A Year of Firtual Projects

• Registration starts for the 4th edition of the International City of Rome Robotics Trophy.
• Grandparents on the Internet and ... Robotics: the experience of elders at Itis Pacinotti
• Poggio Picenze: 10 months after the earthquake a new multimedia lab is opened.
• TeleMouse: the TeleAngels team is formed; new courses begin in Rome.
• Il progetto “Grandparents on the Internet, a click for togetherness” begins in Santhià (Piedmont).
• Digital Bridge: videoconference lessons with Africa at the ESA Sat Expo Europestand and a photo exhibition on life in the refugee camps.

• Second Phase of Project Digital Bridge and first reports on the operative missions
• FMD is in Paris for the Unesco Expert Meeting on “Knowledge Societies: The Way Forward”.
• The RomeCup is opened by a humanoid android. The national press and state TV cover the event.
• Social Innovation: an Indian Alliance is formed with the Mitra Mandal Foundation and the Datamation Foundation.

•   Lessons on Africa: didactic action continues with Project Digital Bridge, including meetings with African Specialist Martin Nkafu and videoconferences with Africa.
• Interactive didactics: national seminar in Turin on the “Multi Touch Revolution" and a DidaMatica workshop in Rome on IT for Didactics.

• Fifth edition of the Digital Literacy Week in videoconference with Romania.
• FMD and Robotics at the Turin International Book Fair, at the Rome Forum PA and with Grandparents on the Internet at Terra Futura.
• Digital Bridge activity continues with new recognitions. A Drop in the Ocean is filmed in the Saharawi refugee camps, Itis Einstein wins the schools shorts competition. Itis Herz receives an award at the Forum PA.

• MOBIAGE Project: an opportunity for elderly people and senior migrants and the FMD experience with elders and foreigners.
• Candidature finals in Singapore for the City of Rome and RoboCup2012.
• “I’m There” - Roman schools for The World Refugee Day.
• Final event of Project Silverin Belgium.
• TeleMouse – School Results
• Digital Bridge initiatives for end of year school parties
• Social Innovators meet on and off line. Alfonso Molina chairs the roundtable at The Hub Roma
• Grandparents on the Internet: new schools join. 

• Welcoming Saharawi children
• Recylcing campaign: 18 computers are regenerated and donated to a safehouse in Ceccano.
• Debate on Digital Citizenship at CATTID.
• If on a Summer’s Evening: comparing reception policies
• Digital Bridge: a summer of Italian culture for three African teachers.

• The Ambassadors of Peace arrive in Rome.
• Grandparents on the Internet during the summer and … on tv. A Report by Cominciamo bene
• 15 Municipalities against the Digital divide, a memorandum of understanding is signed with Distretto socio-assistenziale A

Digital Grandparents at Cominciamo bene estate [Watch the Report]

• Digital Bridge a the Festival Castelli in Africa (Lanuvio)
• International meeting in Fiuggi to present the results of Project Silver - Stimulating ICT Learning for Active EU Elders.
• Intel becomes a national partner of Grandparents on the Internet.
• Podcasts and e-books become part of the digital grandparent experience in Como.
• Media education – a memorandum of understanding is signed with Aequinet.

• BIMU 2010: Robots at the Fiera di Milano.
• Caserta hosts a seminar by MIUR on Robotics.
• Digital Bridge videoconference at the Regione Lazio.
• Three days for School at the Naples Science City with the dancing robots from Eboli.
• First training workshop for Grandparents on the Internet in Rome.
• FMD wins the "Immigration and Citizenship" Award.
• Sustainable lifestyles and intergenerational exchange – an agreement is signed with Legambiente
• Nonnet, Digital Urban Vegetable Patches kicks off in Pontecagnano, Eboli and Succivo (Campagna Region).

Multimedia Material

Back from Africa on Radio 1 Rai [Listen to the Radio Report]

• Prof. De Mauro at the Internet Governance Forum Italia 2010
• TeleMouse 3.0 – Knowledge Volunteers competition kicks off
• FMD at Robotica 2010 in Rho, FieraMilano, Porte Aperte alla Robotica in Turin
• ICT for Refugees – the Centro Enea Third Level Reception Model.

• Grandparents on the Internet: training workshop in Eboli (Salerno) and Valmorea (Como)
• Telemouse 3.0 Award is among the best European practices for volunteering and intergenerational dialogue
• New Technologies for Social Integration: Challenges and Outlook in Italy, the Centre Enea model at the workshop organised by Bridge-IT.
• Digital Bridge: cooperation amongst the end of year events.