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...
Ocean Literacy MOOC for science teachers
06/11/2016
“From ABC to ABSeas: Ocean Literacy for all” is a free and online course organized as part of the Sea Change project. The project, funded by the European Union, aims to change the point of view of the population on the sea. This MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) is aimed at science teachers and...
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
What is a vector?
Physicists, air traffic controllers, and video game creators all have at least one thing in common: vectors. But what exactly are they, and why do they matter? David Huynh explains how vectors are a prime example of the elegance, beauty, and fundamental usefulness of mathematics.
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
5 tips to improve your critical thinking – Samantha Agoos
11/10/2016
Every day, a sea of decisions stretches before us, and it’s impossible to make a perfect choice every time. But there are many ways to improve our chances — and one particularly effective technique is critical thinking. Samantha Agoos describes a 5-step process that may help you with any number...
IV Jornadas Valores en una Sociedad Cambiante – Lleida
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...
Educaplay
Educaplay is a digital repository where you can find educational activities for all ages and a large number of curricular materials. It allows sharing resources with other people and create groups. There are resources in different languages, including Catalan, Spanish and English. Learn more
The most accurate simulation of the Milky Way
Astronomers have created the most detailed computer simulation to date of our Milky Way galaxy’s formation, from its inception billions of years ago as a loose assemblage of matter to its present-day state as a massive, spiral disk of stars. Source from CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
How a single-celled organism almost wiped out life on Earth – Anusuya Willis
19/09/2016
There’s an organism that changed the world. It caused the first mass extinction in Earth’s history … and also paved the way for complex life. How? Anusuya Willis explains how cyanobacteria, simple organisms that don’t even have nuclei or any other organelles, wrote a pivotal chapter in the story of...
Symposium “Focusing on the learner” Research group Esbrina UB
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...
Tinkercad: an application to learn 3D design
16/09/2016
Tinkercad is a simple, intuitive and free tool to design and model 3D objects. It works directly in a web browser, so there is no need to download any software. Tinkercad basic elements are shapes that can be adjusted, moved and united in the workspace to create simple or quite complex...
Educación 3.0
14/09/2016
Educación 3.0 es un medio de comunicación global que cuenta con una revista en papel de cuatro números anuales, una página web, un newsletter semanal y un perfil propio en las principales redes sociales (Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Pinterest y YouTube). Este proyecto tiene como finalidad contribuir al cambio metodológico en las...
Entrevista Cristóbal Cobo
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.
Climate change: Earth’s giant game of Tetris
09/09/2016
There’s a game of Tetris happening on a global scale: The playing space is planet Earth, and all those pesky, stacking blocks represent carbon dioxide — a greenhouse gas that is piling up ever more rapidly as we burn the fossil fuels that run our cars, factories and power plants....
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-...
Children and youth’s interests towards science and technology
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 “Children and youth’s...
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...
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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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...
World Water Day 2016: Water and Jobs
03/03/2016
Why a World Water Day? World Water Day is an international observance and an opportunity to learn more about water related issues, be inspired to tell others and take action to make a difference. World Water Day dates back to the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development where an international...
10 películas sobre ecología para trabajar en el aula
25/01/2016
El blog de educación y TIC, Tiching, nos propone una selección de diez películas que pueden ser muy útiles para reflexionar con los estudiantes sobre la importancia de la conservación y el cuidado del medio ambiente. Lorax: ¿Cómo hablar de medio ambiente con los más pequeños? Esta película de animación...
How do we know what color dinosaurs were?
20/01/2016
The microraptor was a four-winged carnivorous dinosaur with iridescent black feathers. But if our information about this dinosaur comes from fossils, how can we be certain about its color? Len Bloch shows how making sense of the evidence requires careful examination of the fossil and a good understanding of the...
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...
Do animals have language?
All animals communicate. But do they have language? Michele Bishop details the four specific qualities we associate with language and investigates whether or not certain animals utilize some or all of those qualities to communicate.
Seven reasons why do we dream
15/01/2016
In the 3rd millennium BCE, Mesopotamian kings recorded and interpreted their dreams on wax tablets. In the years since, we haven’t paused in our quest to understand why we dream. And while we still don’t have any definitive answers, we have some theories. Amy Adkins reveals the top seven reasons...
Animated Science. Episode 2. Shades.
23/12/2015
UB divulga releases the project Animated Science which aims to create a collection of audiovisual resources to bring children closer to scientific concepts in an amusing way. The current chapter is titled Shadow and discusses how the position of the sun influences the direction of the shadows. This second episode has had the scientific...
MEDCLIC: The Mediterranean in one Click
“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...
