Credits
· Filming, production and editing of the introductory video and Interviews in the USA by Jarlath Waldron and Jason Estey, Wellesley College.
Filming of interviews in Italy by Franco Sacchi, documentary filmmaker and video journalist, and Lorenzo Castiello of AirPixel.
· Filming of Alba (Cuneo) by Daniele Ferrero, video operatore.
Editing of interviews in Italy: Daniela Bartalesi-Graf
Voice in the audio files:
Daniela Bartalesi-Graf
Francesco Castellano
Chiara Durazzini
Elena Gnudi
Francesca Guiso
Sergio Parussa
Carmen Petrucci
Stefano Salimbeni
Acknowledgements of support
AP® Italian Language and Culture has received generous grants from the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Italian Consulate of Boston (Consolato Generale d’Italia a Boston) -- in particular Nicola De Santis, Consul General, Domenico Teker, Director of the Ufficio Scolastico, and Carmen Petrucci, the Italian Consulate Lecturer -- have also supported this project in various ways since its beginning.
I also wish to thank the Provost’s Office and the Dean’s Office for their generous support, in particular Andrew Shennan, Provost and Dean of the College, and Ravi Ravishanker, CIO and Associate Dean of WellesleyX.
Thanks
This project has received the exceptional contributions and expertise of my colleagues in LTS (Library and technologies Services):
David O’Steen, Associate Director of the Andrew W. Mellon Blended Learning Initiative at Wellesley College, and Jillian Rubman, Instructional Technologist, who contributed in many ways to the development of the project since its start.
Jarlath Waldron, Instructional Media Director, and Jason Estey, videographer, who devoted endless hours to the filming, production, and editing of all videos and interviews.
I am also deeply thankful to:
Cynthia Delia Coddington, Research Assistant, who has edited all the online material, and has offered many valuable inputs. Her professional contribution and expertise have been vital to the project, and I am most thankful to her for the dedication, commitment, and enthusiasm she brought to the project.
Elena Gnudi, Language Assistants from the University of Bologna, who has developed many of the readings with vocabulary, annotations, cultural notes, and exercises.
Valentina Giovannini, Language Assistants from the University of Bologna, who has developed some of the "Intermezzo musicale", as well as some of the video interviews.
Giusy Di Filippo, online instructor, who has developed many of the "Scriviamo" topics and has offered valuable suggestions and contributions.
I am most grateful to Elena, Valentina and Giusy for their many contributions and expertise, and for the exceptional quality of her work.
Carmen Petrucci, the Italian Consulate Lecturer, has collaborated at many aspects of the project, in particular the development of communicative functions and the script of all dialogs in the Conversiamo! sections. I am grateful for her invaluable contribution.
Finally, I also wish to thank David Ward, Professor and Chair of the Department of Italian Studies, for his continuous encouragement and support of this project.
Daniela Bartalesi-Graf
Lecturer
Department of Italian Studies
Wellesley College
dbartale@wellesley.edu
apitalian@wellesley.edu