Students from the Liceo di scienze umane in Casalecchio di Reno, Province of Bologna, will act as tutors to teach local elders how to use PCs and navigate the web. For the 2011-12 school year, two classes of students will be involved in Project PINN, Pane e Internet per Nonni e Nipoti and the experience will count as educational credits.
Cecilia Stajano has interviewed Prof. Maria Sortin, assistant to the headmaster, who explains the value of the project for the school.
The school is currently facing a crucial challenge. Amongst the 1000 students that attend the school, there are many students who have just arrived in Italy (“NAI” ore new arrivals in Italy as pedagogue Graziella Favaro defines them). These students must still learn Italian. Emilia Romagna, in fact, is the region with the highest average of foreign students (13.5%).
A training workshop on the intergenerational learning method was held at the school and involved five other local schools: IIS Luigi Fantini di Vergato, IIS Aldini Valeriani - Siriani di Bologna, IC De Amicis di Anzola, IC Castello di Serravalle di Castelletto, ISIT Bassi Burgatti di Cento.
