IWitness Pilot Project in Italy

Dr. Kori Street, USC Shoah Foundation Director of Programs, presents IWitness in Italy.

Witness interface in practice.

Teachers and students, representatives of five high schools from several locations in Italy, attended the pilot workshop.

Andrea Szonyi, USC Shoah Foundation Senior International Training Consultant.

Teachers and students test an icebreaker activity together.

Students and teachers of Istituto Tecnico ITE Tosi (Busto Arsizio).

Giuseppe Pierro, Manager, Department of General Affairs, Ministry of Education, Italy.

Students and teachers of Liceo Classico Franchetti (Mestre) work on an IWitness activity.

Students and teachers of Liceo Artistico Mengaroni (Pesaro) work on an IWitness activity.

Students and teachers of Liceo artistico Klee-Barbino (Genova) work on IWitness activity.

Students and teachers of Istituto Tecnico ITE Tosi (Busto Arsizio).

Doris Escojido (second left), USC Shoah Foundation Regional Consultant in Italy, moderates group work.

Students and teachers of Liceo Scientifico G.Ferraris (Torino).

Prof. Alessandro Colombi, Associate Professor of Didactics Educational and Inclusive Technologies, Free University of Bolzano.

Concluding roundtable discussion.

From November 18-20, 2012, the USC Shoah Foundation and the Italian Ministry of Education organized an educational pilot program in Abano Terme, Italy. Teachers and students from high schools across the country attended the workshop to explore usability and feasibility of IWitness, the Foundation's internet resource for teachers and students, in the Italian education context. The workshop objectives were twofold: teachers focused on developing their ability to run the classroom pilots, whereas students tested their skills on working with the platform. During the sessions, students utilized IWitness to develop video projects that explored their understanding of the Holocaust and how it connects to their own lives.

Album posted on: December 11, 2012