Se están desarrollando diversos proyectos innovadores que pretenden adaptar la escuela al mundo de hoy. La comunidad educativa defiende...
Open Badges
16/09/2015
Open Badges is a project of the Mozilla Foundation that provides free software to facilitate the recognition of lifelong learning through a system of digital badges. A digital badge is an online registration of certain qualities, skills or achievements that people acquire in various contexts both online and offline. Badges are a...
UNESCO Institut for Lifelong Learning
14/09/2015
The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) is a non-profit, policy-driven, international research, training, information center of UNESCO. Its main objective is to promote lifelong learning policy and practice, recognizing education and learning in formal, non-formal or informal settings. In this regard, the work of the Institute focuses on learning...
A visual history of human knowledge
08/09/2015
How does knowledge grow? Sometimes it begins with one insight and grows into many branches; other times it grows as a complex and interconnected network. Infographics expert Manuel Lima explores the thousand-year history of mapping data — from languages to dynasties — using trees and networks of information. It’s a...
Edutopia
21/07/2015
Edutopia is the website of a virtual community created and managed by George Lucas Educational Foundation. The aim is offer information, strategies, practices and resources in order to improve learning practices at nursery and primary education. In addition, and thanks to the community members contributions –with their knowledge, strategies and...
LIFE CENTER: Learning in Informal and Formal Environments
17/07/2015
LIFE Center –Learning in Informal and Formal Environments– represents a collaboration between the University of Washington in Seattle (lead institution), Stanford University, and SRI International, Inc., in the San Francisco area. The LIFE Center is a multi-institution group of scientists whose purpose is to develop and test principles regarding the social foundations of...
Levadura. Residence program for artist-educators
14/07/2015
Levadura is an educational program of residencies for artists-educators was aimed to promote understanding of contemporary art by elementary students. The program focused on introducing creative projects in the elementary classroom where children were the protagonists. The program involved four artists-educators from four countries (Phase A: Chile and Poland, and...
CocoCiència: joves que divulguen ciència
CocoCiència és una associació formada per un grup d’universitaris catalans que té per objectiu apropar la ciència a tothom i impulsar la divulgació científica en català. Al seu lloc web es podem trobar continguts agrupats en diferents disciplines, també disposa de seccions específiques com ara «El científic del mes», «Enigmes»,...
John Dewey (1859-1952) and the permanent reinvention of the school
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the book Schools of To-morrow (1915) written by John Dewey and Evelyn Dewey. In this book the authors point out the necessity to reinvent the school under the challenges of society at the moment (early twentieth century). Probably the school is, has been...
100th birthday of Jerome Bruner
06/07/2015
We are currently celebrating the 100th anniversary of one of the most prominent scholars who has always shown a deep concern on education and its topics. Leader of the cognitive revolution and, recently, the cultural revolution, Jerome Bruner (1915 – ) is a necessary voice who always we should take...
ChangSchoolTalks 2015: Stephen Downes
Stephen Downes, Senior Researcher at the National Research Council of Canada and co-creator of the MOOC (Massive Open Online Course), speaks about personal learning in a networked world at the “ChangSchoolTalks 2015: Digital Learning Reimagined” event hosted at Ryerson University on February 19, 2015. More information: http://changschooltalks.ryerson.ca/2015/
Team meeting at Girona
01/07/2015
In the team meeting on June 29th, 2015 we had an interesting and very intense agenda. We started discussing the focus of the papers that we will write to present the results of the first phase. The results are grounded in the information provided by the students, their families and...
Learning the Physics of Skateboarding Engages Kids in Science
23/06/2015
Skate veteran and educator Bill Robertson, also known as “Dr. Skateboard,” teaches students who might have otherwise fallen through the cracks about speed, velocity, and momentum at the local skate park. His inspiration for choosing skateboarding to teach physics came from his work with middle school students who were not...
Microbial Mats
16/06/2015
Rubén Duro Pérez is a graduate in biology from the University of Barcelona, Member of the Spanish Society for Microbiology and is devoted to scientific photography. Ricardo Guerrero is professor emeritus of the Department of Microbiology at the University of Barcelona, associate professor at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, USA and...
KnowledgeWorks
15/06/2015
KnowledgeWorks is an Ohio-based non-profit social enterprise that works to foster meaningful personalized learning that enables every student to thrive in college, career and civic life. KnowledgeWorks works on the ground with schools and communities through a portfolio of innovative education approaches, helps state and federal leaders establish policy conditions...
Love between dogs and their owners
09/06/2015
The veterinarian Takefumi Kikusui with a research team from three Japanese universities (Azabu University, Jichi Medical University and University of Tokyo Health Sciences) recently published an article in Science about hormonal changes that dogs and their owners produce to each other. Researchers put 30 dogs to interact with their owners...
