Preschool Teachers’ Role in Establishing Joint Action During Children’s Free Inquiry in STEM. Marie Fridberg and Andreas Redfors. An article about preschool teachers’ didactic strategies when working with digital and analogue programming. Results from the botSTEM project. Click here to read the article Impactos: 130 Post Views: 394
The article: Robotics and Early-years STEM Education: The botSTEM Framework and Activities The article starts with a presentation of the botSTEM toolkit with assorted teaching practices and finishes with examples of preliminary results from a qualitative analysis of implemented activities during science teaching in preschools. It turns out that despite perceived obstacles that teachers initially…Continúa leyendo botSTEM article published
4th. Newsletter – December 2019 Download the 4th. newsletter Impactos: 25 Post Views: 137
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Español Como se comentó en una entrada anterior del Blog (¿Qué son los dispositivos progrmables?) los microcontroladores se llaman también sistemas empotrados o embebidos, porque están contenidos en el dispositivo que pretenden controlar. Por ejemplo, aparecen embebidos en los coches en los que controlan la climatización, la velocidad, los elevalunas, etc. Otra característica importante de…Continúa leyendo Entradas y salidas digitales y analógicas en microcontroladores / Digital and analog inputs and outputs on microcontrollers
The Swedish magazine “Förskolan” , a professional magazine directed towards preschool teachers potentially reaching all preschool teachers in Sweden have reported on the botSTEM project. A reporter from the magazine visited one of our participating preschool on site and wrote an extenisive article presenting the botSTEM project. Read the article (in swedish) https://forskolan.se/teknik-i-forskolan-fran-elektricitet-till-robotar/ Impactos: 183…Continúa leyendo botSTEM in Swedish Press
Three posters were presented at the ESERA19 conferense in Bologna. ESERA might be the most significant conference concerning science education worldwide. One poster where exposed during the whole conference in a section called EU-corner. Two other posters were presented at a postersession. One poster presenting experiences from Spain and one poster presenting experiences from Sweden.…Continúa leyendo ESERA19 and the botSTEM-posters: The Swedish poster
Three posters were presented at the ESERA19 conferense in Bologna. ESERA might be the most significant conference concerning science education worldwide. One poster where exposed during the whole conference in a section called EU-corner. Two other posters were presented at a postersession. One poster presenting experiences from Spain and one poster presenting experiences from Sweden. …Continúa leyendo ESERA19 and the botSTEM-posters: The Spanish poster
Three posters were presented at the ESERA19 conferense in Bologna. ESERA might be the most significant conference concerning science education worldwide. One poster where exposed during the whole conference in a section called EU-corner. Two other posters were presented at a postersession. One poster presenting experiences from Spain and one poster presenting experiences from Sweden.…Continúa leyendo ESERA19 and the botSTEM-posters presented
The botSTEM project was presented at ESERA 2019. Posters and oral presentions drew attention towards the project and it remains to be seen in what capacity future cooperatons were initiated. Impactos: 152 Post Views: 1.943
From Monash University we get an inspiring article concerning STEM and early childhood. Prof. Marilyn Fleer proposes a Conceptual Playworld. There are five steps to setting up and developing a Conceptual PlayWorld that are really important. There is even an app to guide us through the process. Read more about this inspiring idea. https://www.monash.edu/education/teachspace/articles/five-steps-for-early-childhood-educators-to-create-a-conceptual-playworld-and-encourage-a-love-of-stem…Continúa leyendo Five steps for early childhood educators to create a Conceptual PlayWorld and encourage a love of STEM
One of the aims of BOTSTEM is to create an online community of practice for teachers interested in implementing STEM activities in their teaching. The botstem.org platform is based on the leading Virtual Learning Environment Moodle which offers tools for the creation and dissemination of interactive activities and social inclusion, using forums, chatrooms and even…Continúa leyendo Botstem.org: An Online Community of Practice
