Fab Labs SDG/FabLab Western Sicily

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The mission of FabLab Western Sicily is to train young people to be creators.

The mission of FabLab Western Sicily is to train young people to be creators. One of out projects is the Teens4Kids (T4K) project, which offers an out-of-the-box solution to rethink education in the digital era so that our students can feel ‘digital creators’ rather than passive users of technology. In the project, teenagers teach kids with a peer-to-peer approach and are based on the state-of-the-art academic research on creative pedagogy. The T4K curricula make use of digital fabrication solutions such as laser cutting, 3D printing, and electronics to teach technology in a creative way and stimulate '21st-century skills', such as creativity, adaptability, and problem-solving. All courses are implemented in Sicily: one of the least developed regions in the EU.