Exposición de dibujos de Luis Feo
03/06/2015
El Museu Blau inaugura la exposición temporal Dibujos de Luis Feo, unas sesenta obras que proponen una mirada insólita al mundo animal. El autor propone una mirada inspirada en la ilustración científica y también en los grandes maestros del dibujo, el grabado y la fotografía como Durero, José Hernández, Piranesi, Escher o...
Fiesta del Voluntariado Ambiental en el Día Mundial del Medio Ambiente
En diciembre de 1972, la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas designó el 5 de junio como Día Mundial del Medio Ambiente para sensibilizar a la opinión pública respecto de la necesidad de preservar y mejorar el medio ambiente. La fecha elegida fue en recuerdo al día en que se inauguró,...
Investigate with RecerCaixa! 2nd Scientific Congress for Young Researchers
02/06/2015
In the 2nd Scientific Congress for Young Researchers. Investigate with RecerCaixa! on June 2nd 2015, Carme Auguet school from Girona presented the project “What Young People do outside of School Related to Science and Technology” carried out by students. This project is based on our project “The Experiences of Young People outside of School Related to Science...
UB Science Festival
15/05/2015
The University of Barcelona opens its door to citizens to celebrate the UB Science Festival. The main objective of the activity is to bring people closer to the research activity developed at the University in an amusing and innovative way. Throughout the day, UB campuses organise different science dissemination activities...
Jorge Wagensberg “Algunos años después”
08/05/2015
Jorge Wagensberg es un profesor, investigador y escritor español nacido en Barcelona. Creador y ex director del Museo de la Ciencia CosmoCaixa de la Fundación “La Caixa”. En su más reciente libro Algunos Años Después, basado en recuerdos de infancia, el autor explica cómo terminó en el mundo de la ciencia. La librería No LLegiu invita a...
Greg Gage: How to control someone else’s arm with your brain
04/05/2015
Greg Gage is on a mission to make brain science accessible to all. In this fun, kind of creepy demo, the neuroscientist and TED Senior Fellow uses a simple, inexpensive DIY kit to take away the free will of an audience member. It’s not a parlor trick; it actually works....
Talk “Culture and Science in the Digital Era”
30/04/2015
Undoubtedly, technological advances have expanded the possibilities of access to culture and science, but also changed the social perception of the rigor of knowledge. How are we related to culture and science in the digital era? This will be the focus of the talk Culture and Science in the Digital Era....
Exploratorium
29/04/2015
The Exploratorium is a museum of science, art, and human perception located in San Francisco, California. They believe that following the curiosity and asking questions can lead to amazing moments of discovery, learning, and awareness and can increase the confidence in the ability to understand how the world works. They...
Cosmobot 2015. Competición de robots inteligentes velocistas y combates de sumo
27/04/2015
Cosmobot es la competición robótica más importante del Estado Español. Tiene como objetivo divulgar tres valores importantes: el trabajo en grupo, la investigación práctica y la orientación a resultados. La competición se realiza durante 2 días y a esta asisten los mejores ingenieros, investigadores y especialistas en robótica autónoma dedicados a...
Citilab – Center for social and digital innovation
21/04/2015
Citilab is an experimental centre for the active dissemination of technological culture and also is a citizens’ laboratory in which researchers, entrepreneurs, students and companies interact, experiment and collaborate on common projects. In other words, Citilab is a mix between a training center, a research center and an incubator for business and...
VII Edición de la Jornada Programa
La Jornada Programa es una actividad organizada por el Departament d’Ensenyament de la Generalitat de Catalunya dedicada al intercambio de experiencias didácticas, tanto en la escuela Primaria como en Secundaria, donde se empleen entornos de programación y de robótica educativa. La Jornada está dirigida, especialmente, a maestros de primaria y de secundaria, pero...
Wikimaratón de Ciencia Ciudadana
20/04/2015
Una wikimaratón es una actividad donde un grupo de wikipedistas se encuentran físicamente en un lugar para ampliar lo máximo posible un artículo y/o una temática determinada de la enciclopedia. Esta actividad, organizada en el marco del Festival NOVUM, está dirigida a todas las personas que quieran aportar a la...
Audiovisual Festival on Science, Technology and Innovation
17/04/2015
The NOVUM Festival invites at the Diseny Hub Barcelona to enjoy a selection of the best unpublished documentaries on science, technology and innovation on 17th, 18th and 19th April. Free admission with limited capacity as screening room. Location: Plaça de les Glòries Catalanes, 37, 08018 Barcelona Alive Inside Date: 17th April, 20 h. Original...
