1. “Grandfathers on Internet”
Italian Digital Literacy Training Programme for the year
Kick off Meeting, Silver Project, Rome 16 October 2008

2. Fondazione Mondo Digitale is a NGO founded by the Municipality of Rome, Lazio Region and ICT companies as, Intel, Acea, Unisys, Wind ect. FMD’s core mission is to spread the benefits of the use of the newest ICTs among schools and learning environments. In this respect, over the past 6 years it has been leading relevant educational initiatives at local/national/international level , one of the most important initiatives is the project “Grandfathers on Internet”.

3. Grandfathers on Internet :Main objectives
Innovate traditional learning and teaching methods (lifelong learning) towards adults through the ingredients of the so called 21st Century Education
Create a smooth an easy approach of over 60s towards the use of PC: internet surfing, communication through and use on internet-based services
Active involvement of young students in the educational process
Favor generational exchange

4. primary, secondary and upper-secondary
Courses location
Schools
primary, secondary and upper-secondary

5. elderly social centers
Training is targeted to over 60s citizens of Rome, particularly those from
elderly social centers

6. Training is held inside school ICT labs

7. An ICT expert professor from the hosting school
Who is the coordinator?
An ICT expert professor from the hosting school
He teaches PC theory, takes care of trainees and coordinates tutors

8. Students/ Tutors The follow step-by-step their alumni
… through their improvements.

9. Tutors are a constant support throughout the learning process
Course topics
Writing
Internet

10. 1 tutor for 2 “grandfathers”

11. Elder and Tutor an exchange of experiences and knoeldge
Tutor teach how to use PC
Grandfathers tell about their past though snapshots, fairytales, their plays and stories…
They bring all together in an electronic journal and store everything into a CD

12. Very good tutors from primary and secondary schools

13. Moments from the course

14. Hands-on learning
An d dance!

15. Folders, file, e-mail, web browsers …
blog
www. @
Google
… become familiar nouns

16. Course features For free Target: over 60s Location: schools
15 lessons, one per week, 2 hours each
1 tutor every two trainees
1 coordinating teacher
Free manual
Generational exchange
Final certificate

17. Didactical material
FMD, in partnership with the University “La Sapienza” (Linguistic Dept) and with the contribution of the Intel Corporation (Italy), has realized a training kit for an easy, accessible and aware use of PC and Internet:
Guidelines for the elders
Guidelines for teacher
Guidelines for tutors
Toolkit for the use of PC

18. VII Edition in numbers 80 courses in Rome
4 courses in the Umbria region
2 courses in province of Rome
5 courses in the Lazio region

19. Results of the previous 6 editions
110 courses in Rome (all districts)
110 schools
110 Elderly Social Centers
3000 students as tutors
400 coordinating teachers
6000 elders trained

20. VII Edition Schools (1/2)
Roman Schools
L.S.S. “I. Newton”
L.S.S. “I. Newton”–plesso “Via dell’Olmata”
I.P.S.I.A. "E. De Amicis"
L.C.S. "G. Mameli"
S.M.S. "Esopo"
I.C. "Tiburtina Antica 25"
196° C.D. plesso “C. Massaia”
196° C.D. plesso “Angeli della Città”
S.M.S. "E. Majorana"
I.C. "C. Levi"
I.T.I.S. "A. Pacinotti"
S.M.S. “Val di Lanzo”
S.M.S. "L. Di Liegro"
S.M.S. "L. Di Liegro"- plesso “Via dei Fiorentini”
S.M.S. "L. Di Liegro"- plesso “Via Facchinetti”
I.C. "G. B. Palombini"
141° C.D. "San Cleto"
141° C.D. - plesso “Palatucci”
I.P.S.I.A. "Europa"
I.C. "G. B. Valente”
S.M.S. "L.Pavoni"
I.I.S. "Aquilonia"
126° C.D. "I. Masih"
81° C. D. "M. Polo”
81° C. D. plesso “Via Tenore”
I.C. "M.L.King“
165° C.D. "M. Kolbe"
87° C.D. "A. Negri”
S.M.S. “F.Petrarca”
I.T.I.S. "H.Hertz"
I.C. "Fontanile Anagnino"
182° C.D. "F.Fellini"
I.C. "G. Milanesi"
I.T.I.S. “G. Armellini"
L.S.S. “G.Peano"
102° C.D. "Mar de Caraibi“
L.S.S. “A. Labriola"
I.T.C. "F.Magellano"
I.C. "A.Leonori“
194° C.D. "Massa Marittima"
I.C. "Fratelli Cervi"
S.M.S. "A. Gramsci"
S.M.S. "F. de André"

