Loading...Caleiduino is the first electronic kaleidoscope on the open-source electronics platform Arduino. The creator of this invention is the artist José Manuel González. It brings together art and technology, becoming a tool for teaching electronics and programming in an entertaining way. Caleiduino is already having success outside of Spain, and Italian children are learning how to make them in workshops.
Computing 4 Life, a project training teachers so they can introduce their students to technology
The University of Granada is collaborating with Google to train teachers in new technologies. The project ‘Computing 4 Life’, developed by teachers from the Free Software Office at the University of Granada, has been the only Spanish initiative funded by Google in 2017.
Accessible science with a microbiology workshop aimed at children with hearing impairments
The University of Jaén is developing educational workshops to promote scientific vocations amongst children. Their project includes children with disabilities. One of the workshops’ proposals is to introduce microbiology to youngsters with hearing impairments. Whilst staining bacteria and observing them under a microscope, they also learn that they have to wash their hands before eating and that not all microorganisms are harmful.
Meraki, a three year trip around Latin America to promote reading amongst children
Ángel Arana and Aurora Asensio are two primary school teachers from Bollullos de la Mitación, in Seville. In the summer of 2017 they are beginning a three year trip with their three children that will take them to every corner of Latin America in a bus that has been converted into a ‘library school’. Their project is called Meraki and they aim to promote reading amongst children and learn about the innovative educational projects being carried out in the subcontinent. The initiative is being supported by several Andalusian businesses, amongst them a number of publishing houses specialising in children’s literature.