Human face evolution
Using the morphing technique, this video summarizes the evolution of the human face. A six million years trip…
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...
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...
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...
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...
To Scale: The Solar System
28/09/2015
Wylie Overstreet and Alex Gorosh are responsible for build the first scale model of the solar system with complete planetary orbits. The site chosen was a huge dry lakebed in Nevada (United States). They placed the Sun at the midpoint of the land and, from there, placed the planets in...
Película “Deep Sky” en Cosmocaixa
25/09/2015
La noche estrellada es uno de los paisajes naturales más bellos que podemos contemplar desde la Tierra, y cuanto más negro es el fondo de la noche, más se disfruta. Miles de estrellas salpican el cielo encima de nuestras cabezas, provocando una sensación de infinitud y al mismo tiempo de...
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...
BBC Earth: flying rays
27/07/2015
Mobula rays leap spectacularly from the sea when they gather in large groups, but scientists still don’t know why they do it. This behaviour –filmed in the Gulf of California, Mexico, as part of BBC / Discovery coproduction– can last for 24 hours and happens as many hundreds of rays shoal together to...
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...
“New Horizons” historic Pluto flyby
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft was launched into the space on January 19, 2006. The New Horizons mission will help us understand worlds at the edge of our solar system by making the first reconnaissance of the dwarf planet Pluto and by venturing deeper into the distant, mysterious Kuiper Belt...
John Dewey (1859-1952) and the permanent reinvention of the school
14/07/2015
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...
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...
Educating Modern Learners -EML
15/06/2015
Recognizing that we are in the midst of huge, rapid changes in the worlds of learning, education and schooling, in Educating Modern Learners -EML believe that these changes are not yet well understood by school leaders, education decision and policy makers. Therefore, EML seeks to contribute to this understanding by pointing...
KnowledgeWorks
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...
The search for planets beyond our solar system
09/06/2015
Every star we see in the sky has at least one planet orbiting it, says astronomer Sara Seager. So what do we know about these exoplanets, and how can we find out more? Seager introduces her favorite set of exoplanets and shows new technology that can help collect information about...
La Dinosfera de Coll de Nargó
03/06/2015
El Ayuntamiento de Coll de Nargó y el Instituto Catalán de Paleontología Miquel Crusafont son los organizadores del nuevo espacio expositivo que se centra en la reproducción de los dinosaurios. La Dinosfera quiere contribuir a dar a conocer el espectacular registro fósil de los yacimientos de dinosaurios de la zona...
Exposición de dibujos de Luis Feo
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...
2015 International Year of Light and Light-based Technology
2015 has been declared by the United Nations General Assembly as the International Year of Light and Light-based Technology (IYL2015). By proclaiming the IYL2015, the United Nations, together with 100 partners over 85 countries, is recognising the importance of light and light based technology in the lives of the citizens of...
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...
BioBlitzBcn 2015
07/05/2015
BioBlitz es un evento dirigido a toda la ciudadanía interesada en observar y descubrir la naturaleza urbana con el acompañamiento de naturalistas expertos. En un periodo de 24 horas, científicos que estudian grupos específicos de flora y fauna, ayudados por voluntarios, buscarán identificar todos los organismos que se encuentran en un...
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...
“La Festa” in the NOVUM Festival
On 25 and 26 April Plaza de las Glòries will be transformed into a laboratory for young and old, to experience science, technology and innovation in person. Participants will work with researchers, see science closely, participate in workshops, unique spaces, talks, discover La Gimcana as the party continues in museums and...
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...
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...
Institute for Research in Biomedicine -IRB- Open house
El próximo sábado 18 de abril el Institute for Research in Biomedicine -IRB Barcelona abre sus puertas para recibir visitantes de todas las edades que quieran conocer de cerca el mundo de la investigación y a algunos de los científicos que trabajan estudiando enfermedades como el cáncer, la diabetes o el Alzheimer,...
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)....
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,...
Today is the 206th anniversary of the birth of CharlesDarwin
12/02/2015
"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...
Proyecto #Guappis
#Guappis es un proyecto colaborativo dirigido a compartir experiencias didácticas utilizando aplicaciones (Apps) para dispositivos móviles y tabletas. Es un proyecto abierto a la participación de docentes y de todas aquellas personas interesadas en la utilización de dispositivos móviles y sus aplicaciones (estudiantes, familias, etc.). El objetivo principal del proyecto es...
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...
¿Hubo vacas en Marte?
