As we continue to connect those missing voices and faces to the Reggio Approach, Dr. Karen Haigh, Ph.D. will discuss how the Reggio Emilia Approach has been effectively reaching low income children in the Chicago Commons Head Start Program. Multiple events from: Friday, February 9, 2018 at 6:30 PM to Saturday, February 10, 2018 at 4:30 PM (PST) […]
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The Wonder of Learning – The Hundred Languages of Children
Washington Collective is a non-profit organization located in Washington State that is hosting the international children’s exhibit from Reggio Emilia, Italy entitled The Wonder of Learning – The Hundred Languages of Children. The Opening event will be on January 27-28, 2018, while the exhibit will open on Friday, February 2, 2018 at One Convention Place, 701 […]
Coccia-Inserra Award for Excellence and Innovation in the Teaching of Italian (K-12)
The Coccia Institute’s donors will be awarding a very generous prize of $5000 as the monetary component of the Coccia-Inserra Award for Excellence and Innovation in the Teaching of Italian (K-12) for academic year 2017. Contact Dr. Mary Ann Re (Coccia Institute’s Director) at rem@montclair.edu if you have any questions.
May 16th – Bocconi Alumni are invited to the social mixer of the month.
Meet and forge friendships with alumni from 12 European schools plus MIT, Stanford, Berkeley and NYU. Your ticket includes unlimited beverages and food. Reserve your space at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/us-and-european-networking-event-tickets-32582831125
Italian Language Teachers’ Second Annual Workshop at the University of Southern California “From Best Practices to Best Lessons”
Proposal submission deadline: May 12, 2017 Please send abstracts to Alessio Filippi and James M. Fortney at afilippi@usc.eduand fortney@usc.edu.
The Keynote Speaker of the 2017 Italian Language Teacher’s Workshop will be Elissa Tognozzi, Senior Lecturer SOE of Italian and Director of the Language Program at the University of California, Los Angeles. Her paper title is forth coming.
St. Patrick’s Day in Rome – Read more on Wanted in Rome
St Patrick’s Day in Rome begins officially on Friday 17 March at 10.00, with the annual Mass for Lá Fhéile Pádraig being celebrated by Cardinal Seán Brady at St Patrick’s Church on Via Boncompagni 31 in the Via Veneto area.
The Tallone’s Art of Old School Book Printing in Italy
Celebrating the Codex 2017, the sixth biennial book fair and symposium, at Craneway Pavilion in Richmond, with the Tallone’s Bookmakers. Tallone’s handmade books on display at SFSU De Bellis Collection.
To survive The Fatal Charm of Italy Ask Expat Rick Zullo first!
According to Rick Zullo: “the most interesting discoveries lie just beyond these initial encounters. Italy is a diverse, complex society with enough wonders to keep an inquisitive traveler enchanted for a lifetime.” – He’s absolutely right! Nothing about Rome is better explained to USA visitors by an Ango-Saxon Expat who chose to live there.
Testimonials
Hear it from Chris Sciarretta, an Italian American who learned Italian to connect with his heritage and expand his worldview. Meet Valerie Burgoyne a proud student of the University of Utah — and of the Italian language. In this video Mario De Lecce tells how Italian helped him connect with his roots, create […]
Take Action!
Action is needed to bolster and reinvigorate Italian language instruction in our communities. This is an appeal to all Italians, Italian-Americans, Italophiles and Americans who see the great educational potential of Italian for themselves and their kids. Let’s pool our efforts! What are our objectives? We would love to see Italian flourish, from pre-schools to PhD programs, as well as in adult […]