CC-BY, Unsplash Introduction In this article, I would like to share how I use gamification in chemistry classes. The method was especially useful in digital education during the COVID lockdowns. It allowed me to mark the students’ work. The essence of gamification is that students collect points, and...
Picture provided by the author, attribution CC-BY Thinking about how to make mathematics interesting for children and how to prompt and encourage them to independently research, search and “dig” new information on Internet, I decided to start a new project at the school level: “History of Mathematics”. I remembered...
With the shift to online learning, caused by restrictions imposed on school closures, students have started to focus on searching for data and information on Internet more and more often. It is important to teach them how to choose appropriate sources of information, and how to edit, create, publish...
L’Isola dei Makers: where businesses, institutions and professionals meet “L’Isola dei Makers” (Makers Island) was the first digital fair to take place in Sardinia to disseminate new digital technologies. It consisted of three days, from 16 to 18 October 2020, dedicated to innovation. The aim was to offer a...
Going back to school after several months of lockdown highlighted the need for us teachers to reflect on the ways we teach and interact with our students. For this reason, a team of Italian Scientix Ambassadors organized an online event to exchange ideas and discuss with experts. During the...
A distance teaching experience in Physics with BYOD approach for reality tasks. Physics laboratory during the emergency Covid19.
Since 1986 we have the possibility of designing and printing original plastic parts and objects in our homes by using 3D printers. But it is during these months of a health crisis when we see, in a real way, how important this new technological machine is. It can be...
The virus caught us by surprise. It got into our lives suddenly. It was far away, and it did not seem like a threat. But it spread very fast and became a threat to us all. The classes were full, the projects underway, illusions on, students motivated, science through...