22/12/2014
El editorial del diario el País del pasado sábado plantea una interesante reflexión sobre la presencia de metano en el plantea Marte, que reproducimos a continuación: “Hasta en los gases hay clasismo. Así tenemos a la aristocracia —por algo se llaman gases nobles— en la que podemos encontrar denominaciones que...
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...
Christmas in Museums 2014 – Barcelona
This Christmas be amazed by artworks and unique inventions, travel through history and dive into fascinating worlds, such as science, architecture or archeology. The museums invite you to enjoy a wide range of proposals designed for all ages. See the schedule here
Exhibition: “A billion eyes for a billion stars”
30/11/2014
Pre-doctoral and post-doctoral researchers of the Gaia UB research team, from the Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the UB (ICCUB-IEEC), offer guided visits to the exhibition “A billion eyes for a billion stars”. They will describe the technological challenge represented by the Gaia mission, which aims to know better the...
Comunidad de Educadores para la Cultura Científica – CECC
27/11/2014
La Comunidad de Educadores para la Cultura Científica (CECC) es un espacio virtual creado en julio de 2009 desde la Red Iberoamericana de Divulgación y Cultura Científica y reforzado desde 2014 por medio del Insituto Iberoamericano de Enseñanza de la Ciencia y la Matemática IBERCIENCIA. La comunidad está constituida por...
@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...
Wikispaces Classroom
13/11/2014
Wikispaces Classroom is a social writing platform for education. It offers teachers the possibility to create workspaces with students, propose projects writing in any field of knowledge -both individual or group-. The teachers can monitor their students’ work as it happens so they can give feedback, assistance, and encouragement as needed, while all...
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...
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...
21è Festival Internacional de Cinema del Medi Ambient de Barcelona
25/10/2014
CaixaForum acollirà del 6 al 9 de novembre quatre de les pel•lícules del 21è Festival Internacional de Cinema del Medi Ambient de Barcelona, en el marc de l’exposició “Gènesi”, de Sebastião Salgado. Dijous 6 de novembre | 21.00 h Inauguració de la 21è Festival Internacional de Cinema del Medi Ambient...
Génesis de Sebastião Salgado
Con su proyecto Génesis, Sebastião Salgado busca los orígenes del mundo y del planeta que habitamos. Un mundo que ha evolucionado durante miles de años antes de verse enfrentado al ritmo de la vida moderna. Esta exposición presenta fotografías de paisajes, animales y personas alejadas del mundo moderno: regiones...
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...
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) •...
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...
National Geographic Magazines
12/09/2014
National Geographic, formerly The National Geographic Magazine, is the official magazine of the National Geographic Society. It has been published continuously since its first issue in 1888. It primarily contains articles about geography, history, and world culture. In addition to being well known for articles about the most distant corners...
NatGeo Education
12/08/2014
The NG Education website at NatGeoEd.org offers free geography, science, and social studies resources for K-12 educators and students. These highly engaging, multimedia materials maximize learning in and out of the classroom. The site features wide-ranging instructional content—spanning pre-kindergarten through post-secondary—that brings concepts and real-world events to life for our...
Brújula Educativa
11/08/2014
Brújula Educativa publica información sobre los proyectos de formación liderados por el Centro Internacional de Tecnologías Avanzadas -CITA- de la Fundación Germán Sánchez Ruipérez. Los proyectos giran en torno a las tecnologías educativas, están destinados a profesores de cualquier nivel educativo, y tienen por finalidad ayudar a los docentes a...
Revista Educación Química en línea
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...
Edudemic
The goal of Edudemic is to connect teachers, administrators, students, and just about everyone else with the best technology on the planet. A modest goal, to be sure. Started in April 2010 by Jeff Dunn, Edudemic has grown to become one of the leading education technology sites on the web....
Te@chThought
The mission of this blog is to create a modern enlightenment that results in healthy communities and truly interdependent citizens. It´s position is that all learning should result in substantive personal and social change. This concept includes, among other ideas, the relationship between culture, communities, and the institutions and curriculum...
Ocells dels jardins
10/08/2014
Ocells dels jardins is a project promoted by the Catalan Institute of Ornithology where you can learn to recognize and count the birds in your garden, in a public park or even on the balcony of your home. We encourage you to collaborate!
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...
Free technology for teachers
21/07/2014
The purpose of this site is to share information about free resources that teachers can use in their classrooms. Intended to help teachers of all grade levels and content areas (including math) gain ideas, tips, and locate other free resources to improve their students’ academic success. This blog has been...
Contenedores
07/07/2014
Contenedores es un proyecto que pretende superar la tradicional organización de los contenidos educativos por disciplinas escolares. Por eso se ha elegido ese término, habitual en otros ámbitos de la cultura, para describir la manera deliberadamente abierta de organizar los centenares de materiales didácticos que contienen. Contenedores es un gran...