“The Empty Classroom” Film
Under the creative direction of Gael Garcia Bernal, eleven award-winning directors tell the story of the high school dropout crisis in Latin America in an anthology of narrative and documentary film as beautifully diverse and complex as the region. The Empty Classroom is a feature film by GRADUATE XXI, an initiative to end...
Not only do Chameleons change color to camouflage itself, but also to flirt and fight
16/04/2015
The research team of Laboratory of Artificial & Natural Evolution, University of Geneva, led by Michel Milinkovitch, published this year in the Nature Communications Journal their latest findings on the dynamic color change of chameleons. The results of the research, based on the study of Panther Chameleon (Furcifer pardalis), indicate...
New journal “Digital Experiences in Mathematics Education”
13/04/2015
This journal chronicles research on mathematics learning, the way it is assessed and interactive settings, using digital technology, in which it can be embedded. It also offers a forum for discussing mathematical thought, and issues of equity, cultural diversity and professional development in the field of teaching and learning mathematics. More information
Journal Digital Experiences in Mathematics Education
The aim of this journal is to continue the effort to understand and enhance changes in the nature of worthwhile mathematical work that can be performed by learning, teachers and practitioners with digital technologies. It offers a forum for discussing mathematical thought, and issues of equity, cultural diversity and professional development....
NOVUM 2015 Festival de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación
10/04/2015
La Dirección de Creatividad e Innovación del Instituto de Cultura de Barcelona organiza del 14 al 30 de abril de 2015 la novena edición de NOVUM, el Festival de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación de Barcelona, con el propósito de promover la Creatividad y la Innovación en la ciudad. Este festival pretende ser...
Inspiraciencia Concurso de relatos de inspiración científica
26/03/2015
Inspiraciencia es un concurso de relatos de inspiración científica que busca relacionar ciencia y escritura de una manera lúdica y participativa. Existe una modalidad única que consiste en la presentación de relatos cortos de una extensión máxima de 800 palabras. Las dos categorías de participación son: público general (a partir de...
Meeting of the research team
23/03/2015
Among the topics discussed at the meeting were the data already collected and the analysis of the interviews conducted during the first phase. We also presented a summary of the schools that were collaborating in the project and of the groups which had been interviewed (children / adolescents and families)....
XVI Exporecerca Jove
Exporecerca Jove es una muestra de trabajos de investigación que acoge la participación de jóvenes de 12 a 30 años. Los objetivos principales son: favorecer la investigación entre los jóvenes, potenciar el intercambio de experiencias y el conocimiento, y potenciar la participación en ferias y congresos de ámbito nacional e internacional. La...
Las tecnologías móviles en los centros educativos
21/03/2015
En la sesión plenaria del 4 de marzo, el Consejo Escolar de Cataluña ha aprobado el Documento 1/2015: Les tecnologies mòbils als centres educatius. En este documento se recogen diversas consideraciones sobre la presencia y el uso de los dispositivos móviles en los centros educativos de Cataluña, el desarrollo de...
Semifinal FameLab 2015
19/03/2015
El British Council y la Fundación Española para la Ciencia y la Tecnología (FECYT), con la colaboración de la Obra Social ”la Caixa”, han seleccionado ya a los doce semifinalistas de la edición española de Famelab, el concurso internacional de monólogos científicos que competirán en la semifinal en Barcelona. Los...
20 Minutes of Science in Òmnium – Girona
16/03/2015
The University of Girona (UdG) and Omnium Cultural Gironès have organized the conference series “20 minutes of science” aimed to disseminate scientific knowledge. With a brief presentation and subsequent discussion, the conferences are an introduction to current news, innovative study or theme. The conferences will take place the second Thursday of...
1th STEAM Barcelona International Conference
03/03/2015
With the slogan “Learn today to solve tomorrow” the Council of Education and Universities of Barcelona City Hall and Fundació Bancaria “la Caixa” in the framework of the Science, Technology and Innovation Festival have organized STEAMBarcelona. The conference aims to bring together some of the most successful and evaluated projects in the field...
Design for life. 99 projects for the real world
24/02/2015
The Museu del Disseny de Barcelona presents its first temporary exhibition dedicated to objects designed to make our lives better. The purpose of the exhibition is to show the key role that design can play in providing solutions to social and everyday problems of different types, improving the welfare of citizens both...
“The Class” Project
The Class: Social networking and the changing practices of learning among youth is a project part of the Connected Learning Research Network. The project is directed by researcher Sonia Livingstone in collaboration with researcher Julian Sefton-Green from The London School of Economics and Political Science. The project focuses on the social relations of...
