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.
#DDYW
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Defining digital youth work European conference – #DDYW – in Oulu, Finland

I spent a few days for #DDYW in Oulu, Finland, in what looked like a paradise to me. Not for the amazing…

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Technology “with a soul”: games and education

Technology with a soul? Whatever this might mean for you, It’s a trend that I noticed, and I see it growing – I realized…

Papert with an Apple IIGS the first Lego Mindstorms
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Thanks Seymour Papert for changing the world

It’ s been a few hours since we got news of the death of Seymour Papert, 88 years old. He seemed immortal…

pokemonGo
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PokemonGO and augmented or decreased education?

PokemonGO , the game based on despicable manga monsters from a few years ago, is definitely the talk of the town during this period….

school
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School: is it really destroying creativity?

Today I had to go to school, but I felt really bad: my famous back pain, faithful companion of many adventures, lately is…

Get Storied - storytelling and education
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Get Storied: storytelling and education

Storytelling and education? [NB: This post is widely based on original story GET STORIED: Storytelling and education, published “just in time” in English on the…

aaron swartz
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Will you join us? -a memory of Aaron Swartz

Aaron Swartz wrote: There is no justice under these unjust laws. It’s time to come into the light and, in the grand…

american lectures
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American Lectures – six memos for the next web

Last week I gave a lecture in a training course for workers in the local Public Healthcare Agency in Monza. What do the American…

storytelling
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Storytelling is the next big thing? new social media coming.

Since December 2011 I’m exploring Cowbird, a (not so) small socialnetwork of storytelling, that is … tellers of stories. Since some time I’m also witnessing the birth of Medium, whose early-adopters are a…

start
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let’s start: hello world!

Ciao, this is how we start! It’s more or less how it all started for me, indeed. I gladly welcome you all…