The class 2B of the “Giovanni XXIII” Comprehensive Institute of Cantello this year he worked on a project of digital storytelling with which he participated in the national competition PolyCulture organized by Politecnico di Milano.
The idea, born from the collaboration of literature and music teachers, has the title “Traveling voices” and wants to be a journey to Europe through the musical genre of the canon. After reaching the final (https://www.policultura.it/premiazione/finalisti/), yesterday, Thursday 6 June, the awards ceremony which saw a representation of the class go to the university classrooms where, in the first part of the day, they were involved in workshop activities on the future of automation.
In the afternoon, however, the actual awards ceremony took place which saw the narration “Traveling Voices” receive the overall prize as “Best narrative for lower secondary schools”.
Many followed this exciting moment from home thanks to the possibility offered by the university of live streaming which can still be accessed to watch and listen to the intensity of the moment again (https://youtube.com/live/-n4e6lUdgpw?authuser=0 ). The selection phases also involved the University of Padua and the University of the Sacred Heart of Milan and took into account multiple aspects, such as the quality of the content and the pedagogical implications.
Here is the final judgment read when the winners of the current edition were announced: “The project is very complex and original, using music as a common thread to explore European geography and culture in an interdisciplinary way. The careful direction and guidance of the teacher in the planning are clearly noticeable, but also the commitment of the whole class in recording and singing the background songs and in describing the countries crossed through the chosen canons. Particularly appreciable is the study of Russia and Ukraine, the nations of origin of two students in the class, consolidating an approach that not only promotes inclusion, but also the diffusion of the culture of peace”.