Edutec-e, Revista Electrónica de Tecnología Educativa
Edutec-e Revista Electrónica de Tecnología Educativa es una publicación que desde 1995 recoge artículos de reflexión generados en el ámbito de la tecnología educativa. Edutec-e tiene como principales objetivos difundir trabajos de investigación y experiencias del uso de las TIC en el campo educativo y servir de plataforma para el...
NÚMEROS
La revista NÚMEROS de Didáctica de las Matemáticas es una publicación digital que se ocupa de la enseñanza y el aprendizaje de las matemáticas desde infantil hasta la universidad, aunque atiende preferentemente la educación primaria y secundaria. Publica trabajos de interés para el profesorado de esos niveles, tales como experiencias...
Revista Iberoamericana de Ciencia, Tecnología y Sociedad
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...
Unión: Revista Iberoamericana de Educación Matemática
La revista digital UNIÓN es el órgano de difusión de la Federación Iberoamericana de Educación Matemática (FISEM), que agrupa a los docentes de los países que la componen (Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, España, México, Paraguay, Perú, Portugal, Uruguay y Venezuela). La revista invita a la comunidad iberoamericana a colaborar...
Aprender para Educar con Tecnología
La revista Aprender para Educar con Tecnología es una iniciativa del Instituto Nacional Superior del Profesorado Técnico de la Universidad Tecnológica Nacional (UTN) de la ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Trata sobre educación y tecnología y está dirigida a educadores y futuros docentes de habla hispana de todo el mundo....
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...
Muy Interesante
Muy Interesante es una revista mensual de divulgación y ciencia popular, creada en España. Sus contenidos abarcan desde las ciencias biomédicas, la tecnología y la astrofísica hasta la psicología y la historia. La publicación se caracteriza por la riqueza visual, fotográfica e infográfica, así como por un estilo periodístico y...
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...
L’aigua que no veiem, però sí que usem
27/06/2014
L’aigua subterrània constitueix la principal fracció d’aigua dolça disponible al nostre planeta per satisfer les necessitats de proveïment d’una població creixent que, a més, a mesura que augmenten el desenvolupament econòmic i el benestar social, demana una dotació més gran per càpita d’aquest recurs. L’exploració, el control, la modelització i...
La ciència de l’aigua: “Què fem amb l’aigua quan està bruta?”
In this session, Joan Mata, professor from the Department of Chemical Engineering of Universitat de Barcelona, speaks about the water cycle, particularly the management of waste water. He describes how is it generated and how it can be reduced. The activity is part of the series La ciència de l’aigua...
GeoGebra
24/06/2014
GeoGebra is an interactive software for the study of arithmetic, geometry, algebra and calculus that offers multiple representations of mathematical objects from each of the possible perspectives: graphical views, algebraic and data sheets. Each representation of the same object is dynamically linked to the others in an automatic and mutual...
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...
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...
SIMO Educación 2014. Salón de tecnología para la enseñanza
SIMO Educación 2014 mostrará, a través de la oferta de sus empresas participantes, los avances disponibles en las herramientas tecnológicas para la educación, y una completa agenda de debates, conferencias, seminarios y talleres prácticos, con ponencias de personalidades destacadas y expertos. SIMO Educación 2014 anima a la comunidad docente a compartir sus...
Salvadoriana. The Barcelona cabinet of curiosities
14/06/2014
Salvadoriana es una exposición de reliquias del patrimonio científico de Barcelona coleccionadas por diversas generaciones de la familia Salvador e incluye elementos del mundo mineral, vegetal y animal. Es una colección nacida de la curiosidad y de la pasión por atesora, pero también de una voluntad de investigación científica con...
Mediterranean Virtual Herbarium
09/06/2014
The western Mediterranean Virtual Herbarium is a wide gallery of images of the plants in the western Mediterranean basin. The Virtual Herbarium has been structured in index entries or individual web pages for each vegetable species considered. The most important aim of each entry are the images of the plants;...
TeacherTube: videos, audios, photos and educational documents
TeacherTube is a video sharing website similar to, and based on, YouTube. It is designed to allow those in the educational industry, particularly teachers, to share educational resources such as video, audio, documents, photos, groups and blogs. The site contains a mixture of classroom teaching resources and others designed to...
CmapTools, concept maps
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...
Fundación Española para la Ciencia y Tecnología, FECYT
06/06/2014
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...
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....
EXPLORA
05/06/2014
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...
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...
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....