For all teachers and school principals, three volumes born from the experience of distance learning in Italian schools during the lockdown period determined by the Covid-19 emergency, with good practices, ideas, strategies, reflections and models to rethink school and teaching.

101 IDEAS FOR TEACHING BEYOND THE DISTANCE

Erickson Research & Development (in care of)

101 ideas for teaching beyond the distance collects the best ideas that emerged during the lockdown period determined by the Covid-19 pandemic, for primary school and lower secondary school. Creative and inclusive ideas to be inspired by for the construction of a school capable of integrating in the best possible way methodologies in presence and active and participatory distance methodologies.

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Structure and contents

This volume offers 101 ideas – divided into 10 thematic areas – for:

1. Promoting emotional skills;
2. Developing relationships in the class and motivating pupils;
3. Involving families;
4. Teaching Italian remotely and in person;
5. Teaching mathematics remotely and in person;
6. Developing disciplinary skills remotely and in person;
7. Teaching foreign languages;
8. Stimulating creativity;
9. Promoting a formative and summative evaluation;
10. Includes: facilitating the learning and participation of all pupils and all students.

Each thematic area begins with a brief introduction aimed at giving a general framework of reference to the ideas proposed. Each idea, presented and illustrated in an exhaustive manner, also includes some rubrics:

• In practice right away: operational and organizational aspects to immediately carry out teaching in the classroom, or experiments actually carried out during the closing months of 2020.
• Reflection points: points to pay attention to and choices to be made when you want to propose an activity in the classroom.
• Attention!: issues to be solved to make the management of classroom activities even more effective
• SOS advice: as the title says, suggestions for expanding teaching effectiveness or for using simpler or more complex tools to carry out the activities.

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101 IDEAS FOR ORGANIZING SCHOOLS BEYOND THE DISTANCE

Laura Biancato (in care of)

This volume brings together 101 ideas for school planning, management and design. Ideas born from the experience and reflection of those who, not only in the months of Covid-19, but much earlier, have worked on paths of change and innovation in methodologies and teaching and want to make a functional contribution so that this wealth of experiences does not go to waste. 

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Structure and contents

101 ideas for organizing schools beyond the distance offers 101 ideas – divided into 10 thematic areas – for:

1. Managing and motivating teaching and administrative staff
2. Managing internal and external spaces at school
3. Setting up technology platforms for managing integrated teaching
4. Making and using alliances in the area
5. Guaranteeing inclusion for all students
6. Managing digital and sociocultural inequalities
7. Offering integrated didactics in nursery school
8. Offering integrated didactics in primary school
9. Offering integrated didactics in lower secondary school
10. Promoting effective evaluation systemsPromoting emotional skills;

Each thematic area begins with a brief introduction aimed at giving a general framework of reference to the proposed ideas. The ideas, presented and illustrated in an exhaustive manner, also underline any critical issues that may be encountered during their application, suggestions for putting them into practice immediately and further material available online for additional information.

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101 IDEAS FOR INTEGRATED DIGITAL DIDACTICS

Laura Biancato and Davide Tonioli (edited by)

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Structure and contents

101 ideas for integrated digital didactics, offers 101 ideas, divided into eight different areas to:

• Introduce Integrated Digital Didactics in schools of all levels and grades
• Create and share digital contents
• Integrate physical and virtual spaces
• Propose coding and robotics even to the youngest learners
• Use didactic platforms with the cloud
• Cultivate relationships and cooperation
• Promote inclusion even at a distance
• Educate about digital citizenship
• Develop interesting and interactive teaching methods
• Learn to evaluate the learning process and not (only) the result

Each idea is initially presented in a synthetic way, to make the reader understand immediately. The level(s) of school to which it is addressed are indicated above the title. The presentation is followed by the following sections:

• Attention: shares specifications relating to the elements to be kept in mind, aimed at anticipating possible critical issues in applying the proposal.
• Put in practice: illustrates the initial concrete application of the idea.
• To find out more: proposes suggestions of books, sites, videos useful to enrich the topic and acquire greater confidence.

THE PROJECT

The 101 ideas project collects and organizes the best ideas formulated and tested by the leading experts in the sector, grouping them into thematic areas. An easy-to-use tool that provides numerous creative and inclusive insights to plan and operate effectively.