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Arts & Communication Hack the art: Yanoulis Halepas

Figure 7. Screenshot from the digital project Escape the Sculptrix – A Yiannoulis Chalepas Tribute

father, the return to Tinos, and his eventual redemption
(Figure 8).
(ii) The Gymnasium of Amphipagiton “Andreas
Kalvos” (Corfu) and the school team, The
Sleeping team... of A2, for the digital project The
Statues Speak .
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Figure 8. Screenshots from the digital project True unreasonable
Project description: In this project, students have the
opportunity to get to know the artist himself, follow his
tumultuous life, and approach his feelings through his own
works. Subsequently, they will be called on to embody the
artist and convey his thoughts and emotions through an
original and imaginative first-person narrative. The same
process is carried out for the artist’s works, which “come
to life” and narrate their own stories, always through the
imagination and personal perspective of the students
themselves (Figure 9).

8. Assessment
Feedback collected through a mixed-methods approach,
including anonymous questionnaires , an online award
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ceremony , presentations, surveys, interviews, and
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in-class observations, revealed positive comments from
all participants, including students, teachers, scientific Figure 9. Screenshot from the digital project The Statues Speak
collaborators, and partners, in the evaluation of the student
competition. The synthetic approach of the competition program’s objectivity and transparency. The competition’s
was noted by all, being deemed unique, inventive, and topic, which revolved around one personality despite being
multidisciplinary. The method was considered effective specialized, kept the majority of participants engaged,
and novel, supported by Classroom, an organized, useful, underscoring the significance of the life and work of
and user-friendly educational digital platform that greatly Yanoulis Halepas and its extensive research potential.
facilitated remote communication and interaction between Furthermore, it became evident that combining new
participants and organizers without interfering with the
technologies with computer science, history, literature,
and the arts is especially beneficial for the educational
7 Watch the capture video of the digital project here: https:// process. This approach enhances participants’ digital
classroom.onassis.org/mod/page/view.php?id=1667
8 You can see here the feedback questionnaire: https:// literacy and increases the younger generation’s familiarity
eu.jotform.com/203411977981362 with Greek cultural heritage. Initially, most students
9 See here the award ceremony and the online presentations of were unaware of the technological solutions available
the winning school projects: https://classroom.onassis.org/ for implementing their digital projects. However, they
mod/page/view.php?id=1963 demonstrated an openness to the concept and swiftly

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