New skills for future teachers thanks to an agreement with Roma Tre
‘I chose to enrol at Villaggio Digitale because I have always been attracted to technology as a tool for research and expression,’ says Sofia Folcarelli, a commuter student from Pontecorvo (Frosinone) and a graduate student in Primary Education at Roma Tre University. With dreams of becoming a primary school teacher, Sofia discovered the programme thanks to an Instagram post by the Studenti alla Terza community.
Her interest in digital technology has been with her since middle school, when she and her twin brother created a multimedia project on the role of women in history. ‘It was my first real independent approach to technology,’ she explains. She continued to cultivate these skills in high school, but ‘I felt the need to evolve, to learn something that would also be useful in the world of work.’
With Villaggio Digitale, she found new tools and new inspiration. Among the most popular modules, she mentions the one on Canva: ‘I tried to learn new tools and now I often use it, for example, to create posters.’ The in-depth study of the cloud was also very useful, allowing her to optimise the use of OneDrive and iCloud for studying and managing university materials.
One of her most significant experiences came during an English workshop: ‘We had to do some storytelling, and the skills I acquired with Villaggio Digitale were really useful in helping me complete the task on time.’
Sofia is now also taking the EIPASS course: ‘Some modules are complicated, but I'm learning to find my way around better, and I feel I've made progress thanks to what I've learned with Villaggio Digitale.’
The project is part of a collaboration agreement with Roma Tre University, investing in digital skills and new learning methods [read the news The university that looks to the future].
