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It’s called "Grandparents on the Internet in the Province of Palermo” and is based on the intergenerational learning method designed by the Fondazione Mondo Digitale to promote the digital literacy of over-sixties. Now, it has arrived in the towns of Castelbuono and Isnello thanks to the support of the Fondazione con il Sud.
The main objective of the project is to promote active ageing and solidarity amongst generations through intergenerational learning activities that help elders and youth collaborate.
The digital literacy courses for over-sixties from Castelbuono and Isnello will be held in the computer laboratories of five pilot schools (primary, first-degree and second-degree secondary schools), selected by FMD. The students, coordinated by a professor, will teach the elders about computers and the Internet. The best student/tutor ratio is one tutor for two students in second-degree secondary school and two tutors for each elder in primary school. The course last a total of 30 hours and is held through 15 weekly or biweekly 2-hour lessons.
At the end of every course, grandparents, tutors and teachers receive a participation certificate, which also counts as credits for the students. The schools, in fact, appreciate the educational value of the project that has been inserted in their didactic curricula. Moreover, the teachers find it an excellent way to enrich didactic competences as well as a specialist approach to teaching the elderly.
Two local elderly centres will be equipped with Internet Corners to allow the students to connect to the Internet for free and teach their peers about computers and the web.
In the video, Antonio Tumminello, Mayor of Castelbuono, describes the municipality he governs and that has the highest average age in the province. In fact, 30% of its citizens are sixty year old or older.
