Paolo M. Pumilia-Gnarini graduated in Physics in 1986 from the Milan State University and had advanced courses on physics and computational techniques (NATO/ASI, NATO/MIDIT and CNRS), during his career as researcher. He has a long lasting professional experience in setting up and analysing results of large atomic systems numerical simulations matching experimental measurements of nuclear magnetic resonance signals, infrared absorption and raman spectroscopy, x-ray diffraction patterns. Most studies for italian research institutions (CNR and Montedison) have addressed molecular crystals and biosensors dynamics, while working as consultant for pharmaceutical companies (Farmitalia Carlo-Erba S.r.L, Pharmacia Corporation) and research institutes (Ronzoni, Donegani), focus has been on protein structure and biosensors. He has been teaching mathematics and physics at high school level, while working as a consultant on the use of the ICT in small businesses and for cultural associations interested on the impact of the information technologies on our society. To that aim, in the last decade, as member of the AICA (the oldest cultural association in Italy, to tackle computer science issues at academic and at popular level as well) Paolo M Pumilia has organized and managed workshops and conferences about the open source phenomenon, dealing with the economical, technical, law and cultural aspects. He has been invited as an expert to the Consultation on 'Access rights for e-earning content', at the European Commission. In 2007, he has represented a number of italian cultural associations at the Beijing Symposium of the International Council for Science CODATA (Committee on Data for Science and Technology). Few years ago, he joined a group of scholars at the Bologna and Padua universities to frame a viable proposal to gradually improve the youth education school system by involving the whole local community in that effort.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).
Elena Pacetti is Researcher and Assistant Professor in Didactic and Special Pedagogy at the Department of Education, Faculty of Education, University of Bologna, where she teaches “General Education and Educational Technologies”. She is involved in several research projects about ICT in education, inclusive school, children and citizenship education in Italy and abroad (in Palestine, El Salvador, and in European networks). Her research fields are concentrated in ICT in everyday life (especially informal learning and digital media); didactic innovation and ICT; socio-constructivist learning and social networking (also in a gender perspective); e-learning environments; community education. Since 2009 she has been member of CSGE, Study Centre of Gender and Education, Department of Education, University of Bologna. From 2011 she is member of Editorial Board of the University of Bologna Open Access International Scientific Journal RPD - Ricerche di Pedagogia e Didattica - Journal of Theories and Research in Education.Jonathan Bishop is an information technology executive, researcher and writer. Having gained an MSc in E-Learning in 2004 he went on to found the Centre for Research into Online Communities and E-Learning Systems, which now outputs a significant amount of research in these areas. During his MSc he devised the Classroom 2.0 concept, and his Digital Classroom of Tomorrow Project has been replicated across Europe, as discussed in this book. Jonathan has at the time of going to press over 35 publications, and is the most published academic in the area of Internet trolling. He is also a school governor in the Welsh village of Treforest, a private tutor, and a director of an educational social enterprise based in Swansea.Luigi Guerra is Full Professor of Technologies of education and Dean of the Faculty of Education at the University of Bologna. He is the Director of the Masters “International co-operation and new citizenships: the educational dimension”, “International conflict mediators-Peaceworkers”, “Direction and management of the scholastic structures”. He is scientific referent for the project Cl@ssi 2.0 with the Italian Ministry of Education as referred University for the selected classes in the Emilia-Romagna region and for the international cooperation project “Inclusive school in El Salvador”, co-funded from the Salvadorian Ministry of Education and from the Italian Cooperation. He is Board Member for Emilia-Romagna's Commission of Environmental Education and the Scientific Committee of CESAF, The Centre for Studies and Higher Education on addiction. His research fields are concentrated in e-learning environments and learning objects; educational innovation and ICT (Information and Communication Technologies); socio-constructivistic learning and social networking; ICT and inclusive learning environments; technologies and empowerment.