WE CALL IT “DIGITAL EDUCATION” Matteo Ordanini Head of “awareness unit” - TheFabLab matteo@thefablab.it

1. WE CALL IT
“DIGITAL
EDUCATION”
Matteo Ordanini
Head of “awareness unit” - TheFabLab
matteo@thefablab.it

2. HISTORY OF A CHAIR
Wood sawing
FIRST TECHNOLOGY

3. HISTORY OF A CHAIR
Wood sawing
FIRST TECHNOLOGY
Wood bending
SECOND TECHNOLOGY

4. HISTORY OF A CHAIR
Wood sawing
FIRST TECHNOLOGY
Wood bending
SECOND TECHNOLOGY
Plastic injection
THIRD TECHNOLOGY

6. WHO WE ARE?
TheFabLab offers open innovation practices for
collaborative design and development of innovative
products, in an industry 4.0 perspective.
Our technologies and our know-how are at the service of
the most innovative business ideas.
We are partner of Talent Garden, the Europe’s larger
coworking network.
A digital fabrication platform
UMARELL IS WATCHING OVER US

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WHAT WE DO IN OUR FABLAB
(AS IN ANY OTHER ONE I SUPPOSE)

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ALL OF THIS - SOMEHOW - ARE LINKED TO
THE “DIGITAL EDUCATION”
AND THESE ARE (SOME OF) THE
ACTIVITY I DO

9. A LONG LONG TIME AGO…
FEW BORING ACADEMIC STUFFS (NOT VERY
ACCURATE BTW)
I worked in the
Educational department
of MUST museum from
2010 and I attended at
the shifting to a new
informal education
paradigm:
From PUS
To PES(1)

10. PUS (public
understanding
of science)

11. PES (Public
Engagement..)

12. “INFORMAL EDUCATION” AT SCHOOL-AGE
- Any learner (and this is even more true for the youngest
one) better understands a new topic when he is truly
engaged with it. -
- OK, seems legit -
- The problem is Technology is growing in a exponential
way and there is no way to be truly engaged with today’s
technology while learning. The only way is understanding
not the technology itself but the way it changes and
evolves.
The reason of that
PREHISTORIC IPHONE 3GS (2009)

13. MANY DIFFERENT METHODOLOGIES HAVE
BEEN DEVELOPED
💫 🔧 # 🤖
TINKERING DIY HANDS ON MAKING
THESE METHODOLOGIES LEADS TO THE
EMERGING OF A NEW THOUGHT, STRONGLY
LINKED TO TECHNOLOGIES…

14. Computational
Thinking
THAT’S TRUE ONLY FOR DIGITAL
TECHNOLOGIES…

15. Technology is
a tool

16. CREATIVE
THINKING
TECHNOLOGY IS A TOOL TO DEVELOP NEW IDEAS!
(AND IDEAS ARE KNOWLEDGE!)
💡

17. POST SCRITTUM
One of the most common mistake is to confuse the
technologies with the aim of education.
We don’t really care that kids will know how to program or
develop a website, as we don’t really care that they will know
how to use an abacus like this one (even if it is a cool tool!)+
Tools are very important for learners, so:
ALL TECHNOLOGIES ARE TOOLS, NOT JUST THE
DIGITAL ONES!

18. MORE TECHS
AT SCHOOL