The document discusses an eTwinning project called "Forum of Generations @ School" that aimed to teach elderly people basic computer and internet skills. Students from a Slovak school organized 3 meetings to instruct older community members on using a computer, finding information online, emailing, and video chatting. The elderly participants were willing to learn new technologies, though some things took longer to explain. One woman was grateful to learn how to contact her niece affordably online and felt younger by gaining these new skills. Both the students and elderly participants found the experience rewarding.

1. ACTIVITIES IN ETWINNIG PROJECT:“FORUM OF
GENERATIONS @ SCHOOL“

2.  2012 is the European
Year for Active Ageing
and Intergenerational
Solidarity promoted by
the European
Commission; it is
intended to raise
awareness, identify
and disseminate good
practice and to
encourage
policymakers and
stakeholders at all
levels to promote
active ageing.

3.  Education Institutions need
to act in a responsible way
to include all groups of
society and encourage older
people to take an active
part in society in all areas.
However, it is sincere
opinion that the future
challenge is "mainstreaming
ageing" – learning in later
life is not only referring to
learning after retirement,
but also to people still in
employment who want to
actively shape their career
at a later stage.

4.  Have you ever
realized what does
ICT mean? It is
everywhere around
us, we even do not
realize their
influence on us.
There are more and
more Technologies
and devices used
every day by us.

5.  When you press the
button, you get the
ticket, or the door opens,
most of the machines,
cars work with the help
of complicated
technologies, we cannot
imagine our life without
the PC, the Internet and
so on. We, young people
can use ICT without any
problems easily, they
make our life more
colourful and easier.

6.  But what about
elderly people? Is it
so easy for them
too? Of course not.
They do not know
what will happen
when they press the
button,they are
afraid to click the
mouse of the PC.

7.  Yes, ICT means distress for
elder people. That is why
WE – Slovak students
involved in the project
„Forum of Generations @
School“ have organized 3
meeting with elderly people
from our town Levice and
tried to teach them how to
manage the basic
information about ICT, the
PC and the Internet. We
have taught them how to
use the PC, look for needed
information, write emails
and contact each other with
the help of Skype or ICQ.

8.  Our elederly
participans were very
nice and willing to
learn new things. Some
things took longer
time to teach them, we
had to repeat some
new technologies,
practices and activities
related with new things
to learn but our classes
were worh it!

9.  As Mrs Kovačova said:“I was
glad I could learn
something new! It will be
great to contact my niece in
New York. I only used
a telephone and it was so
expensive for me. And now
I will see her and talk to her
without paying anything.
Thank students from
Business Academy in Levice
involved in eTwinning
project „Forum of
Generations at schol now
I feel as I used to when
I was young. Thank you,
dear students!“

10.  Not only our
participants were
happy to learn new
things, we were
delighted to give
them something we
know very well...
 At the end of our
course, the elderly
participants got the
certificates 