"Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita mi ritrovai per una selva oscura, ché la diritta via era smarrita. "

"Midway upon the journey of our life I found myself within a forest dark, for the straightforward pathway had been lost. "


DANTE ALIGHIERI

LA DIVINA COMMEDIA

1306

innovative strategy in education

interdisciplinary collaboration

tiered learning targets

learn by doing

how it was born

Dantroide was born from the idea of celebrating the great poet, on the occasion of the 700th anniversary of his death, in a contemporary key and by combining, in a transversal manner, the departments of our institute.


what it is

Dantroide is an Android with Dantesque features that simulates human movements and recites and interprets selected triplets from the Divine Comedy. This is a way to implement an educational strategy functional to our institute: to create interdisciplinary knowledge and enhance excellence, allowing the most motivated pupils to best express their creativity and their knowledge in a project that stands out for its peculiarity both in the linguistic-literary as well as electronics and computer fields.

goals

The main goals of Dantroide are: to know, disclose, interpret and actualize the most significant themes of the Divine Comedy. By realizing a live android, students will be able as well to learn transversal skills which will be useful for an appropriate insertion into the world of work.