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Five-day structured courses for teachers and educators from across Europe, who take part with Erasmus+ mobility funding (KA1). Hands-on, in small groups, with methods that work in ordinary classrooms.

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Makerspaces in School Education

Setting up and running a makerspace in a school: digital fabrication, electronics and robotics, linked to the curriculum and to projects that students choose.

Citizen Sensing

Building simple sensors with students to investigate air, noise, light and how spaces feel — and turning the data into a discussion about what to change.

Toy Hacking

Opening, repairing and transforming toys: creativity, electronics and reuse, now also adapted to early childhood education.

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Courses for teachers

Try it first. Take it back to school.

Teacher and educator training that links hands-on experience to classroom practice. Together with Buinho, we organise five-day structured courses for teachers from across Europe, who take part with Erasmus+ KA1 mobility funding. Themes include makerspaces in school education, citizen sensing and toy hacking. Earlier editions took place in Carcavelos; the October 2026 edition of Makerspaces in School Education is hosted at FabLab Lisboa.

These courses often lead to lasting cooperation: the Sensing Belonging partnership with the Johannes-Gymnasium in Lahnstein began on a Citizen Sensing course, and the work on toy hacking in early childhood grew out of courses with kindergarten educators from Finland and Greece.

Our earlier catalogue of structured courses — including Introduction to AI, AI and Robotics in Education, AI for the Creative Mind and BioMaterials for Schools — can still be consulted at zingarelho.education.

Methods transferred to the school and lasting cooperation between schools across Europe.

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