About Picuino

Picuino is a project of open resources for teaching Technology in Secondary Education, designed to enable practical learning from the very beginning.

It brings together theory, exercises, simulators, and ready-to-use projects for the classroom, or to be adapted to your needs.

What is Picuino

Picuino is a personal project created by Carlos Pardo, a Secondary Education teacher, born from years of real classroom experience.

Its purpose is to facilitate the teaching of Technology through clear, well-structured materials that can be directly applied in class.

What it offers

In Picuino you will find:

  • Content aligned with the Technology curriculum.
  • Materials ready to use in the classroom.
  • Exercises and quizzes to reinforce learning.
  • Visual simulators (electricity, pneumatics, logic...).
  • Open, adaptable, and reusable resources.

Everything is designed to:

  • Promote autonomous learning.
  • Facilitate work in the computer lab.
  • Connect theory and practice from day one.

Who it is for

Picuino is especially aimed at:

  • Technology teachers in Secondary Education.
  • Teachers looking for open and adaptable resources.
  • Students interested in learning Technology in a practical way.

How learning works

The approach is clear: learning by doing.

The content is designed so that students can:

  • Work independently.
  • Apply concepts from the beginning.
  • Solve real-world problems.
  • Progress at their own pace.

The goal is not only to understand the theory, but to know how to use it in a practical way.

Open philosophy

Many educational materials are closed or difficult to adapt to the reality of the classroom.

Picuino proposes another way of teaching and learning:

  • Open and accessible resources.
  • Reusable and customizable materials.
  • Content created to evolve and improve with teaching experience.

So that any teacher can modify, improve, and use them according to their needs.

More information in the Project manifesto.

Collaboration

This is an open and collaborative project.

You can contribute by providing ideas, suggesting improvements, or sharing resources to continue improving the content and better adapt it to the classroom.

If you are a teacher and use the resources on this website in your classes, you can join a group where teachers share their day-to-day classroom experiences.

If you would like to participate and share your experience, you are welcome.

Accede al grupo en Telegram:

This space is intended exclusively for teachers.

Project status

Picuino is a project under development that evolves continuously.

The content is gradually expanded and improved, incorporating new resources and adaptations based on classroom experience and community contributions.

Getting started

To get started:

  1. Explore the available content.
  2. Choose the resources that best fit your level or classes.
  3. Use them directly or adapt them to your needs.
  4. If you find it useful, share it: together we can help more teachers.