Progetto One Shot
For three years the current 3F class has been collaborating with a school in Valencia, Spain, through a cultural exchange using school projects involving multiple subjects. All of this happens through eTwinning, an online platform that allows teachers to collaborate on international educational projects, helping students develop relational, linguistic, communicative and technological skills, in addition to the cultural and information exchange that occurs between the two parties. This great program recognizes both national and European awards and certifications, enriching students and teachers with both experiences and skills. This year the topic chosen by the two schools to participate in this project is photography, which gives its name to the project itself because, with an old camera, you only have one shot that you can take. In short, it is the metaphor used to explain the need to think carefully before acting, or rather it is the central concept of the program proposed by the teachers. All of this combines various subjects such as physics, Italian and art to allow an exchange of information and work between our students from Enzo Ferrari and those from Valencia. First, the class was divided into groups, defined by the name of a famous photographer, and associated with the corresponding Spanish ones, and then made power points explaining the chosen topic and exposing its history, creators, techniques, most important works and inventions related to it. Once this was done, our groups, after exchanging their respective research, created games regarding the various existing photographic techniques such as the rule of thirds, leading lines and symmetry, used to create a shot that captures the eye and makes it not only unique, but also particularly beautiful to see. Subsequently, after various video conferences and exchanges between 3F and the Spanish boys, ours dedicated themselves to creating the logo for the project and then proceeded with the creation of a camera from scratch. Thanks to the teachers, the students managed, using shoe boxes, aluminum cans, tape and a very thin needle, to produce a real contraption that takes photographs, finally portraying various spaces of the school. The last step of this great opportunity provided to the students was to exchange, with the usual pen pals of Valencia, the photographs taken, all thanks to the twinspace, the eTwinning platform that connects the two European classes. The kids obviously had fun and appreciated the activities proposed being light and different from the usual lesson in class, but the real question is: what do you think of a project like this? Could other classes also like something like this?