President CyberItalian Inc., Educational Producer

 

Ms. Garau has been working in the fields of communication and teaching since 1985.

 

With a "Foreign Languages and Literatures" university degree and a specialization in "Communication", during the years she diversified her work into three main areas:

Italian language teaching, authoring and consulting.

 

Teaching

• Director and senior teacher - Italian Language Program UNSRC Circolo Culturale Italiano, United Nations, New York
• Italian language teacher - New School University for Social Research, New York
• Instructor for workshops on teaching Italian on-line - AATI (American Association of Teachers of Italian - New York Chapter), and NYCAFLT/UFT New York City Association of Foreign Language Teachers/ United Federation of Teachers

Authoring

• Designer and content developer of CyberItalian's language course: "Italian with Pinocchio™"
• Author of the projects: "Italian Frames", a CD-Rom on Italian cinema and language and "Voyage through Italy", an Italian language course on CD-Rom - Elemond-Mondadori, Milan

Consulting

• "Lingua Nostra" - Italian Cultural Institute, New York
• "Italintranet Donna" - IACE (Italian-American Committee on Education), New York
• "Curriculum Guide K-12" - the Education Office of the Italian Consulate in New York
• "Italy-USA cross-cultural, business issues" - Windham International USA, and Prudential Intercultural USA

Ms. Garau strongly believes that education is the future of humanity and that a language course should be amusing, conceptually strong, and well designed. She likes to promote these ideas through CyberItalian.

 

Vice Presidente CyberItalian Inc., Direttore Tecnico

 

Mr. Vacchina has been an electronic and computer scientist since 1985.

 

He is an information technology consultant for the United Nations.

 

His experience developed through several projects managed in different countries all over the world.

 

Projects:

• Feasibility study and development of a prototype "Early warning system for conflicts and complex emergencies” for the United Nations in New York
• Functional design of the Afghanistan Information Management Service (AIMS) in Kabul
• Set-up of the IT and Telecomm infrastructure for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in emergency situations: Angola, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Uganda

He designed the interface and the CGI programs behind CyberItalian, and worked on the overall concept and design of the site. With a strong passion for technology, photography, traveling, and sailing, he strongly believes that the Internet has opened a new way in the search for enlightenment. He likes to promote this idea through CyberItalian.

 

 

We would like to thank the following friends, professionals or associations that contributed to CyberItalian success:

• United Nations Staff Recreation Council,
  Il Circolo Culturale Italiano, New York

 

• Teresa Barbieri, consultant
• Alberto Baudo, journalist
• Barbara Cicalini, copywriter
• Massimo Guadalupi, copywriter
• Italian Wine and Food Institute New York
• Stefano Lami, scientist
• Linda Ann Loschiavo, editor
• Marina Malvezzi, editor and chef
• Micaela Martegani Luini, art critic
• Antonio Monda, film director
• John Rizzo, journalist
• Alberto Ruju, biologist
• Gaither Stewart, foreign correspondent
• Martin Stiglio, director Italian Cultural Institute
• Angela Vistarchi, professor
• Kathrine Simon, fashion designer

 

• Raffaella Acampora
• Clelia Cavallaro, composer and vocalist
• Laura Caparrotti, Kairos Italy Theatre director
• Alessandro Fabrizi, actor
• Giovanni Micoli, actor
• Marco Perduca
• Vincenzo Pugliese, actor

 

• Edoardo Bellando
• Andrew Cangelose
• Carolina Cobelli
• Madeline Escobar
• Erika Hauschildt
• Tamara Lee
• Jennifer Prado
• Maria Rea
• Paolina Weber

 

• Umberto d'Arista, teacher of Italian
• Giuseppe Barni, teacher of Italian
• Rossana Chille, teacher of Italian
• Rossella Livraga, consultant
• Gianni Lopez, photographer
• Paola Ruju, language teacher
• Paolo Tartanella, journalist
• Stefano Vaccara, political editor and columnist
• Renato Zacchia, photographer
• Chiara Carfì, marketing and PR consultant
• United Nations Staff Recreation Council, Il Circolo Culturale Italiano, New York

 

• Francesco Fornara

• August Minke, MaasHudson Inc.