Fourth Meeting about NEWTON “GAM LAB” Pilot project has been held at “Da Procida” Institute in Salerno, Italy on February 8th, 2018.
Participants in the event were Fabio Di Salvadore and Giuseppe Guarino from QUI! Group, Carmine De Nicola from Beyond, the NEWTON Advisory Board Member Prof. Domenico Cariello, some teachers, the Headmistress and the Computer Lab Assistant from the “Da Procida” Institute, (Prof. Annamaria Pisacane, Prof. Maria Rosaria Citarella, Prof. Maria Grazia Rubino, Prof. Annalaura Giannantonio, Mr. Vincenzo Di Filippo).
The event had a double purpose. Firstly, sharing among participants the status and progress about development of two Small Scale Pilots (SSPs) Spatial Geometry and FAB LAB, to be run at the Institute, by putting attention on the logistics, organization and various educational details. Finally, sharing further ideas, feedbacks and documents regarding the next activities and planning future activities for the Large Scale Pilot (LSP).
An interesting open discussion on various educational topics regarding SSPs and LSP’s objectives took place.
Participants’ points of view, ideas and issues about organization of the computer lab and closed spaces where a Virtual Reality environment should be installed, educational content provided to be used in the environment, documentation on the privacy aspects, involvement of the students, scheduling of the days for SSP running, presentation meeting among students and their parents, visit organization for the NEWTON Partners at the Institute were analyzed in detail and appointed for proper solutions amidst the participants involved.
After the further exchange of documentation, the setup of the environment for running the SSPs and the presentation meeting among students, their parents and all people involved it will possible to schedule the official start of the SSPs experimentation and relating activities to be performed.