, Attachments Newsletter3 May19 (625 kB)Impactos: 18 Post Views: 373
“Free and mindful opportunities in schools to change the Future” Verona 30th March 2019 The first botSTEM multiplier event has been organized in Verona (Italy) by Polo Europeo della Conoscenza with the title “Free and mindful opportunities in the schools to change the Future” at the Conference Centre of San Zeno on the 30th March…Continúa leyendo BOTSTEM first Multiplier Event in Verona
Our partner Kveloce I+D+i is conducting the baseline for evaluating the social impact assessment in the BOSTSTEM project. This evaluation aims at enlightening is our project can change attitudes, perceptions and behaviours of the whole education community and, at some extent, to change the subjacent systemic conditions (policies, regional or national curricula and so on).…Continúa leyendo Evaluating the Social Impact of early-STEM education and innovative technologies
One of the aims of BOTSTEM is to create an online community of practice for teachers interested in implementing STEM activities in their teaching. The botstem.org platform is based on the leading Virtual Learning Environment Moodle which offers tools for the creation and dissemination of interactive activities and social inclusion, using forums, chatrooms and even…Continúa leyendo Botstem.org: an Online Community of Practice
The BotSTEM partners have created a new game called THE BOTSTEM GAME in 5 languages (English, Spanish, Swedish, Greek and Italian) for teachers to facilitate the introduction of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) , robotics and programming disciplines in the classrooms in a fun way. To get the best of the game, teachers should…Continúa leyendo The botSTEM Game
Modification of the Toolkit activity ”Children programming each other as bluebots” As a result of teachers trying out the different activities in the botSTEM toolkit, the practices are modified and adapted to the different child groups. In the original version of the activity “Children programming each other as bluebots”, three children worked together as one…Continúa leyendo The joy of creating your own command
During 2019 botSTEM Project has been introduced at different conferences in order to make the project objectives, contents and actions developed till now, known worldwide This action of dissemination let the educational community create better networking and reinforce STEM education. On February 3, the coordinator of the project PhD. Ileana Greca presented botSTEM at the…Continúa leyendo BOTSTEM travels around the world
Español En los últimos tiempos se ha extendido el aprendizaje de la programación de dispositivos programables en niveles educativos cada vez más tempranos. Muchas veces estos dispositivos son utilizados, pero se desconoce cuál es su estructura y elementos básicos. Además, en ocasiones la terminología para referirse a ellos es confusa. Comencemos por la arquitectura de…Continúa leyendo ¿Qué son los dispositivos programables? / What are programmable devices?
La robótica es cada vez más parte de nuestra vida, sobre todo en las aulas, donde desde hace ya algunos años la utilizan para trabajar contenidos curriculares. Pero este trabajo con la robótica y la programación no tiene por qué ser un campo exclusivo de las aulas sino que también se puede complementar este aprendizaje…Continúa leyendo El Robot como recurso didáctico
On 30th. of March 2019 in and extraordinary international multiplier event of www.botstem.eu project took place Video of the morning conference Opening event – Main Hall Moderator: Prof Donato de Silvestri Opening by the songwriter/singer Veronica Marchi Authorities: Dr. Augusta Celada – Director of Veneto Regional Educational Department Dr. Albino Barresi – Director of Verona…Continúa leyendo Verona Botstem Multiplier event
The Association for Science Education provides us with a series of articles addressing the issue of girls into science. This web-link gives us access to an inspiring and neatly packaged collection of articles on “girls inspiring girls” Titles like e.g “We still need more girls in science” , “Brilliant Women: Pioneers of Science and Technology”…Continúa leyendo Girls into science