Mathematics Museum of Catalonia MMACA
23/02/2015
MMACA Association was founded with the aim to promote and create a Museum of Mathematics in Catalonia fostering the dissemination of mathematics. Through the experiences offered MMACA aims to change the idea of a distant and abstract mathematics, and enable a intuitive and manipulative closer look that promotes enjoyment through thinking...
MIRACLE Project
20/02/2015
MIRACLE: Mixed Reality Interactions across Contexts of Learning is a project linked to the Faculty of Educational Sciences and maintained by the University of Oslo and Research Council of Norway as part of the InterMedia project. The study is directed by Dra. Ingeborg Krange and a transdisciplinary team of researchers. The purpose of MIRACLE...
Connected Learning Research Network
19/02/2015
Connected Learning is an interdisciplinary research network dedicated to understanding the opportunities and risks for learning afforded by today’s changing media ecology, as well as building new learning environments that support effective learning and educational equity. The work focuses on a model of connected learning — learning that is socially...
Exhibition “Sputnik: the odyssey of the Soyuz 2”
The Sputnik Foundation it is proposed to clarify many episodes of the soviet space program. One of the most intriguing is the epic of the Soyuz 2. This spacecraft was launched on October 25, 1968 with Colonel Ivan Istochnikov and dog Kloka on board. With the currently available data, the Foundation...
Knowledge in motion across contexts of learning -KnowMo Project
18/02/2015
KnowMo is a project developed by TransAction research group and directed by Dr. Ola Erstad -University of Oslo. The aim of KnowMo is to study the conditions under which learning experiences out-of-school settings can be made relevant for young people learning into the school. The study is based on the recognition that currently many students experience schooling...
youthLAB: Youth Learning Across Boundaries
17/02/2015
youthLAB is a research group focussed on research the dynamics of collaborative and interest-driven learning in the service of creating more equitable opportunities for children and their families across schools, community organizations and homes. Specifically, youthLAb carry out empirical studies to advance the understanding of the dynamics of learning across...
International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies
The International Year of Light is a global initiative which will highlight to the citizens of the world the importance of light and optical technologies in their lives, for their futures, and for the development of society. In proclaiming an International Year focusing on the topic of light science and...
Scientific Perspectives: 2015 the International Year of Light
The United Nations and Unesco have declared 2015 the International Year of Light and Light-Based Technologies. In proclaiming an International Year focusing on the topic of light science and its applications, the UN has recognized the importance of raising global awareness about how light-based technologies promote sustainable development and provide solutions...
«Papirobiologia»: dinosaurs, mammals, insects and reptiles made with paper
Dinosaurs, insects, amphibians, mammals, birds, reptiles, plants and fungi all created a small scale with the art of papiroflexia, also known as origami. This is the proposal of “Papirobiologia”, an exhibition of nearly two hundred works made by members of the Spanish Origami Association (AEP), an organization that brings together mathematicians, biologists,...
Social Science Research Council -SSRC
12/02/2015
The Social Science Research Council (SSRC) is a U.S.-based, international, independent nonprofit organization founded in 1923. In the SSRC participate practitioners, policymakers, and academic researchers in the social sciences, related professions, and the humanities and natural sciences in order to construct interdisciplinary and international networks, link research to practice and...
Today is the 206th anniversary of the birth of CharlesDarwin
"It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change" Charles Darwin, 1809-1882. Darwin, a naturalist’s voyage around the world On the basis of Charles Darwin’s book “Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty’s Surveying...
Citizen science project to fight Asian tiger mosquitoes AtrapaelTigre.com
10/02/2015
Tiger mosquitoes pose a problem that affects many people. The project takes a task traditionally delegated to technical services and professional scientists and it passes on to the public. Citizen science is based on the idea that common knowledge and participation by a large group can help to solve scientific...
EdOnline Research Group
17/01/2015
EdOnline is a research group focused on scaffolding teaching and learning in online environments. Currently, the group is associated with the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction -EARLI and Open University of Catalonia -UOC Within the context of knowledge construction processes in online learning environments from a socio constructivist...
TransAction – Research Group
18/12/2014
TransAction, research group from University of Oslo, studies the interplay between the different social contexts of children and young people’s learning and identity construction. The aim of this group is to explore how young people construct knowledge across learning contexts in their daily life, online and offline. Attention is given to four...
How can we avoid kelp beds turning into barren grounds?
15/12/2014
Urchins are marine invertebrates that mould the biological richness of marine grounds. However, an excessive proliferation of urchins may also have severe ecological consequences on marine grounds as they reduce algal cover and affect the survival of other marine species. To explore global dynamics and the factors that turn kelp...
