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The Erasmus+ project Inclusive Practices of Creative and Innovative Teaching with ICT/LKT in Schools of Special Difficulty (PIECIT), has carried out the II Conference: International Scientific Seminar PIECIT Inclusive Practices of Creative and Innovative Teaching with ICT/LKT in Schools of Special Difficulty. It took place at the Faculty of Education of the University of Zaragoza and included conferences, round tables and the presentation of papers on educational inclusion, and specifically inclusive and creative practices in education. More than 100 people registered and attended the conference, coming from the different Spanish regions and from other countries such as Italy, Portugal, United Kingdom, etc. In total, 43 papers were presented, corresponding to researchers, doctoral students and schools, which showed what activities they are carrying out in this direction. The conference also included the presentation of the handbooks on inclusive practices in education that have emerged from the PIECIT project, aimed at management teams, teachers and work with families. These manuals are available...

The project Inclusive practices of creative and innovative teaching with ICT / TAC in schools with special difficulties (PIECIT) (2020-1-ES01-KA226-SCH-095780) held its fourth and last transnational meeting at the Lusófona University of Lisbon, as the project enters its final stretch. It was on 30 and 31 March 2023 when representatives of the seven entities that make up the project met at the facilities of the Lisbon university. Campus Iberus (namely University of Zaragoza, University of Lleida and University of La Rioja), Lusófona University (Portugal), University of Ferrara (Italy) and University of Cyprus (Cyprus), and the educational centres CEIP Santa Engracia (Zaragoza, Spain), Istituto Comprensivo n. 6 Cosmè Tura (Ferrara, Italy) and the Royal Academy of Portugal (Lisbon, Portugal), are the participants in a project that has developed a "Network of Inclusive Schools" which, at present, has reached the figure of 35 educational centres. In addition, the PIECIT team has analysed the inclusive, innovative and creative practices that these schools are...

On 14 November 2022, it was held an online meeting of the Spanish schools that are part of the PIECIT Inclusive Schools Network. The meeting was promoted by Campus Iberus, through the University of Zaragoza, and its aim was to explain their role within the project and, specifically, how to upload the practices to the network. The meeting also focused on the work carried out over the last two years and on how the schools can apply for Erasmus + calls for the generation of networks. The aim of these meetings is also to establish direct contact between the schools that form part of PIECIT. ...

The University of La Rioja, a member of Campus Iberus, organised on 10 and 11 November the Autumn Course The attention and work of cultural diversity in a changing world. The course dealt with different aspects and areas of cultural diversity, one of the most relevant being education. On the 11th, Begoña Vigo Arrazola, from the University of Zaragoza and main researcher of the PIECIT project, took part with a conference on the inclusion of cultural diversity. The actions and results to date of PIECIT were also taken into account, considering that many of the schools that are integrated in the Network of Inclusive Schools are characterised by a wide cultural diversity of their students. ...

The University of Ferrara and the Istituto Comprensivo n. 6 Cosmè Tura, located in this Italian town, hosted on 17 and 18 October the third face-to-face meeting of the partners of the project Inclusive practices of creative and innovative teaching with ICT / TAC in schools with special difficulties. The first two meetings took place in Zaragoza (Spain) in July 2021 and in Nicosia (Cyprus) in December 2021. In this new meeting, which was attended by representatives of the seven project partners from Italy, Portugal, Cyprus and Spain, it was analysed the status of the phases of the project that have been developed throughout 2022. Firstly, the website http://ourinclusiveschools.eu/, that contains all the information on PIECIT and the actions that are being implemented. Secondly, the Inclusive Schools Network platform, that is part of the website itself. Thirty-eight schools from the four countries are already registered on this platform and have begun to upload their inclusive practices. Likewise, the webinars promoted by the...