TangIn meets ETH Zürich!

TangIn meets ETH Zürich!

Daniel Gonçalves, one of the lead researchers of the TangIn team was invited to share with ETH Zürich researchers the work being done in the project to promote tangible programming in formal education. ETH Zürich is considered to be, one of, if not the best, technical school in Europe and usually ranks Top 5 in the world for science and engineering. The school accounts with 21 Nobel laureates in its belt, including Albert Einstein, and…

The third project newsletter is out!

The third project newsletter is out!

This week we released the third newsletter of TangIn project with the latest news about the project developments and the upcoming plans. In this edition of the newsletter the focus is on the teachers training course held in the beginning of January in Aveiro, Portugal. Participant teachers have provided detailed insights and feedback that are fundamental for the research team of the project. We also present the structure of the toolbox of educational resources that…

European teachers training course was a success

European teachers training course was a success

The European teachers training course on tangible programming, held last week in Aveiro, finished last Saturday and participants are motivated with what they have learned and can use in primary school education. For five days, 16 teachers from Portugal, Spain, Bulgaria and Latvia attended the European teachers training course on tangible programming promoted in the framework of the TangIn project. The course aimed to promote teachers’ competences in using tangible programming concepts and tools to…

European teachers are learning about tangible programming

European teachers are learning about tangible programming

A total of 16 teachers from different countries are together in Aveiro participating in the European training course on tangible programming, promoted in the framework of the TangIn project, by Universidade de Aveiro.  Started on last Tuesday, the first edition of this European teacher training course on tangible programming is running the third day. On the first day, two sessions with experts in ICT for education, tangible programming and computational thinking were promoted. An initial…

European teachers training course on tangible programming is about to start

European teachers training course on tangible programming is about to start

Over the next week, starting Tuesday 8th January and with a duration of five days, Universidade de Aveiro (Portugal), in the framework of the TangIn project, is hosting the TangIn European teachers training course on tangible programming.  This first edition of this teachers training course addresses selected teachers of the TangIn project partners shools, teaching at primary school level. A total of 16 teachers coming from Portugal, Spain, Bulgaria and Latvia will be together for…