After an introduction to electronics, we moved onto our first experience with Arduino and real components. “Wow! It turned on! It turned on!!!” F. was ecstatic when his first led came on. [...]
In the meantime, I have become somewhat of a celebrity with the school children. Even students in classes who were not directly involved in my courses, stopped me and asked me about Rome. [...]
It’s time to say goodbye. I’m literally assaulted by a wave of children who try to stop me. I. embraces me and his professor has a hard time dragging him back into the classroom. S. tells me that before participating in OpenSpace he had never considered computer science as a possible career opportunity. [...]
Last week, Project OpenSpace and Coach Marco Brocchieri were at the Istituto Comprensivo Sperone-Pertini in Palermo to introduce students and teachers to electronics, starting with Arduino. Back in Rome – actually in the suburbs of Rome – Marco was enthusiastic about sharing his experience, which he described with grace, irony and stupor.
The story of his experience was published on the Percorsiconibambini.it Blog, an on-line space for the network of projects selected by Con i Bambini as part of the Fund to Contrast the Educational Poverty of Minors.
“Wow, si è acceso!” Così Marco diventa una celebrità
(in Italian)
Oct. 7, 2019
OpenSpace – Spaces for the Active Participation of the Educational Community, selected by Con i Bambini as part of the Fund to Contrast the Educational Poverty of Minors is a four-year project that aims to make communities more inclusive and responsible, promoting the educational and cultural growth and the empowerment of pre-adolescents and adolescents. The project is being held in suburban areas of Bari, Milan, Palermo and Reggio Calabria.
