Purpose-driven technology to transform lives.
An educational approach where students learn programming, robotics, and artificial intelligence to solve real-world challenges in social inclusion, mental health, and break the 4th digital wall.
Ricardo Aguado Vallejo
Telecommunications Engineer · Innovative Educator
“Technology is not an end in itself; it is the most powerful lever we have to level the playing field, tear down barriers, and cultivate critical citizenship.”
Endorsements of an education with real social impact
Accolades attesting to technical rigor, universal inclusion, service-learning, and critical media literacy.
National Teacher Prize Spain
National recognition for excellence, pedagogical innovation, and transformative impact in inclusive education in Spain (2026 Edition).
Mentes AMI Awards
Absolute winner in 2025 with the tech department team; Top 3 Finalist in 2026 in Media Literacy with 'More Life, Less Social Media'.
RetoTech Endesa Foundation Awards
Endesa National Award in 2023 and Teacher of Aragon Award in 2021 for high social impact STEAM projects.
1st National Prize CoTEDI Challenge
“From MakerSpace to Service: Creating an inclusive robotics kit” tailored for pediatric oncology patients.
What is Human Tecnodivergence?
An educational paradigm merging telecommunications engineering with social dedication to cultivate ethical technology creators.
Service-Learning (S-L)
From classroom code to community impact
Students do not code for grades; they engineer tailored robotics kits for pediatric oncology patients, IoT systems to safeguard accessible parking spots, and environmental sensors for their local community.
Universal Inclusion & Accessibility
Technology as a human leveler
Rooted in living with physical disability since age 11 and 13 years of leadership at Fundación Dfa. Hardware, software, and learning environments are built from the ground up on universal design and open-source principles.
Digital Well-Being & Sovereignty
Critical disconnection and mental health
Pioneering initiatives like “More Life, Less Social Media” (Mentes AMI Award Finalist) teach adolescents and their families how to reclaim agency over attention, screen time, and emotional well-being.
Featured Classroom Projects
Initiatives where students research, code, and fabricate solutions impacting health, universal inclusion, and community life.
Mentes AMI Finalist · Citywide Expansion More Life, Less Social Media
A transformative pedagogical challenge: teenagers and families voluntarily swap smartphones for basic keypad phones for one full week. Celebrated by healthcare, psychology, and education professionals for its positive impact on sleep, focus, and human connection.
1st National Prize CoTEDI Project I'M: Tomorrow's Innovators
Students shifting from consumers to designers of assistive devices: digital fabrication and software coding of an accessible robotics kit delivered to Miguel Servet Hospital to accompany long-stay pediatric oncology patients.
Future Minds Winner & 3M Finalist StayDry & Accessible Parking
Human-centered engineering: non-invasive moisture sensors for severe disability (StayDry) and IoT smart parking systems to protect designated accessible spots, endorsed by Paralympic athlete Dani Molina.
Open Platform MagicSTEAM
Co-developed with Pepe Fernández: an accessible physical computing environment based on Scratch augmented with AI and ESP32 IoT microcontrollers. Breaks the 4th digital wall connecting on-screen code with the tangible world.
Outreach and Social Transfer
Educational practice extends beyond the classroom to inspire debate on digital well-being, ethics, and inclusion.
More Life, Less Social Media: School Health & Well-Being
Scientific and pedagogical paper published by the Aragonese Association of Psychopedagogy detailing disconnection outcomes.
“Goodness, writing an SMS takes so much effort!”
National radio interview on the one-week digital disconnection challenge and the impact of basic phones on families.
More Life, Less Social Media: Pioneering Experiment
Television broadcast covering voluntary adolescent screen disconnection and rediscovering life without smartphones.
When Learning Means Helping: Children's Hospital
Students deliver interactive stories and tailored robotics kits to Miguel Servet Hospital in Zaragoza.
Bring Tecnodivergence to your institution or conference?
Teacher training workshops, keynote addresses on digital sovereignty and youth well-being, or implementing inclusive robotics and Service-Learning programs.