On Wedenesday 11 of January the first live educational seminar of the “Story Making and Reading for ALL” project was completed.

Fifteen professionals working with visually impaired people learned to create digital tactile stories using new technology. The participants had the opportunity to understand the basic principles of storytelling and to create the audio description of each story themselves through experiential activities. At the same time, they became familiar with the editing software and technical terms, and were able to create their own tactile images by following the steps of the guide to convert digital images into 3D tactile images,.

The seminar includeded live training of the professionals while taking advantage of  asynchronous distance learning through the electronic platform https://elearn.stories4all.eu/.

The action was hosted at the 1st KAPI of the Municipality of Elliniko – Argyroupoli and at Amimoni’s facilities in Elliniko.

The Story Making and Reading for ALL (Stories4ALL) project, 2021-1-EL01-KA210-SCH-000031465, KA210/ Small-Scale Partnerships-School Education Sector, Erasmus+2021 is a partnership of e-Nable Greece, MICROKOSMOS and AMIMONI and its ultimate goal is the promotion of creativity and the development of digital skills of teachers with the final recipient being the visually impaired student and the entire educational community.

On Tuesday 11 October, we happily welcomed the partners of the ART & INCLUSION (2020-1-PT01-KA204- 078809) program to the facilities of the Iris Day Center in Elliniko. Throughout the visit, the program and actions of the Day Center were presented, while emphasis was placed on the analysis of the practices of the Music Therapy program for the use of art as a means for the integration and social integration of people with disabilities and people with mental disorders.

What is ART & INCLUSION?

ART & INCLUSION aims at the social integration and reintegration of people with either disabilities or mental disorders, through the empowerment of professionals and organizations active in these fields. At the same time, it enhances the collection and exchange of good practices between professionals and organizations and artistic actions implemented in the context of non-formal education. The project is co-financed by the Erasmus + program of the European Union and the following organizations participate: Centro Social de Soutelo (Portugal), Equal Society (Greece), Zdruzenie institut Za Razvoj Na Zaednicata (North Macedonia), ARCA Cooperativa Sociale (Italy), Galileo Progetti Nonprofit Kft. (Hungary).

See more here.

We thank the ART & INCLUSION team for their visit and constructive dialogue!