Sky Up The Edit, new appointment in schools
New appointment in schools for Sky Up The Edit, the project of Skywhich offers students between the ages of 8 and 18 the opportunity to try their hand at creating multimedia content on the theme of Respect, the focus of this fourth edition, with the aim of developing the digital skills of the youngest.
The meeting took place this morning at the Liceo Scientifico Primo Levi in Turin, in front of an audience of more than 180 girls and boys and with about 2,500 students connected via streaming from all over Italy. At the debate, moderated by Sarah Varetto, EVP Communications,Inclusion & BiggerPicture of SkyItaly, along with the director of SkySkySkySky, attended by Minister for Sports and Youth Andrea Abodi, tennis champion and talent SkySports Paolo Bertolucci and Paolo Schiavone, tennis player, entrepreneur and content creator.
The meeting focused on the many lessons that sports, and tennis in particular, can teach: from respecting the opponent to managing pressure, from the importance of engaging in new challenges to maintaining balance and integrity even in the digital dimension.
In an atmosphere already pervaded by the energy of the Nitto ATP Finals underway in Turin, the protagonists of the debate shared reflections and experiences related to the personal and professional growth of today’s athletes, who are increasingly called upon to build conscious paths on and off the court.
It was a moment of confrontation and dialogue in which fundamental values such as respect, collaboration and inclusiveness emerged: principles that remain the basis on which to build a fairer future, in sports, digital and everyday life.
In particular, Minister Andrea Abodispoke of respect as “a key word in sports as well, towards oneself, towards others, towards the context, towards the nature around us, towards our city and towards the common good. It is a principle that sports certainly trains and that we must try to promote by providing opportunities, making it available in schools and helping those who are unable to play sports for reasons including economic ones.”
Paolo Bertolucci cited tennis as an example of respect and cohesion: “Players live 40 weeks abroad every year, with their own team at their disposal, but then the locker room is common. The opposing players meet here before the match, so there’s a continuous exchange; then you go on the court and there’s the battle, the sports battle, but at the base there’s a deep respect because everyone knows perfectly well how much work and how many sacrifices are behind trying to improve.” Bertolucci also applauded the audience at the ATP Finals: “I would like to sincerely applaud the Italian tennis audience, which we are seeing these days in Turin; you can be a Sinner, Musetti or Alcaraz fan, but it is beautiful when the respect is there not only on the court, but also in the stands. It is an even more beautiful way to experience the sport.”
There was also room to discuss the role of sports at school: according to Paolo Schiavone, “we need to understand that sports is not a way to escape from studying. On the contrary, it is a plus, just as it happens in American colleges, where it is part of the school curriculum: in Italy, on the other hand, this is not very widespread.” A position shared by the minister Abodi: “There is not a good relationship between school and sports and I cannot imagine, as I have happened to record, that a student or a female student is put in the condition of choosing between sports and school. There has to be an’alliance, there has to be mutual respect, and then the rules have to be changed to make this respect manifest widely: to think that sports is a distraction from school in my opinion is a glaring mistake.”
In this edition of Sky Up The Edit, professors and students will reflect on the theme of Respect, understood as caring for oneself, others and the environment. Students will be asked to interpret the theme by choosing between two different perspectives: telling about respect in the digital world, addressing topics such as cyberbullying, the problem of fake news, the proper use of social media and online piracy; or delving into “The Values of Sports,” including fair play, teamwork and physical and mental well-being.
The project -which gathered the participation in the first three years of more than 25 thousand girls and boys from primary and secondary schools throughout Italy – offers classes the opportunityà to take on the role of a small editorial team, choosing whether to produce a journalistic report or a full-fledged campaign to raise awareness on the issue of Respect. In this way, female and male students will be able to develop digitaland soft skills that are fundamental to their personal growth. Available to professors and young people as useful insights to develop their own work, a wide selection of educational and in-depth materials on the dedicated portal, with lots of original content signed Sky TG24 and SkySports.
To participate in Sky Up The Editand learn more about the project, classes and teachers can find all the information at www.skyup.sky.
