ITI Marconi, Rovereto: hosting school
first week in June 2010
Welcome to the last Project meeting of this project.
Let’s start with some information about the Italian school.
The “Istituto Tecnico Industriale G. Marconi” (G. Marconi Technical and Industrial Institute) is located in the town of Rovereto (Province of Trento), in the region of Trentino Alto-Adige (South Tyrol), in Northern Italy, about 180 km. from the Austrian border.
Our school is large and modern, with about one thousand pupils aged 14-18 and one hundred fifty teachers. Its duration is 5 years and it offers three courses in:
1. Electronics and telecoms
2. Computer Science
3. “Liceo scientifico tecnologico” (Technical-Scientific Lyceum)
4. Adult Education technical school
The technical school, both for young (morning classes) and adult students (evening classes) is divided into two sub-courses:
Biennio (Biennial) (grades 1 and 2, with pupils aged 14-16): teaching general subjects.
Triennio (Triennial) (grades 3, 4 and 5, with pupils aged 17-19 (morning classes) and adults from 19 onwards (evening classes): teaching general and technical subjects (IT and electonics).
Now, please watch this video postcard of our region:
PM programme:
Educational side:
There will be some meetings of teachers, of students, some lessons with the participation of students and teachers from the other schools, etc. Some of the meetings will refer to trips to make.
Social side:
Trips to arts towns, including Venice and the Lake of Garda, sports, music, singing events, shows, at least a buffet dinner party offered by my school.
Some Tourist sites:
http://www.aptrovereto.it/Default.aspx Rovereto Toursit Office
http://english.mart.trento.it/?hostmatch=true Mart Museum (very well known)
http://www.apt.trento.it/en/Home.htm Tourist Office Trento
http://www.gardainforma.com/en/village/index.html Garda Lake
http://www.funiviedelbaldo.it/eng/funivia.asp Malcesine cableway
http://www.trentino.to/home/index.html?_lang=en Trentino tourist info
http://www.bestwestern.it/BW/EN/touristic-information-hotel-trentino-alto-adige Trentino and Alto Adige tourist info
http://www.hallo.com/SInfo/EntryPage/EN_EntryPage.html Alto Adige
http://www.trentobike.org/ mountain biking
http://www.valledinon.tn.it/default.aspx?IDL=2 Val di Non
WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO WELCOMING YOU ALL!!!
CHIARA PASQUINI, HER COLLEAGUES AND STUDENTS
