Tomorrow, Saturday, February 1, at the IIS Guglielmo Marconi in Civitavecchia (Rome), the school will inaugurate its new innovative didactics lab, renovated thanks to the MIUR Call for Inovative Learning Environments. The areas and devices available in the new lab will be used for all subjects. The lab is located near the language lab and the school cafeteria.
AGENDA
10.30 | Live Music and Welcome
10.50 | Presentation of the Lab
- Headmaster, Introduction
- Claudio Capobianco, Lab Presentation
- Eleonora De Risi, Lazio Innova
- Cecilia Stajano / Alfonso Molina, Fondazione Mondo Digitale
- Carlo Ottaviani, Officine Robotiche
11.15 | Audience Participation
11.25 | Student Project Presentations & Networking
11.45 | Coffee break and Music (Student Project Presentations & Networking also continues)
One of the projects that will be presented by students is Easy-talk, developed through participation in the Ambizione Italia for Schools Programme [see post (in Italian): Con Easy Talk niente più fraintendimenti!]. "We used Microsoft Cognitive Services to develop a physical device that helps children with difficulties to communicate and recognise other people’s moods,” explains Prof. Claudio Capobianco. "During the inauguration we will present the second version of the prototype, developed in collaboration with CRC Balbuzie in Rome, a centre of excellence for learning disorders and with whom we will begin field testing.”
"All of our projects are open source and hosted on GitHub to promote the spirit of open innovation amongst students and allow all interested parties to actively contribute,” concludes Prof. Capobianco.
