The goal of the NET OF SEA TOWNS Comenius Regio-Project was to bring together schools in Raahe, Finland and Pescara, Italy through art and technology projects focused on the common theme of the sea. The project aimed to increase connections between the two countries, cultures, institutions, and age groups. Schools from both areas collaborated on creating art shows and multimedia presentations to share what they had learned together about their seaside communities, making virtual communication possible despite the physical distance.

1. NET OF SEA TOWNS
Comenius Regio -Project

2. Goal
The goal of the project is to bring the people of
Raahe and Abruzzo closer through the use of
art and technology.
The common theme is the sea.
We hope to breach as many limits as possible
between two countries and cultures as well as
between institutes and age groups.

3. The goal is to create art shows and multimedia
presentations about what we have learned together.
During the project, we strived to use new technology in the
classrooms and in education.
Although we are physically far away from each other,
technology makes virtual communication possible.

4. Schools in the project:
Raahe, Finland:
Harakkamäki School
Koivuluoto School
Merikatu School
Raahe Upper Secondary School
Art School Purje
Department of Education in Raahe
Summer University of Northern Ostrobothnia

5. Schools in the project:
Pescara, Abruzzo, Italia:
Istituto Ravasco
Istituto MIBE
Istituto Acerbo
Istituto Comprensivo 8
Ufficio Scolastico Regionale per d'Abruzzo - Direzione
Generale
The Municipality of Pescara
The Province of Pescara
Association Italia Nostra

6. Merikatu School
My home way
- Digital stories, English
Homeway by Arttu ja Ilkka
Sea experiences
- Collages and art
Sea Stories
- picture stories,
fish stories,
net rules, digistories

8. School of fish
- Fish stories, drawings and
sculptures, art and English

9. MIILUKANGAS
Miilukangas, a family business is a factory working with
steel, foundry and piping as well as construction. It is one of
Finland’s largest privately owned machine shops.
Merikatu school does cooperative work with Miilukangas, the
partnership began in 2005.

10. The creation of murals on the walls of the engineering
facilities of Miilukangas is part of the cooperative work with
Merikatu school.
The goal is to deepen the understandings of students and
teachers about business and the metal industry.

11. KOIVULUOTO SCHOOL
PRESENTATION

12. KUMMATTI
SCHOOL

13. HARAKKAMÄKI
Our logo-project with
Raahe Upper Secondary School
and schools in Pescara

14. FISH
We made Finnish fish
by felting with
needles.

15. The World of the
Sea was born..
by painting, cutting, decorating
and sewing

16. Fairy tales of the Sea
students from classes 5b and 1b wrote them
together

17. ART SCHOOL PURJE went to the beach and made
some pieces of art by using natural materials like
sand, stones, leaves, flowers.

18. Fishing and sailing have
been traditional chores in
sea towns. Students
made paintings and
pottery with that theme

20. Upper Secondary School of Raahe

25. Art exhibition in
Raahe during
the second
visit of the
Italian
delegation

26. Teamwork between Pescara and
Raahe