The 1st INCLUDED international Multiplier Event was organized in Madrid (ESP) by the European University of Madrid (UEM) with the collaboration and presentation of the project by different partners (UNITN, CL, RK, A LA PAR) in a public-opened event about Inclusion and Education. The event was celebrated on May 31st, 2022, jointly with the VI Conference on Education and ASD, organized by the UEM, Madrid Autism Federation, and the Department of Education of the Community of Madrid. During the second half-day of the event, INCLUDED partners presented the INCLUDED project, its training activities for teachers, and some preliminary results from… Read more

6TH CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION AND AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER & INCLUDED INTERNATIONAL MULTIPLIER EVENT “EARLY DETECTION, FAMILY, EDUCATIONAL AND THERAPEUTIC RESPONSE” May 31, 2022, 9.30 – 20.00 h

Next November 18, 2021, the first multiplier event of the Erasmus + INCLUDED project in Spain will be celebrated at Fundación a la Par in collaboration with the European University of Madrid. With the title “Inclusive Education through tangible digital storytelling,” the event foresees different keynote speeches. Also, during the event is going to be presented the book “Approach to Inclusive education through tangible digital storytelling,” a course manual on tangible digital storytelling for teachers, elaborated by INCLUDED partners during the 2019-20 academic year and edited by SAR Alejandria Publishing House in collaboration with the European University of Madrid. In-presence… Read more

On October 1ST and 2nd  2021, the INCLUDED project LTTA (Transnational Learning, Teaching and Training Activities) event was held in Rovereto (Italy) with the collaboration of EduTech and Università di Trento. We want to thank all teachers from Spain (Fundación A LA PAR) and Italy (Istituto Comprensivo Modena 3) for the attendance and involvement in the activity.

Universidad Europea publishes on its website information about the research phase of the INCLUDED project, and about the next project event at the A LA PAR Foundation, on November 18, 2021. Read more…

Last 5th-6th July 2021, the INCLUDED project participated in the Edulearn 2021 Congress (13th Annual International Conference on Education and New Technologies for Learning), with a research article on the “TEACHERS ‘PERCEPTIONS ABOUT COLLABORATION AND INCLUSION USING A TANGIBLE DIGITAL STORYTELLING TOOL (I-THEATER) IN PRE-SCHOOL AND PRIMARY EDUCATION: THE INCLUDED PROJECT RESEARCH PILOT STUDY.” The authors presented the results from questionnaires and interviews conducted with 40 Italian and Spanish teachers after using i-Theatre in pre-school and primary school between January and April 2021. Abstract This study analyzes the teachers’ perception on the use of i-Theatre, a digital-tangible interactive system. The… Read more

We are pleased to announce the acceptance of the INCLUDED abstract for presentation at the next EDULEARN 2021 Congress (13th Annual International Conference on Education and New Technologies for Learning), which will be held in virtual format between 5th – 6th July 2021. The presentation, entitled “Teachers’ perceptions about collaboration and inclusion using a tangible digital storytelling tool (i-Theater) in pre-school and primary education: the INCLUDED Project Research pilot study,” is a qualitative analysis of the first data collected in the pilot experimentation phase with i-Theater in the collaborating schools of the project in Italy and Spain during January-May 2021.

During the month of March 2021, the i-Theater tool has been available for the students of the School CEIP Menéndez y Pelayo (Madrid). From school, they share with us the publication of the project in their digital newspaper and one of the stories produced by the students with i-Theater. Cuento de Primavera (Spring Story) – 4-year-old students from CEIP Menéndez y Pelayo (Madrid) We can’t wait to continue seeing your creations!

Next March 19th 2021, INCLUDED project will present the webinar “Between innovation and tradition: digital storytelling experiences for inclusive education” in #MilanoDigitalWeek, with the collaboration of Stripes Digitus Lab. In this webinar, speakers will present the storytelling approach integrated with technology, starting from the teachers’ experiences, showing how this can be an effective and meaningful method not only to nourish motivation, creativity, relational and cognitive skills in children but also to enhance basic and curricular skills. Between innovation and tradition: digital storytelling experiences for inclusive education March 19th 2021, 17.00-19.00 UCT+2 Language: Italian Free event Program: The magic tree and… Read more

Since yesterday, March 1st, 2021, the i-Theater tool is in Menéndez y Pelayo School, another of the collaborating centers of the INCLUDED project in Madrid. In this experimentation phase before the investigation, the i-Theater will be available to teachers and students of Early Childhood Education. We want to thank all the teachers for their great interest and disposition towards the project. We hope you enjoy the experience very much!

Last Monday, 1st February 2021, INCLUDED team took i-Theater to Santa Catalina de Sena School in Madrid, one of the collaborating centers of the project. An opportunity to experiment and make a first contact with the tool before the research and experimentation phase of the project next year. We hope you enjoy the experience! INCLUDED Project in the school’s website

We have everything almost ready to start with the rotation of i-Theater by three of the collaborating educational centers of the INCLUDED project in Madrid as of February 1, 2021. After a brief training about i-Theatre’s functioning, the tool will remain available in the school for two weeks. The objective is to provide teachers and students with the chance of starting to experiment and get in touch with i-Theater possibilities before the beginning of the project’s research phase in the classroom.

INCLUDED team is happy to wish you Merry Christmas INCLUDED – Digital Storytelling for Inclusion

The workshop “Storytelling, educational inclusion and technology in kindergarten and primary school”, scheduled on November 13th 2020, has been postponed, without a new date due to the COVID-19 situation and restrictions in Spain. From the INCLUDED team, we want to thank the interest and patience of all those registered. We hope to set a new date soon and count on your participation.

The workshop “Storytelling, educational inclusion and technology in kindergarten and primary school”, scheduled on September 12th 2020, has been again postponed due to the COVID-19 situation in Spain and the face-to-face course start. The event, framed among the training actions of the INCLUDED Project «Inclusive childhood education supported by multimedia and digital storytelling» presents some modifications in the program and location, which is expected to take place at the premises of the ALAPAR Foundation on 13 November 2020. From the INCLUDED team we want to thank the interest and patience of all registered. We hope to see you on the… Read more