DIGITAteLier
Innovative pedagogical models for enhancing digital well-being in early childhood and primary education.
Project
DESCRIPTION
The DIGITAteLier is a European project that promotes the digital well-being of children in pre-school and primary school, recognising that the use of technology should contribute to physical, cognitive, emotional and social development from the earliest years of life. The initiative places the educational community – teachers, educators and families – at the centre of building safe, creative and meaningful digital practices.
The project is funded by Erasmus+, as part of the European Policy Experimentation initiative, under the topic Digital Education // Digital Well-being: Putting into practice what works. It is led by the organisation Zaffiria (Italy) and has partners ArtedelContatto (Italy), Arte Urbana Collectif (Bulgaria), Cineclube de Viseu (Portugal) and La Fabulerie (France). It also involves schools and public organisations in the respective participating countries.
Project
Objectives
The project is based on three main objectives:
- Developing an innovative pedagogical framework — the Digital Atelier: an inclusive, scalable and replicable model that integrates the most advanced elements of digital education to promote children’s well-being in all its dimensions.
- Strengthening the capacity of teachers, educators and families: through training, co-creation of activities and experimentation in the school context, the aim is to equip educational communities with the tools, knowledge and confidence to guarantee rich and balanced digital learning environments.
- Inform and influence education policy: based on evidence gathered during the project, practical and strategic recommendations will be developed to support policymakers in promoting effective and innovative digital approaches in early childhood education across Europe.
DIGITAteLier thus seeks to unite research, pedagogical practice and political impact so that children learn, grow and express themselves safely and creatively in the digital world.
PARTNERS
Centro Zaffiria
Founded in Rimini in 1998, Zaffiria is a non-profit centre for media-education and digital creativity. It designs hands-on projects that weave together media literacy, ICT and play for children, teens and educators; as a ministry-accredited teacher-training institution, it also provides professional development for educators.
The organisation produces apps, e-books, video games and educational toolkits, and manages emblematic spaces such as the national Centro Alberto Manzi at the Emilia-Romagna Regional Assembly, LaVoratorio (a design-education hub inspired by Bruno Munari’s “Playing with Art” method) and two mountain ateliers where art, nature and technology meet. Through local, national and Erasmus+ partnerships it continues to experiment with innovative pedagogies that place creativity, inclusion and digital citizenship at the heart of learning.
CCV
The Cine Clube
The Cine Clube de Viseu (CCV), founded in 1955, is a cultural organisation dedicated to film promotion, programming and education. Based in Viseu, it develops an ongoing and regular activity that includes curated film screenings, the organisation of the short film festival VISTACURTA and the publication of the magazine ARGUMENTO, dedicated to critical film studies and cinephilia.
Since 1999, it has developed the educational programme Cinema for Schools, which involves children and young people in critical film sessions, creative workshops and practical experiences with animation and optical toys, promoting visual literacy and digital awareness from an early age. Through training sessions, film production with students and training programmes for teachers, CCV is committed to media education that stimulates critical thinking, creativity and active participation in the digital world.
La Fabulerie
La Fabulerie is a French cultural and educational organization that designs playful experiences combining heritage, storytelling, and digital creativity. With a strong focus on children and educators, we develop tools and exhibitions that promote a sensitive, low-tech approach to digital learning one that values imagination, co-creation, and hands-on discovery. Our projects include Le Fabuleux Musée, an interactive traveling exhibition based on digitized heritage collections; Maison (Re)connectée, a program supporting families in adopting mindful and creative media practices; Vivant.e.s, a sensory storytelling kit to explore biodiversity with young children; and Unplugged, a European Erasmus+ toolkit helping educators address digital topics without screens. At La Fabulerie, we believe in learning by doing, in empowering children as storytellers, and in making culture and digital tools accessible and meaningful for all.
Association
Arte Urbana
Collectif
Arte Urbana Collectif organises various cultural and educational events and initiatives such as festivals, film education screenings and discussions,theatre productions, workshops, masterclasses, international creative residency and educational forum focused on artistic education in Bulgaria. It aims to create an international artistic and cultural dynamic in the country. The Association’s mission is to revive the cultural dialogue on regional, national and international level, to develop young, difficult to reach and engage audiences, to create cultural projects connected to the educational sector where to promote the role of art and culture as a socio-political tool for positive change.
