Training Programme
Result 1: Training programme: Culture & creativity in the digital world
Through the distribution of surveys targeted to seniors and educators, as well as the conduction of focus group sessions, important outcomes will be resulted. All the results from all partner countries will be compared and the final outcomes will lead to the creation of the training programme and curriculum.
This training programme will encourage seniors with low or no digital skills to get involved with the project and get familiar with the digital world. In addition, the material will focus also on culture and arts as it will show to seniors numerous attractive tools which will motivate them to improve their skills and search on their own events or online resources and applications related to culture. In other words, the training programme will be a sort of a “cure for loneliness” for senior people who during the COVID-19 pandemic could not go out and meet other people.
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Workshops
In each partner country (Poland, Greece, Cyprus, Portugal and Czech Republic) a series of workshops for senior citizens are organised by the partners. Here you can find information for each country.
- Poland
DATES: 21st of February 2023
Some of the pilot workshops were organized online on the Zoom platform. Thanks to that they were available for seniors not only from one sity but from all over the Poland. One of them was about photography and film making. We organized it in one of the Senior Activity Centres in Kraków (Poland). During the workshop we talked about basic knowledge a person need to star making photos but also we shared some usefull tips and tricks about the light, composition, perspective, exposure as well as about photo equipment. Second part of the workshop was dedicated to making movies. We were talking and practicing different methods of editing viedeos, we presented different software that miht be used to film editing. The workshop included teoreting and practical element. At the end there was also questions and answers section.
DATES: 24th of February 2023
One of three in-person workshops. It was about communication skills. We were talking about the fact that it is never to late to work on our skills in this area. We considered different types of verbal and non-verbal communication – words, gestures, eye contatct, facial expressions, body language, tone of voice, sounds, letters, numbers and symbols. There were various exercises such as communication bingo.
DATES: 7th of March 2023
Some of the pilot workshops were organized online on the Zoom platform. Thanks to that they were available for seniors not only from one state but from all over Poland. One of them was about museums and art galleries. We showed how to visit museums online and what kinds of activities are possible online on various museums’ websites, social media and in their mobile apps. We also tested the most famous museum’s offers.
DATES: 28th of March 2023
One of three in-person workshops. It was about photography and film making. We organized it in one of the Senior Activity Centres in Kraków (Poland). During the workshop we talked about basic knowledge a person need to star making photos but also we shared some usefull tips and tricks about the light, composition, perspective, exposure as well as about photo equipment. Second part of the workshop was dedicated to making movies. We were talking and practicing different methods of editing viedeos, we presented different software that miht be used to film editing. The workshop included teoreting and practical element. At the end there was also questions and answers section.
DATES: 28th of March 2023
One of three in-person workshops. It was about photography and filmmaking. We organized it in one of the Senior Activity Centres in Kraków (Poland). During the workshop, we talked about the basic knowledge a person needs to star making photos but also we shared some useful tips and tricks about light, composition, perspective, exposure as well as photo equipment. The second part of the workshop was dedicated to making movies. We were talking and practiced different methods of editing videos, we presented different software that might be used to film editing. The workshop included theoretic and practical elements. In the end, there was also a questions and answers section.
DATES: 31st of March 2023
Some of the pilot workshops were organized online on the Zoom platform. Thanks to that they were available for seniors not only from one sity but from all over the Poland. One of them was about social media, especially Facebook and Instagram, but there were short talks also about some other. Another important component of the workshop was cybersecurity. We went through the information about how to protect ourselves in the Internet, what kind of data we shouldn’t share online and how to create strong passwords. There was time for questions and answers too.
- Portugal
DATES: 1st and 2nd of March 2023
The pilot test was held at Third Age University of Fundão with 36 seniors which usually attend the classes there.
Workshops to be developed as piloting were decided based on seniors’ interests and also volunteer teachers` availability.
Five Workshops were put into practise, 4 face-to-face and 1 online, namely:
- Tissue Flowers (Poland tradition)
- Storytelling/ Blogs
- Creativity and Brain Training
- Greece – pies (Creative cooking)
- Portuguese Artist [Online session]
The target group was composed of (36) people aged between 50 and 84, men and (mainly) women, with several different characteristics (learning styles, rhythms, handicaps, skills, wishes, and backgrounds). Anyway, all of them have willing to learn and share their knowledge and experiences.
- Cyprus
DATES: December 2022 – February 2023
Emphasys Centre has organised 7 workshops with seniors (some of them were organized in more than one session due to the number of participants and the time provided). All workshops were organised face-to-face due to the low level of seniors’ digital skills. The workshops were organized with the collaboration of the Multi-Dynamic Municipal Center of Nicosia, which offers many different training, excursions, and other activities to senior citizens of the municipality. The workshops covered topics such as painting & drawing, storytelling, European cultures (Poetry from Cyprus, Carnival traditions from Portugal, Polish handcrafts), creativity & brain training, and communication skills.
- Czech Republic
DATES: 6th February 2023
Listening music online: In the online workshop, we focused on listening to classical music using online radios and then on other possibilities of the Internet when listening to music, or downloading it. Furthermore, the possibilities of playing music were explained – with a focus on the operas of Giuseppe Verdi.
DATES: 16th February 2023
Online entertainment: Seniors were very satisfied with this
workshop, it helped them in orientation in online entertainment: how to watch online TV and play some games on the internet. “
DATES: 26th January 2023
On-line communication + e-mail: Seniors were very satisfied with the practical workshop, it helped them in understanding how to use online communications and how to write a correct e-mail (with attachment). At the same
time, he helped them with the work out of the assignments they had as part of the course.
DATES: 26th January 2023
A handful of cybersecurity issues Seniors learned techniques for the safe use of public computers and were able to create effective passwords and apply them. They gained skills in working with password managers.
DATES: 16th February 2023
Taking pictures/photos: The seniors gained new skills based on frontal interpretation and practical exercises. They had lively discussions among themselves and came up with new suggestions.
