Known as Italy’s best-loved ‘social prof’. His Instagram and Tik Tok profiles have won over thousands of students in just a few months, demonstrating how social networks can be valuable allies for education and valid channels for building a new model for digital schools
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Paolo Landri, senior researcher at the CNR-IRPPS (National Research Council at the Institute of Research on Population and Social Policies), explains how an informed choice is required in terms of using technology-based tools which are more suitable to educational requirements, without necessarily accepting platforms that are more widely available on the market, which have been created for professionals in the field and not for schools.
Data show that Italy is lagging behind the rest of Europe on digital skills. The project announced by the Labour Minister Catalfo as part of the country’s Recovery Plan will have a budget of 11.2 billion euro. Giovanni Biondi, President of Indire: These funds should be used properly
From video channels with educational content to fully-fledged online platforms with practice tests there are many ways to keep up the training and be schooled while quarantined at home.
Schools are closed all over Italy, 7.5 million students are staying home. The digital world, which so far has divided teachers’ opinions, has quickly become the only way to keep in touch with the children and teach long distance. But what will happen after this emergency?
The last two Budget Laws have redefined the professional figure and scope of the professional social worker. A crucial profile to win the battle for social inclusion.
So says Nadia Cattaneo, headmistress at the Enrico Tosi technical college in Northern Italy, said to be the best school in the country
It is a slow process, but even the most sceptical teachers are beginning to understand that teaching needs to be updated . These are the words of Chiara Burberi, CEO of Redooc, a digital teaching platform dedicated to scientific subjects
Our country should stop selling cars with diesel or petrol engines by 2035 and switch to electric cars. New skills, new professional profiles and more research will be needed
“Psychology and the Good Life”, taught by Laurie Santos at Yale, has become the most popular course in the history of the prestigious American university. Yet there is no shortage of examples in Italy as well
Software developers, engineers and computer scientists will be leading the first phase of creating a virtual reality for avatars. But eventually a detailed world will have to be created, and this will only be possible with architects, designers, mathematicians and many other professional profiles.