30th of September will be the last day of activities for the partners of the TangIn project, that meet in Matosinhos for the final project meeting last week.   For 2 years the members of the consortium have worked together to produce a robust set of educational resources for teachers. The aim was to deliver a set of educational resources and materials to promote and support the effective use of tangible programming tools and concepts…

During the 2019 ICEM Conference held in Memphis, USA several workshops on education and technology were organized and one of the TangIn researchers was there presenting our project and main achievements and conclusions.   Through FEdEx Institute of Technology, the University of Memphis is organizing the 2019 International Council for Educational Media (ICEM) Conference and large number of side workshops named “Educational Media and Technology Series”. Maria José Loureiro from the University of Aveiro has…

The feedback received from the participants in the different events organized in Latvia, Valmieras region, was very positive as the materials were judged as innovative and relevant and teachers are willing to use tangible programming.   The Latvian partner Valmieras Pārgaujas Sākumskola has organized different events in the past weeks targeting various audiences: from school headmasters to teachers and young and recent graduate teachers, but also parents and the teachers of the Valmieras Pārgaujas Sākumskola. These…

The Spanish multiplier event was held on September the 11th in Madrid region, reaching out 27 professionals in the education sector.   Organized by Colegio Santa Elena in Villarejo de Salvanés, the Spanish multiplier event gathered the participation of teachers, teaching training students, technology professionals and other people interested in tangible programming and robotics. The event was very dynamic with the participation of teachers and students of the Colegio Santa Elena that were involved in…

On September 3rd the first promotional event of the TangIn project took place in the Lower Metropolitan Region, with the participation of 20 teachers from basic education level.   During the event promoted by our partner Know and Can, the participating teachers had the opportunity to become familiar with the concept of tangible programming, the differences when compared with classical programming, and the benefits of using these concepts in school education, especially with students at…