Collective residencies / Olot
ROBOTICS II
From Friday, 3 May 2019 to Monday, 13 May 2019
Educational Robotics
Faber, the Residence for Arts, Sciences and Humanities of Catalonia in Olot, will dedicate a residency in the field of educational robotics. A programming language, such as the one used to program robots, is not just a matter of engineers or computer scientists with a great deal of knowledge. Nothing beyond reality.
A programming language does not differ too much from the verbal language we use to express ourselves. At one year of age, kids can already articulate some words. At the age of two, they make themselves understood in their own way. But it is not until the obligatory studies are finished that we are able to express ourselves without making too many mistakes.
The solution is simple: graphic languages. These languages allow us to express in a very visual and simple way the behavior we want the devices we program to have.
Scratch, Snap, MicroBlocks and Blockly are some of the graphical languages thought for the visual learning of computer programs and that now are used for the learning by means of the programming of small educational robots. Their use from a very young age allows them to be competent in something that is important in our current context: computational thinking. Having this capacity from an early age is a good tool for learning more complex content.
Faber organizes this robotics stay in collaboration with the team of Robolot technicians, who will provide residents, activities and also the organization of the Robolot days. In this stay we want to bring together connoisseurs and experts from around the world to work on this issue.
This is why we are addressing professionals in the field, as well as researchers and teachers whose projects have to do with the topics mentioned above.
Residents
ANA ESQUIVA
Electronic Teacher
PEDRO DAVID DOMINGO
Vocational training teacher and director of the Didactronics platform
KATHY GIORI
IoT Evangelist
FEDERICO COCA
Electronics teacher
MIREIA BRAUP
Teacher of Technology in secondary education and teacher technical advisor
JOSÉ GARCÍA
Coordinator Educational Area of Citilab
VÍCTOR CASADO
Telecommunications Engineer – Developer and STEM trainer
JORDI REGALÉS
Professor of Technology. Technical Advisor Docent
NINA COLL
Primary school teacher – ICT Specialist
JADGA HÜGLE
Snap! Researcher
BERNAT ROMAGOSA
Software engineer
FULGENCIO BERMEJO
Secondary School Teacher in Electronic Systems and Technology
GILLES MATEU
Head of studies at IMERIR
EVA MATEO
Arts teacher in Secondary School and Technical Advisor in the Innovation and Teacher Training Service of the General Directorate of Secondary Education in the Department of Education
MIGUEL ANTONIO PEÑA
Research Scientist – Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)
JUAN JOSÉ LÓPEZ ALMENDROS
Teacher and Software developer
JOSEP FERRÀNDIZ
Teacher
JOSÉ ANDRÉS ECHEVARRÍA ZUAZO
High School Teacher Technology
JOAN GUILLÉN
Teacher
CRISTINA BARRIUSO BATET
Engineer and educational innovation researcher
JOHN MALONEY
Computer scientist and creator of programming systems for beginners
JENS MÖNIG
Researcher and Designer
AGUSTÍN COLL
Vocational training teacher in Electronic Systems
Opinions
What residents are saying about us
Arts teacher in Secondary School and Technical Advisor in the Innovation and Teacher Training Service of the General Directorate of Secondary Education in the Department of Education
EVA MATEO
Pedagogy and robotics at Faber The opportunity to live together that Faber offers is a guarantee of generating synergies that lead to new ideas and projects. The evenings around the (good) table lead to unexpected discoveries and new complicities. ...
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Software engineer
BERNAT ROMAGOSA
Experience Remote work is one of the futuristic predictions often portrayed by tech magazines from the beginning of the digital era. Teams made up of people from all over the globe could work together in common projects without having to leave home, ...
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IoT Evangelist
KATHY GIORI
Virtual Horse Races and Hiking Mont Puigsacalm THE RACE The “horse race” was unforgettable. The video linked below says it all. No chance for the audience of Makers and teachers to fall asleep that Saturday morning at the Robolot conference ...
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Computer scientist and creator of programming systems for beginners
JOHN MALONEY
Time + Colleagues = Inspiration Creative endeavors require deep thought. Unfortunately, for most of us quality thinking time is rare. We are often forced to do our thinking while doing other things such as commuting, exercising, or taking showers. ...
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