Project “Grandparents On-line. Everyone’s Young at the Post Office” is kicking off throughout Italy. The digital literacy project is promoted by Poste Italiane with the collaboration of the Fondazione Mondo Digitale to teach elders how to use modern communication technology and the Internet.
Today, over-65s return to school in Mantua, Milan, Naples and Catanzaro in four schools:
- Mantua - IIS Belfiore, managed by Marina Bordonali. The course will be coordinated by Prof Anselmo Volponi.
- Catanzaro - IIS E. Fermi, managed by Luigi Macrì. The course will be coordinated by Prof Antonio Rotella.
- Naples - IIS Giordani-Striano, managed by Elena De Gregorio. The course will be coordinated by Professors Daniela Cuccurullo and Mariano Giardina.
- Milan - IIS G. Feltrinelli with Prof Elisabetta Corbellari.
In all the schools, the lessons will be held by student-tutors – one for each elder - coordinated by a professor. The students will provide their elder counterparts with the skills necessary to gainfully use new technology. This digital literacy programmes underlines the commitment of Poste Italiane and the Fondazione Mondo Digitale to fight social and technological exclusion of over-sixty-five citizens.