The organisation’s scope of work is to create opportunities for access to culture for the suburb areas in the big cities or in smaller towns and villages, to create spaces for exchanges related to artistic experiences in school, where students and their teachers can (re)discover the environment where they live and develop their skills through film-related activities.
PARTNERS
Centro Zaffiria
Founded in Rimini in 1998, Zaffiria is a non-profit centre for media-education and digital creativity. It designs hands-on projects that weave together media literacy, ICT and play for children, teens and educators; as a ministry-accredited teacher-training institution, it also provides professional development for educators.
The organisation produces apps, e-books, video games and educational toolkits, and manages emblematic spaces such as the national Centro Alberto Manzi at the Emilia-Romagna Regional Assembly, LaVoratorio (a design-education hub inspired by Bruno Munari’s “Playing with Art” method) and two mountain ateliers where art, nature and technology meet. Through local, national and Erasmus+ partnerships it continues to experiment with innovative pedagogies that place creativity, inclusion and digital citizenship at the heart of learning.
CCV - The Cine Clube
The Cine Clube de Viseu (CCV), founded in 1955, is a cultural organisation dedicated to film promotion, programming and education. Based in Viseu, it develops an ongoing and regular activity that includes curated film screenings, the organisation of the short film festival VISTACURTA and the publication of the magazine ARGUMENTO, dedicated to critical film studies and cinephilia.
Since 1999, it has developed the educational programme Cinema for Schools, which involves children and young people in critical film sessions, creative workshops and practical experiences with animation and optical toys, promoting visual literacy and digital awareness from an early age. Through training sessions, film production with students and training programmes for teachers, CCV is committed to media education that stimulates critical thinking, creativity and active participation in the digital world.
La Fabulerie
La Fabulerie is a French cultural and educational organization that designs playful experiences combining heritage, storytelling, and digital creativity. With a strong focus on children and educators, we develop tools and exhibitions that promote a sensitive, low-tech approach to digital learning one that values imagination, co-creation, and hands-on discovery. Our projects include Le Fabuleux Musée, an interactive traveling exhibition based on digitized heritage collections; Maison (Re)connectée, a program supporting families in adopting mindful and creative media practices; Vivant.e.s, a sensory storytelling kit to explore biodiversity with young children; and Unplugged, a European Erasmus+ toolkit helping educators address digital topics without screens. At La Fabulerie, we believe in learning by doing, in empowering children as storytellers, and in making culture and digital tools accessible and meaningful for all.
Association Arte Urbana Collectif
Arte Urbana Collectif organises various cultural and educational events and initiatives such as festivals, film education screenings and discussions,theatre productions, workshops, masterclasses, international creative residency and educational forum focused on artistic education in Bulgaria. It aims to create an international artistic and cultural dynamic in the country. The Association’s mission is to revive the cultural dialogue on regional, national and international level, to develop young, difficult to reach and engage audiences, to create cultural projects connected to the educational sector where to promote the role of art and culture as a socio-political tool for positive change.
The organisation’s scope of work is to create opportunities for access to culture for the suburb areas in the big cities or in smaller towns and villages, to create spaces for exchanges related to artistic experiences in school, where students and their teachers can (re)discover the environment where they live and develop their skills through film-related activities.
ArtedelContatto
ArtedelContatto has been promoting film language and new media literacy since 2010. In collaboration with both public and private entities, it carries out various educational projects in schools for all students from the earliest years of school. These initiatives are characterised by film festivals and hands-on workshop activities including audiovisual, photography, podcasting, animation, screenwriting and film analysis, supported by professionals.
ArtedelContatto’s work is characterised by the promotion of active participation in the arts, inclusion, creativity, and the creation of original audiovisual content. Its mission is to foster new generations of active viewers with critical eyes capable of critically engaging with the media content that surrounds them. Projects carried out in these years are: SguardiAttivi, a film festival now in its second edition, which proposes an exploration of film language and urgent and relevant issues for young people through the viewing of films and creative activities using various media; Mediascapes, their first European Erasmus+ project, with the aim of innovating traditional didactics through the introduction of Transmedia Storytelling; Cinema Inclusivo, an audiovisual didactics and audiovisual creativity project, which envisages actions based on peer-to-peer cooperation and peer-to-peer exchange including students with special educational needs.
Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.
Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.