Juan Barcelo Sitja – Page 2 – Engaging students through a green 3D textbook

INSTITUT LA MIQUELA (CATALONIA)

La Miquela is a state secondary school in Bescanó with 300 students, aged 11-18, and 34 teachers. Bescanó is a village with 5000 inhabitants, located 8 km away from Girona to the northeast of Catalonia. We have developed an Educational Project aimed at:

First, promoting trilingualism (Catalan, Spanish and English) and the ICT skills. Secondly, promoting a high-qualified education with an European dimension, taking part in partnerships. Thirdly, catering for the diversety of learning abilities and motivations, not only for achieving the basic competences but also excellence.

STUDENTS 2N ESO

TEACHERS 2N ESO

ISTITUTO COMPRENSIVO PESCARA 10 (ITALY)

We are IC Pescara 10, a Comprehensive School with around 1000 students, with a vertical teaching approach from nursery to middle school; we are taking part with our 12-year-old pupils in this European project as they will be involved for two years’ time until they leave for high school.
Our school has been specializing in the field of Hospital Schooling over the years, achieving excellent results, thus highlighting a devoted cerefulness to children with special needs. At the same time, we are trying to improve and strengthen the foreign language department with lots of stimulating activities and projects with the help of our talented ICT colleagues.
Our school is located in Pescara, a lively town on the Adriatic sea, in Central Italy, and not far from the Apennines mountains; here you can find fashionable shops, trendy cafès and typical restaurants and enjoy a cheerful atmosphere all year round.

Pescara, Italy – 7 April 2017 – Urban landscape with the ‘Ponte del Mare’ monumental bridge at the dusk, in the canal and port of Pescara city, Abruzzo region

STUDENTS

TEACHERS

VEIKKOLAN KOULU (FINLAND)

This is the main entrance of our school.

This is how our back yard looks like at the moment. The blue part is new and should be in use in August 2020. Then we’ll have much new space and many new classrooms. The Grow room (our vertical garden) will be situated in the new area.