@tic Revista d’Innovació Educativa
20/11/2014
@tic. Revista d’Innovació Educativa es una publicación electrónica del Servei de Formació Permanent i Innovació Educativa de la Universitat de Valencia- España. Esta revista electrónica, de acceso abierto, se publica desde 2008 dos veces al año (en diciembre y en junio). Los artículos que se publican se relacionan con innovación...
Journal of Learning analytics
Journal of Learning Analytics is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal, disseminating the highest quality research in the field. The journal is the official publication of the Society for Learning Analytics Research (SoLAR) and it has periodical publications since 2014. Journal of Learning Analytics includes original and in-progress research reports, reviews of the state of the...
Los caminos de la ciencia son infinitos
13/11/2014
Un proyecto organizado conjuntamente por la Unidad de Cultura Científica e Innovación (UCC+i) y la Escuela de Doctorado de la Universidad de Barcelona pone en contacto a estudiantes de doctorado con escuelas de primaria y secundaria que quieran conocer de primera mano el día a día de un investigador. Con el nombre de Caminos Infinitos, porque...
MIT Open Course Ware
12/11/2014
MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) is a web-based publication of virtually all Massachusetts Institute of Technology course content. OCW is open and available to the world and is a permanent MIT activity. Through OCW, educators can improve courses and curricula, making their schools more effective; students find additional resources to help them...
19ª Semana de la Ciencia en Cataluña
11/11/2014
Del 14 al 23 de noviembre se celebrará en Cataluña la 19ª Semana de la Ciencia. En esta semana se llevarán a cabo una serie de actividades de divulgación científica, tales como: jornadas de puertas abiertas, exposiciones, charlas, juegos, talleres científicos, entre otras actividades. Los temas centrales de la edición de...
Club GeoGebra Iberoamericano – Nueva convocatoria 2014- 2015
06/11/2014
La Organización de Estados Iberoamericanos para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura (OEI) invita a los profesores y estudiantes iberoamericanos a incorporarse al Club GeoGebra Iberoamericano. Esta iniciativa cuenta con el apoyo e impulso de la Consejería de Economía, Innovación, Ciencia y Empleo de la Junta de Andalucía (España)....
19th Science Week in CosmoCaixa Barcelona
05/11/2014
From 18 to 23 November 2014 Cosmocaixa Barcelona organizes exhibitions and open workshops. Schedule Exhibition “X Science Book Fair”. From 18 to 23 November 2014. An annual meeting with the science book. An event to appreciate the significance of the book of science and its contribution to culture and the formation...
Enverinats
“Enverinats” gives us a close-up on the world of Nature’s venoms, with 50 live animals such as tarantulas, frogs and snakes, as well as a considerable number of plants, mushrooms and minerals. The exhibition shows us the workings and uses of poison, demystifying beliefs and revealing unknown aspects of this toxic...
La escuela Carme Auguet investiga con nosotros
29/10/2014
El 28 de octubre de 2014 se celebró en el Caixaforum de Girona un encuentro entre los niños, niñas y maestras de la escuela Carme Auguet y nuestros investigadores del proyecto “Las experiencias de los jóvenes fuera de la escuela relacionadas con la ciencia y la tecnología y su impacto...
Science Perspectives: Big scientific questions
27/10/2014
Robots, Quantum Physics, Genetic Engineering… Scientific knowledge is making constant progress but there are still many unanswered questions, which will be discussed in the Libraries of Barcelona. On November mondays, Barcelona Libraries propose us to explore some of the biggest questions that science has raised, with the Visions of Science...
Pasado, presente y futuro de las ciencias y artes en los Centros Cívicos de Barcelona
24/10/2014
La Real Academia de Ciencias y Artes de Barcelona (RACAB) presenta un ciclo de conferencias en los Centros Cívicos para dar a conocer el conocimiento científico y las innovaciones tecnológicas que hacen mejorar nuestra vida. La propuesta, formada por seis charlas y dos visitas (en el Observatorio Fabra y la...
XVI Simposio Internacional de Informática Educativa, SIIE 2014
22/10/2014
El Simposio Internacional de Informática Educativa (SIIE) ofrece un foro internacional para la presentación y debate de los últimos avances en investigación sobre las tecnologías para el aprendizaje y su aplicación práctica en los procesos educativos. También pretende poner en contacto a investigadores, desarrolladores, representantes institucionales y profesores para compartir...
Revista Iberoamericana de Educación -RIE
20/10/2014
La Revista Iberoamericana de Educación- RIE es una publicación científica del Centro de Altos Estudios Universitarios de la Organización de Estados Iberoamericanos (CAEU/OEI) creada en el año 1993. Desde el año 2012 se publica sólo en formato digital y es de acceso abierto. La RIE es una revista que recoge...
