Annarita Ciotoli is a Professor of Mathematics and Physics at the Liceo Scientifico Statale Innocenzo XII in Anzio, in the Province of Rome. As an IT special projects coordinator, she also worked as digital coordinator and webmaster for the school website developed with her colleagues. As a project manager (PON on inclusion; action 27 PNSD on lab renovation; “Il mondo dà i numeri” in collaboration with Casio), she contributed to the design and development of various initiatives addressing inclusive digital didactic innovation. As a 3D printing and digital modelling instructor, she has continued to study new techniques and strategies for distance learning.
Annarita Ciotoli features in our 40th instalment of our weekly Our School Professors. As usual, we share a short self-presentation video (on-line shortly) and then the interview with researcher Ilaria Gaudiello, who coordinates the works of the open source community of professors and educators.
INTERVIEW
Can you tell us how digital technology and interdisciplinarity help you develop exciting inclusive mathematics and physics lessons? During our first meeting, you mentioned a Physics project starring Romeo and Juliet …
I firmly believe that interdisciplinarity is one of the most efficient motors for projects. When we designed and developed the project on 3D printing with colleagues from various schools, we met teachers who taught completely different subjects – art and drawing, foreign language, support teachers. Regarding Romeo and Juliet... I would like to involve English teachers and “place” the story in an augmented reality set with the students.
You joined the Community of “Our School” Professors this year to work with colleagues on a project addressing arts and cultural heritage. What do you feel is important to transmit through this course?
Certainly, it is very important to share, on various levels, what has been done and what is planned.
The observation of activities and meetings by the “Our School” Community reveals such a great joy in sharing ideas and innovative aspects of projects that it pulls you right in. And I believe that it is important to share this desire with other colleagues, because shared ideas have a greater breadth and force.
“Our School” is currently in its second edition. What would you like to see accomplished by this community?
“Our School” is constantly working on a wide range of learning activities. It provides such a great number of stimuli (even I received lots of interesting input) that it is very hard not to find something for everyone. I hope that everyone achieves their objectives and develops their ideas with other colleagues, observing the project results and sustainability, and correcting any necessary aspects.