Primary / pre-school teacher students working with the design of STEM activities combining technology and digital competence at Kristianstad University. In order for pupils to develop insights regarding the “invisible technology in every-day life”, teacher students develop challenges for the pupils. The themes demonstrated in the images is; “My way to the school”. The technology…Continúa leyendo Teacher training students design of STEM activities
Español El fin de semana del 2 y 3 de febrero se celebró en Madrid el II Congreso Nacional de Scientix. Este evento fue organizado por INTEF y la Fundación Española para la Ciencia y la Tecnología y tuvo como objetivo facilitar el intercambio de conocimientos técnicos y ejemplos prácticos de la enseñanza de las…Continúa leyendo II Congreso Nacional de Scientix. II National Congress of Scientix
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/355/6323/389 Español Uno de los objetivos del proyecto BotStem es superar los prejuicios que las niñas y niños asumen durante su infancia y liderar una intervención STEM con enfoque de género desde etapas iniciales. Un reciente estudio publicado en la revista Science (Bian, Leslie, & Cimpian, 2017) pone de relieve cómo los estereotipos de género…Continúa leyendo Estereotipos de género en los niños y niñas. Gender stereotypes in children
El aprendizaje reflexivo o por indagación, muy a menudo expresado en inglés americano como “inquiry-based learning” – es la base de nuestro proyecto, BOTSTEM. Se trata de una metodología activa que comienza a través del planteamiento de preguntas de investigación: planteamiento este adecuado a la edad y desarrollo del alumnado de referencia. Las preguntas, problemas…Continúa leyendo ¿Qué es “Inquiry-based learning” o aprendizaje reflexivo?
Second project newsletter Attachments 2nd Newsletter_Botstem (2 MB)Impactos: 250 Post Views: 3.315
After a year of successful collaboration, the partners of botSTEM project have managed to complete the first intellectual output of the project. IO1 is an online toolkit that contains good practices for integrating STEM activities in the classroom. It is now available at https://www.botstem.eu. One of the main purposes of the project is the development…Continúa leyendo BotSTEM develops an online platform
“What the students desire the most is to have value, to belong to their class, to give their contribution” (R. Dreikurs) The students with difficulties or special needs are part of the class and have the same desire as their peers. The technology can be a mean through which to give equality and dignity…Continúa leyendo Robotics for inclusion
A year after the kick-of meeting in Burgos, Spain, time had come for the second meeting, this time in Kristianstad, Sweden. Project partners from Spain, Cyprus and Italy joined their Swedish colleagues Björn Cronquist, Marie Fridberg and Andreas Redfors between the 4th and 6th of September for three days of discussions about all our favourite…Continúa leyendo The Kristianstad meeting – Sep 2018
Teachers have long tried to introduce new strategies in the classrooms to get primary students excited about STEM subjects. Sometimes this task is time-consuming and does not reach all the students in the expected way. In order to help teachers to motivate pupils in a fun, motivating and appealing way, the BotSTEM European Project Partners…Continúa leyendo Introduce in your classroom Robotics and Programming with STEM disciplines in a fun and innovative way! New Free Toolkit for primary teachers
Throughout 2018 botSTEM Project has been introduced to the education community at different congresses internationally as well as in Europe. Firstly, it is worth stressing the presentation of a poster at the 3rd Scientix Conference (http://www.scientix.eu/conference) which took place in Brussels in May with over 340 participants including teachers, policymakers, researchers, teacher trainers and industries.…Continúa leyendo Presentation of botSTEM to the education community in 2018
Educational goals: Learning about the world using various technical objects in functional situations. Attachments Good practices – The hourglass race (390 kB)Impactos: 281 Post Views: 3.871
In Kindergarten, colour work is part of a larger study of light and its effects on the surfaces or materials it enlightens and it is a special theme for linking arts education and science education. Attachments Good practices – The colours (358 kB)Impactos: 92 Post Views: 3.787
This is a practical activity that introduces students to microplastics, tiny plastic particles, and their impact on the marine environment. Attachments Good practices – Microplastics (420 kB)Impactos: 101 Post Views: 3.654
