Blended mobility CEB: ICT skills

 Blended mobility CEB: ICT skills

From the 13th till the 17th of June, Associazione Uniamoci Onlus hosted the project "Collaborative Economy without Barriers-CEB" in Palermo, during which they improved the ICT skills of the users that were participating, did handcraft activities and showed the participants around the city.

The first day started with a presentation about the program of the project, after which everybody got to know each other with the help of some name and knowledge games. After that, everybody got divided in their national groups and they had to write down their fears and expectations for the following week. This was followed by lunch and a touristic visit of Palermo by a touristic train. 

The next day the participants got their first IT training of the project. They learned about the basics of informatics and about accessibility features, like how to change the language of your electronic device, how to change the color and size of the mouse and the size of the text. Next, they learned how to use Google Chrome. In the afternoon they continued with some handcraft activities. They made coasters from plastic bottle caps and pin cushions. 

The third day started with handcraft activities. The participants made plant- and candle holders from glass jars and strings. This activity was followed by IT training, where they learned how to create an email account and how to write an email. 

The fourth day started with IT training, and the participants learned how to use Canva. For this they needed the email account which they created the day before. On Canva they had to do two exercises. For the first one they had to create a birthday card and for the second one they had to create a wedding invitation. In the afternoon they did some handcraft activity again. This time they did abstract painting for rewarding results. For the first activity they had to paint magazine pages one color, which they later teared up in pieces and used to make mosaic out of it. Until the magazine pages were drying and were ready to be used for the mosaic, the participants did two other abstract painting activities. For one they had to splash paint drops on a piece of paper with a brush and for the last activity they dropped different colors of paint on a piece of paper which they had to spread over the paper with a piece of carton. 

In the morning and early afternoon of the last day, the participants got the chance to enjoy the beautiful weather on the beach. After arriving back in the city from the beach, they had some free time and everyone met again in the evening on a square where they did the final evaluation activities, which was followed by the final dinner.