Multiplier Event for Spanish educators in Valladolid – Nov 2024

A multiplier event  organised by Universidad de Valladolid to disseminate the  “FERTILE” initiative to Spanish educators in Valladolid

The event’s agenda was communicated through   https://roboticslaburjc.github.io/estudio-piloto-fertile/ME_Valladolid/  and  utilised the “FERTILE” training material available at https://fertile-project.eu/trainingmaterial/ 

It included:

  • Introduction to the “FERTILE” project and its initiative to interweave Educational Robotics and Arts to cultivate
    Computational Thinking skills.
  • Familiarity with Computational Thinking skills.
  • Experiential recognition of how the “FERTILE Methodology” applies interdisciplinarity synthesising Educational Robotics and Art.
  • Introduction to the “FERTILE” community platform https://fertile.gsic.uva.es 
  • Promotion of the “FERTILE” training event that complemented the multiplier event.

11 Spanish educators from kindergarden and primary education, originating from either Educational Robotics  or Arts disciplines, participated at the face -to-face multiplier event held in Valladolid, Spain on November 26, 2024.

The presenters were:

  • Lia García Pérez, assistant professor at Universidad Complutense de Madrid, and member of the research team at
    Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
  • Yannis Dimitriadis, professor at Universidad de Valladolid
  • José María Cañas Plaza, professor at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
  • Juan Ignacio Asensio Pérez, professor at Universidad de Valladolid
  • David Roldán Álvarez, assistant professor at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
  • Mohamed Saban, postdoctoral researcher at Universidad de Valladolid