One more reason to get a good night’s sleep
19/10/2014
The brain uses a quarter of the body’s entire energy supply, yet only accounts for about two percent of the body’s mass. So how does this unique organ receive and, perhaps more importantly, rid itself of vital nutrients? New research suggests it has to do with sleep.
World Wide Science
15/10/2014
World Wide Science is a federation of scientific portals developed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) of the Department of Energy of the United States. It encompasses 95 databases, approximately, which have open access and open domain belonged to more than 70 countries. From these databases it is...
2015 Mathematics Education Conference (MEC2015)
03/10/2014
2015 Mathematics Education Conference (MEC2015) will be held from January 31 to February 2, 2015 in Shanghai, China. This Conference will cover issues on Mathematics Education. It dedicates to creating a stage for exchanging the latest research results and sharing the advanced research methods. Related Topics (not limited to) •...
Biblioteca Electrónica de Ciencia y Tecnología
01/10/2014
La Biblioteca Electrónica de Ciencia y Tecnología de la República Argentina funciona en el marco de la Subsecretaría de Coordinación Institucional, dependiente de la Secretaría de Articulación Científico Tecnológica del Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Productiva. Fue creada en diciembre de 2002, como resultado del Acuerdo Bilateral con Brasil....
Revista Actualidades Investigativas en Educación
20/09/2014
La Revista Electrónica Actualidades Investigativas en Educación es una publicación cuatrimestral, de carácter académico, editada por el Instituto de Investigación en Educación (INIE) de la Universidad de Costa Rica. El propósito general de la revista es crear un espacio de análisis, discusión y reflexión sobre diferentes temáticas del ámbito educativo. Entre las temáticas...
Open Education Consortium
12/09/2014
The Open Education Consortium is a worldwide community of hundreds of higher education institutions and associated organizations committed to advancing open education and its impact on global education. They seek to instill openness as a feature of education around the world, allowing greatly expanded access to education while providing a...
Revista Educación Química en línea
11/08/2014
Educación Química is a Journal published by the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (Mexican National Autonomous University). Its purpose is to communicate didactic contributions and researches related to the education of chemistry in general, in order to contribute to the teachers’ upgrading and to spread the innovations in this field...
SciStarter. Science we can do together
28/07/2014
SciStarter is a place to find, join, and contribute to science through recreational activities and citizen science research projects. Citizen science is the public involvement in inquiry and discovery of new scientific knowledge. The SciStarter database of citizen science projects enable discovery, organization, and greater participation in citizen science. SciStarter...
Revista Iberoamericana de Ciencia, Tecnología y Sociedad
07/07/2014
La Revista Iberoamericana de Ciencia, Tecnología y Sociedad -CTS- es una publicación académica, editada desde el año 2003, cuyo núcleo temático aborda la relación entre ciencia, tecnología y sociedad desde una perspectiva plural e interdisciplinaria. En sus páginas se promueven análisis y debates relativos a la problemática de la ciencia...
Virtualidad, Educación y Ciencia – Virtuality, Education and Science (VEsC)
La revista Virtualidad, Educación y Ciencia-Virtuality, Education and Science (VEsC) es una publicación académica, editada por la Maestría en Procesos Educativos Mediados por Tecnologías del Centro de Estudios Avanzados de la Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (Argentina), centrada en trabajos sobre las tecnologías de la información y la comunicación integradas en...
Biblioteca Escolar Digital (BED)
La Biblioteca Escolar Digital -BED- es una herramienta didáctica para profesores, alumnos, padres, pedagogos e investigadores del mundo de la educación creada por el Centro Internacional de Tecnologías Avanzadas -CITA- de la Fundación Germán Sánchez Ruipérez (Salamanca- España). El propósito de BED es ser una herramienta útil y eficaz para...
Informe “Top 100 Innovaciones Educativas”
28/06/2014
UpSocial (2014). Informe Top-100 Innovaciones Educativas. 100 proyectos eficaces para fomentar las vocaciones científico-tecnológicas. Madrid: Fundación Telefónica. El informe Top-100 Innovaciones Educativas recoge los resultados del proyecto Desafío Educación. Se trata de una amplia investigación a nivel mundial que Fundación Telefónica ha llevado a cabo a lo largo del 2014 para identificar propuestas...
MIT Technology Review
22/06/2014
An innovative, digitally oriented global media company whose reach is rapidly expanding. Its mission is to identify important new technologies—deciphering their practical impact and revealing how they will change our lives. Founded at MIT in 1899, MIT Technology Review derives its authority from the world’s foremost technology institution and from...
