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Everyone on the Internet, the 9th edition of the Digital Literacy Week (April 7-11) kicks off in Rome with the youngest and eldest participants of Project Grandparents on the Internet. The appointment is Tueday, April 8 at the Istituto comprensivo Via Manassei on Via della Nocetta 100 at 10 am.
The youngest tutors, barely over 10, and the eldest students, ninety and older, will explain to the secret of active ageing through new technology and intergenerational exchange to local residents, journalists and local administrators. The event, in fact, has been organised as an interactive laboratory to demonstrate the transversal benefits of the project. The main beneficiaries are over-sixties, but in practice Grandparents on the Internet is a social innovation project that also brings benefits to school life, families and the entire community. It really is a welfare school and is strategic in actively involving the most fragile students and reducing the rate of students dropping out of school.
Participants include:
• Lorenzo Marinone, Rome Municipio XII Councillor and Vice-President of the Roma XII Council
• Mirta Michilli, Director General, Fondazione Mondo Digitale
• Leda Parisi, teacher at IC Via Manassei
• Augusta Scacco, Headmaster, Istituto comprensivo “Via Manassei”
“Everyone on the Internet” is dedicated to adults and especially over-sixties who do not have adequate digital skills. The schools and elderly centres participating in Project Grandparents on the Internet invite citizens to return to school and learn how to write with a computer, surf the web, use e-mail and enjoy on-line services provided by the public administration.
For an entire week, starting on April 7, Internet-connected computers will be on-hand at schools in the regions of Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Emilia Romagna, Lazio, Liguria, Lombardy, Marche, Molise, Piedmont, Puglia, Sardinia, Sicilia, Tuscany, Umbria, Veneto and Trentino.