21. VII Edition Schools (1/2)
Roman Schools
L.C.S. "D.Alighieri"
IV L.A. "A. Caravillani"
L.S.S. "E.Torricelli"
299° C.D. "Papa Wojtyla"
299° C.D. plesso “XXI Aprile”
103° C.D. “Celli”
103° C.D. plesso “I. Pizzetti”
I.C."Chiodi"
I.T.I.S. "E. Fermi"
I.I.S. “V. Gassman”
S.M.S. "P. Stefanelli"
I.C. "Via Cassia, 1690"
I.T.C. "P. Calamandrei"
I.T.I.S. "B. Pascal"
Province of Rome
3° C.D. "E. De Filippo"
157° C.D. “Passoscuro”
157° C.D. plesso “Torre in Pietra”
I.C. " L. da Vinci"
S.M.S. "A. Velletrano"
Lazio Region
S.M.S. "A.Volta"
I.A. "A. Calcagnadoro"
Umbria Region
I.C. A.Orvietano - S.M.S. “Fabro Scalo”
I.C. A.Orvietano -plesso – S.M.S. “Ficulle”
I.C. A.Orvietano - plesso S.M.S. “Monte Gabbione”
I.C. A.Orvietano – “S.M.S.Monteleone”

23. Women are from 55 to 90 years old.
The majority is between 58 and 76 years old

24. Man are from 57 to 87 years old.
The majority is between 63 and 81years old

25. “Non mi buttare…al Centro Anziani c’è post@ per me” … great fuss in the City

26. Non mi buttare… Al centro anziani c’è post@ per me
Non mi buttare… Al centro anziani c’è per me! Campaign for the re-use of dismissed PC by companies and public administrations
The aim is to equip 140 elderly social centers with two dismissed computers coming from private/public companies.
Students from Roman schools join the initiative by providing their technical support in setting up PC anew and installing open source OS or Windows OS and software which is freely provided to schools (FMD is now an “Authorized MAR Center”

27. One-year free Internet connectio
2008 News! 50 Eni Corners
The FMD and the Eni Foundation will provide50 Roman elderly centers with an Internet Cornet with these equipments:
3 computer Pentium III
One-year free Internet connectio

28. On going list of the Centers to be equipped with the “corners”
XII Colle di Mezzo
XII Tor De Cenci
XII Laurentina
XII Decima
XIII Associazione Dragona
XIII Ostia
XIII Dragoncello
XV Associazione Amici di Corviale
XV Piana del Sole
XVII Sabotino
XVIII Val Cannuta
XVIII Cornelia
XIX Balduina
XIX Primavalle
XX Centro Sociale Municipio XX Cesano
XX Galline Bianche
XX La Storta
I San Saba Aventino Miani
I Castro Pretorio Sallustiano
I San Quintino
I Associazione Csa Testaccio
II Nuovi Orizzonti
II Villaggio Olimpico
II Villa Leopardi
IV Serpentara
V Colli Aniene
V De Magistris
VI Casilino 23
VII Sandro Pertini
VII Alessandrino
VIII Massa Silani
IX Villa Lais
X Largo Spartaco
XI Centro Polivalente Parco Schuster

29. 500 PC have already been donated by
Poste Italiane S.p.a.

30. PC Donators up to date Poste Italiane The Municipality of Rome
Engineering
Consiglio Superiore della Magistratura
Zetema
Acea
Ceida
Legal private offices
Citizens
“Disposing of old PC is a cost, reciclying them is and investment”

31. Schools involved by the initiative up to date I. T. I. S “G
Schools involved by the initiative up to date I.T.I.S “G. Armellini” I.T.I.S. “B. Pascal” I.T.I.S “E. Fermi” I.T.I.S. “A. Pacinotti” I.T.C. “P. Calamandrei” I.T.I.S “H. Hertz” L.S.S. “B. Russell” S.M.S. “P. Stefanelli” I.P.S.I.A. “C. Cattaneo”

32. Campaign main results 171 Regenerated PC by students 68
Elderly Centers have been fournished
Work is under way to equip all 140 Centers and scale the initiative at the whole Lazio Region

33. City Back to School! The Digital Literacy Week

34. Tutti su Internet “Digital Literacy Week”
From 2006 on, course editions end up with a great event involving all schools and elder centers for the promotion of Digital Literacy and Lifelong Learning.
The initiative is also supported by the Municipality of Rome

35. Grandfathers on the Internet in Europe
Twinning with the Irish government that has just launched a national initiative for the promotion of digital literacy with the project Log On, Learn. The project is supported by Intel Ireland.
And … Silver Project: Stimulating ICT Learning for Active EU Elders involving Spain, Rumania and Belgium

36. Main Objectives of SILVER Project
Development of an online environment to create communities of elders, students/teachers/other stakeholders using/improving the methodology and sharing knowledge (experiences/solutions). The integration of the “physical environment” of current elderly training programmes and this “virtual environment” results in an innovative “phyrtual” environment based on people and knowledge codification.
Enrich, translate, customize and implement the current didactical kit about basic ICT skills (1st level) with new 2nd and 3rd level courses about social networking (blog, podcast, profiling etc.) and e-government services respectively;
Carry out in depth case studies of the innovative methodological and didactical aspects of the project, in order to deepen knowledge codification and strengthen the educational foundations of the programme. .

38. Fondazione Mondo Digitale
Silvia Celani
Coordinator of International Projects
Fondazione Mondo Digitale
Tel
Fax