Elena Favaron is teacher of mathematics in public secondary schools and teacher and coordinator in "Basic Sciences" (Applied Biology, Chemistry and Biochemistry) at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Occupational Therapy, Moncrivello (VC) Italy. She is a member and an administrator of network "La scuola che funziona" (www.lascuolachefunziona.it ) and currently, she is working in collaboration with multiple teacher teams promoting effective practices in teenagers education such as cooperative learning, service learning, peer education. Elena Favaron graduated in Biological Sciences and gained a post graduate Diploma in Microbiology and Virology from the University of Turin. For several years, she has served as a biologist in the microbiology and virology laboratory of the Amendeo di Savoia Hospital in Turin, and at the Paediatrics Department and Genetics Unit of the Sant'Andrea Hospital in Vercelli,Italy. She has been working for Oasis JB, a non-profit organization based in Burkina Faso and in Italy for several years for ASPIC (An association caring for patients with primary immunodeficiencies), and for the ABC (An association caring for childer suffering from the Cri du Chat Syndrome)- After she gained experience in genetic and infectious diseases counseling, She became passionate about education activity and she joined the teacher community. Elena's research interests include how to more effectively educate adolescents using educational appropriate practices in classrooms. Other research interests are the educational uses of the new media and the emerging technologies and their impact on teaching and on the learning environment at all age levels. Elena's special attention has turned to the use of ict to manage dyscalculia and learning problems (Web 2.0 tools, Scratch, a free development environment and Game Maker software).