The school subjects involved in this activity are Mathematics and language but also social aspects of the preschool curriculum, through group activities and collaboration. Attachments Good practices – Bluebot_Maths (468 kB)Impactos: 146 Post Views: 4.328
Educational goals: knowledge in sequential thinking, programming and science, through linking different aspects of a phenomenon together. Attachments Good practices – Bluebot_Sci (375 kB)Impactos: 72 Post Views: 3.677
This activity should lead children to have other perspective of their home by apprehending it as a technical object. For it, different activities will lead them to familiarize with materials and construction processes. Attachments Good practices – Building with stones (375 kB)Impactos: 221 Post Views: 3.912
The project “Joint Through Technology” was funded from Google RISE Awards after a successful proposal by mathisis.org team. The aim of the project was to bring together kids from 5-15 and trainers from both larger communities in Cyprus, Greek and Turkish, while learning robotics and programming. Attachments Good practices – Joint through technology (534 kB)Impactos:…Continúa leyendo Joint through technology
botSTEM appears in national media, Diario ABC, Spain A European program led by the University of Burgos (UBU) encourages the use of robots in children to boost skills in Science, Technology, Mathematics and Engineering (STEM). Researchers from Spain, Sweden, Italy and Cyprus collaborate in a European project that aims to generalize the use of robotics…Continúa leyendo Robotics in the classroom: play to learn
In this activity the children write a play and musicalize it by creating musical ambiances with various sound bodies. Attachments Good practices – The sounds (400 kB)Impactos: 166 Post Views: 3.775
In this activity the students observe trees in a forest to make sketches and then visit a botany garden for making a digital herbarium. Attachments Good practices – The vegetal biodiversity (459 kB)Impactos: 90 Post Views: 3.602
This activity will promote coding skills and cultivate critical and creative thinking through coding activities. Attachments Good practices – Be a superhero (683 kB)Impactos: 173 Post Views: 3.604
This challenge is designed to help pupils tackle a pressing global issue from a variety of perspectives. Attachments Good practices – Beat the flood (377 kB)Impactos: 163 Post Views: 3.808
This activity puts children in a real-life situation that will help them develop skills to discuss complex problems, examine pros and cons and make decisions. Attachments Good practices – Climate change activities (413 kB)Impactos: 96 Post Views: 3.432
Educational goals: knowledge of sequential thinking and programming, through the children experiencing physically with their bodies. Attachments Good practices – Bluebot_in_person (401 kB)Impactos: 99 Post Views: 3.128
botSTEM appears in the news of HKR University – Text in Swedish and photos: Fabian Rimfors How can robots help children learn Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)? The European ERASMUS+ project botSTEM.eu has set out to find out. Robotics and programming are now part of the Swedish curricula, and the consortium are collecting and…Continúa leyendo Erasmus exchange shows how robots can help STEM teaching
Esta secuencia se extrae de la versión preliminar de un libro escrito por profesores que participan en el programa Chinese Learning by Doing como parte de una cooperación establecida con La main à la pâte en 2000. Attachments Good practices – The wind (417 kB)Impactos: 74 Post Views: 3.808
Los estudiantes de 3 a 5 años reciben la misión específica de identificar formas geométricas, tamaños y colores y de programar Next 1.0 para lograr los desafíos establecidos. Attachments Good practices – Next 1.0 (440 kB)Impactos: 76 Post Views: 3.172
En esta actividad los niños y niñas tienen el reto de ayudar a un robot (bluebot) a ascender a una mesa. Para ello se proporciona una gran variedad de tablas de diferentes longitudes que les ayude a construir puentes para los robots. Attachments Good practices – Bluebot – Up hill (389 kB)Impactos: 240 Post Views:…Continúa leyendo Bluebot – Atracción y fricción
Esta experiencia didáctica describe una ruta educativa para descubrir el cuerpo a través del método educativo de la Indagación Científica. Attachments Good practices – Body and movement (506 kB)Impactos: 80 Post Views: 3.234