Learner at the Center of a Networked World
The ASPEN Institute Task Force on Learning and the Internet (2014). Learner at the Center of a Networked World. Washington, DC: the ASPEN Institute. Retrieved: http://aspeninstitute.fsmdev.com/documents/AspenReportFinalPagesRev.pdf This report sets forth a vision that stems from the premise that the learner needs to be at the center of novel approaches and...
Started the first phase of the project
16/06/2014
We have started the first phase of the project youth experiences outside of school related to science and technology. In this first phase, from interviews of focus groups with children and young people from three age groups (11,13 and 15) and groups formed by their parents, we aim to identify...
TED Ideas worth spreading
15/06/2014
TED is a nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful talks (18 minutes or less). TED covers almost all topics — from science to to global issues — in more than 100 languages. It also organizes events like TEDx known in order to share ideas on...
The emergent patterns of climate change
An illuminating talk of climate scientist Gavin Schmidt at the TED platform. According to Schmidt, one can not understand climate change in pieces. It’s the whole, or it’s nothing. In this talk, Schmidt explains how he explains how he studies the big picture of climate change with mesmerizing models that illustrate...
Presentación del proyecto ‘Desafío educación’ y del informe ‘Top 100 innovaciones educativas’
12/06/2014
Fundación Telefónica te invita a las presentaciones del proyecto ‘Desafío educación’ y del informe ‘Top 100 innovaciones educativas’ que tendrán lugar en Barcelona y Madrid. En el evento estará presentes los promotores de las 3 innovaciones mejor valoradas en el desafío: Apps for Good (Reino Unido), ScienceLab (Alemania) y JUMP...
CmapTools, concept maps
09/06/2014
The CmapTools program, developed by the Institute for Human and Machine Cognition (IHMC), University of West Florida (USA), empowers users to construct, navigate, share and criticize knowledge models represented as concept maps. It allows users to, among many other features, construct their Cmaps in their personal computer, share them on...
FreeMind, mind-mapping
FreeMind is a free mind-mapping software written in Java. Using keywords, symbols and colors assists in brainstorming new outlines and projects as ideas are added around the mind map or semantic networks that provide a declarative representation of objects, properties and relationships. FreeMind is licensed under the GNU General Public...
Dipity, interactive timelines
Dipity allows users to create free timelines online. Users can create, share, embed and collaborate on interactive, visually engaging timelines that integrate video, audio, images, text, links, social media, location and timestamps. In addition to the free version, there are several modes of subscription for those who need access to...
Canva, to create presentations, posters, invitations…
Canva gives you everything you need to easily turn ideas into stunning designs. Create designs for Web or print: blog graphics, presentations, Facebook covers, flyers, posters, invitations and so much more. With one million images and thousands of fonts, there are endless combinations to choose from for your next project....
Visme, to create interactive presentations, infographics, banners…
08/06/2014
Visme allows users to create interactive presentations, infographics and other engaging content. Transform otherwise boring data into engaging visuals that will turn heads and get the point across. Visme is based on HTML5, which means all content works well on mobile devices too. The developers say it is “so easy...
Revista Electrónica de Enseñanza de las Ciencias, REEC
06/06/2014
Revista Electrónica de Enseñanza de las Ciencias (REEC) is a four-monthly, scientific journal published through the Net, which is devoted to innovation and research on science teaching and learning in the various educational levels (Kindergarden, primary and secondary school and University). The whole process of revision, edition and publication is...
Fundación Española para la Ciencia y Tecnología, FECYT
La Fundación Española para la Ciencia y Tecnología, FECYT, es una fundación pública dependiente del Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad de España, cuya misión es impulsar la ciencia, la tecnología y la innovación, promoviendo su integración y acercamiento a la sociedad. En su web se pueden encontrar noticias, convocatorias de...
SINC, la ciencia es noticia
El Servicio de Información y Noticias Científicas (SINC) es la primera agencia pública de ámbito estatal especializada en información sobre ciencia, tecnología e innovación en español. El equipo de SINC produce noticias, reportajes, entrevistas y materiales audiovisuales (vídeos, fotografías, ilustraciones e infografías). Todos los contenidos producidos por SINC tienen una...
EDULEARN14
EDULEARN14, the 6th annual International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies will be held in Barcelona (Spain), on the 7th, 8th and 9th of July, 2014. EDULEARN14 provides the ideal opportunity to present your projects and experiences. It is the perfect platform to discuss the latest developments in the...
