Federica Arenare

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

UniMore - CdL Digital education - Assistant professor of Visual Storytelling - 2021

Open the Box – Education project manager and trainer– Sept. 2020 - in progress

• I follow the development of the Open the Box project: online media and data literacy training for Italian secondary school teachers;

• I am media and data educator for teacher and trainer training courses and I create the content for the e-learning platform;

• I write Aperture, a fortnightly newsletter on media education, didactics and technology for teachers and training experts.

Dataninja srls – Content editor – Sept. 2020 - in progress

• Content creation and editing for Dataninja School educational activities and for Dataninja Magazine.

Archilabò scs, Bologna – Coordinator for educational projects and trainer – Nov. 2019 - in progress

• Internship and research thesis in ethnosemiotics and UX strategy for an ed-tech project;

• Project planner for projects dedicated to education and technological innovation;

• Ed-tech trainer and tutor for projects with 11-18 year olds.

PhD student in Philosophy, Science, Cognition and Semiotics - University of Bologna- 2022 - on going

Data curator. IAI and relational ecosystems - Advanced training courses - MAXXI Museum - april 2023

Data literacy courses: collecting, categorising, analysing and using data - Dataninja srls - 2020

Master's Degree in Semiotics (110L/110)- Alma Mater Studiorum, Bologna - 2017 – 2020
Thesis: Interfaces for inclusive education - Ethno-semiotic analysis for the design of educational web apps

Master in Web Communication & digital marketing - Il Sole 24 Ore, Milan - 2015

Bachelor's Degree in Communication and Psychology - Milano-Bicocca University, Milan - 2011 - 2014

PUBLICATIONS

Arenare, F. (2019) Storie in divenire. Pratiche di interazione efficace sulla piattaforma Instagram.

Echo - Rivista interdisciplinare di comunicazione, n.1, doi:https://doi.org/10.15162/2704-8659/1128

PRESENTATIONS AND CONFERENCES

I mercoledì de La scuola che sarà. Arenare, F.; Bazzarin, V.; Panciroli, C.; Rivoltella, P.C. “Media education. Competenze di cittadinanza a scuola” (Panel, invited) - Salaborsa Lab - 04/26/23

Reclaim the Tech 2023. Amato, M.; Arenare, F; Cicaloni, M.; Giacomazzi, M. “Dentro e oltre la scuola. educazione critica al digitale per bambini e adolescenti” (Panel, invited) - Bologna- 05/06/2023

International Journalism Festival 2022. Arenare, F.; Bruno, N. “Data checking: how to check data, charts and tables” (talk, invited) - Perugia - 04/06/22.

#FUTURA IA AND DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP, 2021. Arenare, F. “Portare l’IA a scuola” (talk, invited) - online - Liceo classico e scientifico “Peano-Pellico” di Cuneo.

MAIN COMPETENCES

• Project management and UX strategy for digital and educational projects

• Strategy and content planning for learning, outreach and media education

• Curating and organising cultural events and academic seminar series

VOLUNTEERING

PreTesti – Student Laboratory for Semiotic Research, Bologna (BO) - Coordinator and part of the scientific committee for seminars and cultural events at Centro Internazionale di Studi Umanistici “Umberto Eco” and at Bologna University - 2017 – 2019

RiFestival - Culture in Rete, Bologna (BO) - Coordinator and part of the scientific committee - oct. 2017 – 2022

• Eng: C1

• Excellent use of the main Learning Management Systems (LMS)

• Excellent use of the main project management tools

• Excellent use of Office and Adobe packages

• Basic use of text and image editing tools: Indesign e Photoshop

• Basic use of Wordpress