The post offices in Mantua and Palermo close the sixth week of courses for Project Grandparents on the Internet at the Post Office, promoted by Poste Italiane in six pilot cities.
In Palermo, the course is hosted by the Post Office in Via Roma 320. Most of the tutors attend the IIS Duca degli Abruzzi School and are coordinated by Professor Teresa Meli with the precious help of Leda Parisi, who has just moved to Sicily. The youngest tutor in Palermo is 13, as well as the oldest student, 89!
In Mantua, over-sixties are learning about new technology thanks to the tutors from IIS Enrico Fermi. The lessons are coordinated by Professors Paolo Pelizzoni and Massimiliano Ferro. The students, aged 62-80 years old, were nearly all absolute beginners who had never sat down in front of a computer, keyboard and mouse.
Calendar for Friday, September 11
Palermo, via Roma 320
Third lesson
Mantua, via Pietro Nenni 2
Eleventh lesson
Grandparents on the Internet at the Post Office was conceived to help elders navigate the web and learn more about new communication technology. Poste Italiane opted for the Grandparents on the Internet Model developed by the Fondazione Mondo Digitale to promote its digital literacy pilot project in post offices around the country [see news "Grandparents at Post Offices"].