International Academy of Technology, Education and Development (IATED)
The International Academy of Technology, Education and Development (IATED) is an organism dedicated to the promotion of international education and university cooperation in the field of Technology and Science. It attempts to connect institutions, bodies and organizations from different countries of the world to discuss and cooperate on the area....
XVII Congreso Internacional EDUTEC: El hoy y el mañana junto a las TIC
05/06/2014
Del 12 al 14 de noviembre 2014, bajo el lema «El hoy y mañana junto a las TIC» se celebrará el XVII Congreso Internacional EDUTEC en la Universidad española de Córdoba. El evento se propone como un espacio para el análisis y el debate acerca de la integración de las TIC...
iTEC – Designing the future classroom
ITEC: designing the future classroom has been an example of a very successful project of integration of ICT in education and training, with the support and funding from the European Commission. iTEC’s aim is to bring about systemic change, not through radical technological advances, but through progressive adoption of innovative...
EXPLORA
EXPLORA es un Programa Nacional de Educación No Formal en Ciencia y Tecnología, creado en 1995 por la Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica, CONICYT, Chile. La misión del programa EXPLORA es contribuir a la creación de una cultura científica y tecnológica en la comunidad, y, en particular, en niñas,...
Fishing museum
04/06/2014
El Museo de la Pesca quiere contribuir, como elemento de calidad, el desarrollo cultural, económico y social de la comunidad. Trabaja para afianzarse en el propio territorio y ayudar a provocar cambios y reflexiones hacia el patrimonio marítimo y pesquero que favorezcan la sociedad. Los objetivos que la han de...
12th World Congress of Bioethics
02/06/2014
The National Bioethics Commission of Mexico, an organization with more than two decades of continuous efforts to promote bioethical culture, celebrates the organization of this 12th World Bioethics Congress, June 25-28, Mexico City. Its focus is on the promotion of original findings and new theoretical perspectives surrounding the ethical issues...
Estado de la ciencia en América Latina y el Caribe
La edición 2013 de El Estado de la Ciencia presenta un resumen gráfico de las principales tendencias de las capacidades científico-tecnológicas de los países de América Latina y el Caribe, así como una serie de artículos específicos sobre temas actuales en materia de ciencia, tecnología e innovación. El volumen incluye resultados...
Science
25/05/2014
Science, also widely referred to as Science Magazine, is the academic journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and is one of the world’s top scientific journals. The major focus of the journal is publishing important original scientific research and research reviews, but Science also publishes science-related news, opinions on science policy and other matters of interest to scientists...
Blog del INTEF
24/05/2014
El blog promocionado por el Instituto Nacional de Tecnologías educativas y formación del profesorado español publica periódicamente noticias sobre novedades en el ámbito de la tecnología de interés para la educación, seminarios y cursos de formación presenciales o en línea para docentes, proyectos educativos, eventos y recursos.
EducaLAB
Conoce, conecta, crea, comparte, colabora Es una iniciativa del Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte español que agrupa el Blog del INTEF (Instituto Nacional de Tecnologías Educativas y de Formación del Profesorado), el Blog del Cniie (Centro Nacional de Innovación e Investigación Educativa) y el Blog del Inee (Instituto Nacional...
GIREP-MPTL International Conference on Teaching/Learning Physics
Integrating Research into Practice University of Palermo, Italy. July 7-12, 2014 During the last few years, evidence based Physics Education Research provided results concerning the ways and strategies to improve student conceptual understanding, interest in Physics, epistemological awareness and insights for the construction of a scientific citizenship. However, Physics teaching...
Congreso Iberoamericano de Ciencia, Tecnología, Innovación y Educación
20/05/2014
“Avanzando juntos hacia las Metas Educativas Iberoamericanas 2021” Buenos Aires, Argentina 12, 13 y 14 de noviembre 2014. En el año 2010, fue aprobado por los Ministros de Educación y, posteriormente, por los Jefes y Jefas de Estado y de Gobierno de Iberoamérica, el proyecto promovido por la OEI, Metas Educativas 2021:...
Revista Eureka sobre Enseñanza y Divulgación de las Ciencias (REurEDC)
La revista tiene una doble finalidad: i) contribuir al desarrollo del conocimiento en el ámbito de la didáctica de las ciencias experimentales, tanto en un plano teórico como aplicado, y ii) aportar referentes para la práctica de la educación científica tanto de profesores como de formadores provenientes del ámbito de...
Scientix: the Community for science education in Europe
19/05/2014
Scientix promotes and supports a Europe-wide collaboration among STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) teachers, education researchers, policymakers and other STEM education professionals. In its first stage (2009-2012), the project built an online portal to collect and present European STEM education projects and their results, and organised several teacher workshops....