Author: michele

I mostly blog in Italian here, but sometimes in English too, about all my interests: so there is education, specially non formal one, possibly done outdoors, in seminars and training courses I give all over Europe; there are technologies and the net, my beloved ones since a while, which continue to be the most interesting thing in our time – but you have to know how they work, and where to put your hands; there are stories, born some thousand years before the damn word storytelling and which luckily will survive it for many more years – told in old and new ways, from a circle around the bonfire to the last videogame. And then there are videogames, a lot of them, as I think they are the ultimate cultural production of our times, an amazing learning tool, a great storytelling experience and so much more.
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Gaza, Palestine and video games.

After months of timidity and fear, Gaza has filled Italian squares like it hadn’t in a long time. In every city, in…

spazi digitali e videogiochi
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Videogames, interactive digital spaces, education and participation

We’re talking about videogames again: I’ve posted this content in the Italian section of the blog already – but it’s time to…

videogames participation
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Videogames and participation

You all know how much I am always trying to explore possibility to use videogames in educational settings, as a tool to…

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The Mastodon in the room

A migration is happening from Twitter to Mastodon. What can we learn from it?

people of color in fantasy tales
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Elves and mermaids of color. And more.

The discussion about characters or actors of color in popular TV adaptation of tales, comics and stories raises a debate. Let’s dive into it!

stranger things and Metallica
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Stranger Things – Master of (storytelling) puppets

Stranger Things season 4 streaming on Netflix brought back a lot of interest to the series, and this happened using many Convergence…

digital facilitation : keyboard, tablet and pencil
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The noble art of digital facilitation – pt. 1

The idea of a post about digital facilitation has been growing in my mind for a while – then the European community…

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The year when we were nowhere: digital transformation

Articles, podcasts, interviews, speeches regarding the digital transformation of education, during the pandemic time or… the year when we were nowhere.

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GBU: hacking learning and having fun meanwhile

When you grow up in the late 70s and early 80s in Italy, what could possibly go wrong? Well, almost everything… So…

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Media literacy: what were we talking about?

The UNESCO global MIL Week – their international campaign for Media and Information Literacy – is coming soon while I write, and…