On the occasion of the “Digital Literacy Weeks”, the social centers for the elderly and the schools that participated in the “Grandparents on the Internet” course invited Rome’s citizens back to their neighborhood schools in order to learn how to write a letter on a computer, send an e-mail, or use public administration’s online services.

Citizens were greeted by tutors young and old and the teacher coordinators who had previously participated in the various editions of Grandparents on the Internet.

 

The first Digital Literacy Week was held in Rome from March 27 to 31, 2006. For the first time, over 30 schools and the city’s social centers for the elderly opened their doors to local citizens for an entire week. The activity was sponsored by Engineering Ingegneria Informatica, the Italian Information Technology group serving citizens and companies.

 

 

The second edition of “Everyone on Internet” held from April 16 to 20, 2007, featured the participation of over 50 schools and the participation of 1,000 senior citizens.

 

 

Nearly sixty schools in Rome from all the city’s districts took part in the third edition of “Everyone on the Internet” held from May 19 to 23, 2008, by opening their doors to their neighbors.

 

 

In the fourth edition of “Everyone on the Internet” held from March 30 to April 3, 2009, pc and Internet connections were switched on in the computerized classrooms of 20 elementary schools and 44 middle/high schools (24 and 20, respectively) in various districts of the City of Rome and the Province of Rome, as well as in other municipalities in Lazio, Umbria, and Marche. Aspiring computer users were greeted by the 1,500 certified senior citizen tutors, 1,000 young tutors, and 100 teacher coordinators who had participated in the 7th edition of Grandparents on the Internet.

 

 

The 5th edition of Digital Literacy Week was held from May 3 to 7, 2010, and featured participants from Lombardia, Marche, and Piemonte in addition to those from Lazio. The opening day ceremony was held at the Fermi School in Rome in a video conference with the city of Iassi in Romania and the participation of the Romanian senior citizens and tutors who took part in the European Silver project.

 

 

During the 6th edition of “Everyone on the Internet” held from May 23 to 27, 2011, Fondazione Mondo Digitale organized the award ceremony for the 1st Knowledge Volunteers Contest.

 

The 7th edition of the Digital Literacy Week was held from April 16 to 23, 2012 with the participation of schools from 13 regions, over 100 of which opened the doors to the computerized classrooms to the members of the public and aspiring Internauts welcomed by 3,000 student tutors and 4,000 senior citizens already certified as tutors.