La revista EDUCACION 3.0 es un medio de comunicación global cuyo propósito es contribuir al cambio metodológico en las aulas a través de las TIC y de las metodologías activas. Se dirige a todas aquellas personas que conforman el sector educativo y participan en el proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje, incluidas las familias. En este mes, la...
How does your body know what time it is? – Marco A. Sotomayor
13/12/2016
Being able to sense time helps us do everything from waking and sleeping to knowing precisely when to catch a ball that’s hurtling towards us. And we owe all these abilities to an interconnected system of timekeepers in our brains. But how do they work? Marco A. Sotomayor details how...
Awesome Oceans
14/10/2016
Awesome Oceans is a video made by Edeos, an agency that specializes in the design and production of audiovisual educational materials. This illustrated explainer video shows the fascination of the ocean, but also it biggest threats. More information about Edeos
TES
11/10/2016
TES is dedicated to supporting the world’s teachers. Their mission is to enable great teaching by helping educators to find the tools and technology they need to excel and by supporting them throughout their career and professional development. Through a free platform, educators can create content mixing the use of digital...
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,...
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...
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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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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20ª Semana de la Ciencia en la Universidad de Barcelona
13/11/2015
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...
Can we, as adults, grow new neurons?
13/10/2015
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.
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...
EscoLab 2016
07/09/2015
EscoLab is a set of free scientific activities, aimed at students of secondary school (ESO), Spanish baccalaureate and vocational training. These activities open the door to different laboratories and research centers and offer the opportunity to dialogue with researchers working in the advancement of society. It is an initiative of...
Cities of learning
Cities of learning is a project that presents a new concept of city where the training of young people is in accordance with the requirements of the XXI century. It is organized a network of activities in different places of the city that allow users learn and develop skills and...
CocoCiència: joves que divulguen ciència
14/07/2015
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»,...
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...
Learn.Genetics
15/06/2015
Learn.Genetics is an interactive website of the Genetic Science Learning Center, University of Utah -USA-. It offers a wide variety of activities on genetics for non-experts. The resources offered in the website can be useful for learning different concepts related to genetics, evolution, health, etc. For example, could be construct...
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...
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....
Ciclo de conferencias “Ciencia abierta al barrio”
30/04/2015
La Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Barcelona ha organizado el ciclo de divulgación sanitaria Ciencia abierta al barrio. El ciclo consta de tres conferencias que tratarán sobre la malaria, la voz y la curación de los linfomas. Todas las charlas se realizarán en el Aula Magna de la Facultad de...
Talk “Culture and Science in the Digital Era”
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....
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...
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....
XVI Exporecerca Jove
23/03/2015
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...
Google Science Fair
09/03/2015
The Google Science Fair is a free and online science competition open to students ages 13 to 18 from around the globe. There are two age groups, 13-15 and 16-18. Students sign up for the Science Fair with a free Google account at the website. They’ll then carry out a test or...
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...
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.
Measuring the Earth
> Documentary of the Institut Cartogràfic i Geològic de Catalunya. It aims to show the evolution of the representation of the Earth since ancient times to the present day.The way to understand the Earth as a plan to be represented in spherical form, the first calculations to know the size...
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...
AraTecno: Portal temático aragonés para la enseñanza de la tecnología
19/08/2014
El portal está orientado a ser un soporte para el aula de tecnología y servir de referencia tanto a los profesores que imparten la asignatura tecnología e informática como a los alumnos interesados en estas áreas. Para ello, el portal ofrece una amplia gama de recursos educativos y sirve como...
dedos. Tabletas digitales en el aula
dedos es el blog de difusión del proyecto “Dedos, tabletas digitales en el aula” liderado por el Centro Internacional de Tecnologías Avanzadas -CITA- de la Fundación Germán Sánchez Ruipérez. El blog pretende ser una ventana desde la que otear el futuro de las tabletas digitales en el aula, analizar sus...
Eureka: divulgación científica en las aulas
07/07/2014
La Revista Eureka es una publicación mantenida por Omnis Cellula, entidad sin ánimo de lucro vinculada a la Universidad de Barcelona. La publicación está dirigida especialmente a jóvenes estudiantes de educación secundaria y bachillerato y tiene por objetivo fomentar el interés por la investigación y la vocación científica. Eureka combina...
Com combatre la desafecció escolar?
26/06/2014
Després dels 10 anys de Debats d’Educació, començarem un nou debat dedicat a la desafecció escolar. Comptarem amb la participació de Valerie Hannon, creadora de l’exitós programa internacional Learning Futures i Learning Frontiers – transformant la participació de l’alumnat i de la comunitat educativa. Un projecte dissenyat des de les...
Science Books for Students
24/06/2014
Reading science trade books is the perfect way for students to build literacy skills while learning science content. The books that appear in these lists were selected as outstanding children’s science trade books. They were chosen by a book review panel appointed by the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) and...
Tiching
Tiching is a school educational network that aims to be a benchmark in which the education community can find and share resources to learn and teach better. Its objective is to make accessible to teachers, students and families all educational digital contents available on the Internet and to disseminate them...
Ambientech: science, technology and environment
Ambientech is a non-profit organization whose main objective is to develop and expand training in science and technology with a focus on environmental protection, an understanding that environmental education is a cross field which should be included in all curricula intended for students of all ages. The Ambientech program is...
To Space and back
13/06/2014
Esta exposición temporal de CosmoCaixa Barcelona, muestra cómo los avances científicos y tecnológicos para la exploración espacial han generado conocimientos y recursos utilizados en beneficio de la sociedad. Muchos de los aparatos utilizados en la medicina y en la vida cotidiana en general fueron desarrollados a partir de tecnologías pensadas...
Khan Academy
09/06/2014
Khan Academy is a non-profiteducational website created in 2006 by educator Salman Khan to provide “a free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere.” Students can make use of our extensive library of content, including interactive challenges, assessments, and videos from any computer with access to the web. The website features thousands...
Edu3.cat
Edu3.cat es un portal de radio y televisión educativas por internet impulsado por el Departament d’Ensenyament de la Generalitat de Catalunya. Dispone de más de 5000 materiales audiovisuales elaborados por el propio Departament, Televisió de Catalunya (TV3) y Catalunya Radio, entre otros, organizados por niveles educativos. En particular, ofrece secciones...
Brain Quiz
05/06/2014
Brain Quiz es una miniserie de vídeos de divulgación científica sobre nuestro cerebro que responde a cuestiones como ¿cuáles son las diferencias entre el cerebro humano y un ordenador?, ¿cómo aprendemos el lenguaje?, ¿por qué el cerebro nos engaña?, ¿cómo es nuestra memoria?… Para responder a estas cuestiones, el programa...
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...
Educ@conTIC
01/06/2014
Es un sitio dirigido a los docentes que recopila una amplio abanico de recursos TIC y prácticas educativas mediadas por las TIC, así como noticias y eventos relacionados con la enseñanza, el aprendizaje y las tecnologías digitales. Educ@conTIC pone a la disposición del profesorado las redes sociales más importantes del...
Espacio Procomún Educativo
24/05/2014
Este espacio es un repositorio de recursos y experiencias educativas abiertas de todos los niveles educativos no universitarios preparados para ser utilizados directamente en el aula o bien para ser modificados y adaptados a diferentes contextos o necesidades. Como elemento destacado, Procomún incorpora un potente buscador con características de la...