The project continues and is enriched with new contents "Digital Risorgimento Operation", alliance between institutions, companies and the third sector launched last November by TIM to encourage the dissemination of digital skills among citizens, businesses and public administrations. Faced with the Coronavirus emergency and with a view to continuing its mission, will be launched from April 14, "Masters of Italy", the first online school that was created with the aim of bringing digital culture into Italian homes through the testimony of public figures and learning formats even for the youngest, in order to make known all the potential of the Internet at a particular time to the country.
Digital Risorgimento Operation: what it is
"Digital Risorgimento Operation" takes on an even more strategic and system value, continuing with the aim of giving impetus to the digitalization process underway. It is a widespread, free and interactive school, which stems from the synergy between virtual "places" and a rich schedule of meetings and interactive content lasting about an hour, available live on the Operation Risorgimento Digitale site, on YouTube and Facebook channels, on demand on the online teaching platforms that have already joined the project (Cisco, Google, IBM and WeSchool) and all the others that want to join the initiative.
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the importance of digital and the skills necessary to use it, to stay online. Operation Risorgimento Digitale therefore could not stop, it had to accelerate. After enhancing the ability of citizens to connect with each other and with the network, we then decided to take another step: Masters of Italy will allow us, in a concrete way, to strengthen the dialogue started with citizens of all ages and in all corner of the country, giving them information and insights offered by figures of excellence. However, we hope that our original project will soon return to the streets of Italy ".
The project will appeal to all age groups with lessons and dialogues on the great digital themes and society: citizens, teachers, entrepreneurs, children will be able to acquire new digital skills, now more than ever central. Interaction with the public will be guaranteed thanks to the use of accessible platforms such as Google Meet, YouTube and Facebook, which allow you to share videos, audio and screens.
Digital Risorgimento Operation: the course program
The program includes a cycle of over thirty lessons held by the "Masters" who will deepen the social and economic impacts of the Coronavirus emergency with the aim of creating opportunities for dialogue and confrontation with authoritative personalities who have made themselves available to citizens to facilitate understanding of relevant issues. Every day in an hour-long talk on YouTube and Facebook, emergency issues will be addressed – from new possible models of development, to changing the economy to scientific research -.
The first speakers are: Carlo Ratti, Italo Rota, Ilaria Capua, Roberto Cingolani, Carlo Cottarelli, Roberto Burioni, Stefano Boeri and Makkox. Five master classes of four lessons each will instead teach you how to make the most of the Internet and its resources in this particular period of emergency that limits movement and physical contacts.
These are specific courses on digital skills carried out on Google Meet and aimed at teachers with the desire to know the tools of digital education, smart workers of the public administration and companies, to those who want to know the basics of cybersecurity to surf safely, and more generally to those who want to learn how to use social networks to your profession. Thanks to five qualified teachers – Salvatore Giuliano for digital teaching, Ernesto Belisario for public administration, Arturo Di Corinto for cybersecurity, Silvia Vianello for social media for professions, Giampaolo Colletti on smart worker themes – it will be possible to understand the great opportunities that technology offers for everyday life.
Finally, a large space will be dedicated to children with an edutainment content program, to let them acquire digital skills by playing. An hour-long morning session, interactive and engaging on the first steps of technology, robotics and scientific and cooking experiments, DIY and chemistry; traditional disciplines such as science, environment and territory all addressed through gaming. The goal is to develop skills, creativity and stimulate all different forms of intelligence in children: spatial, logical-mathematical, social, introspective, linguistic and artistic. The educational content will be curated by experts in the sector and characters loved by children: Codemotion, Fondazione Mondo Digitale, OFpassiON, Maker Camp and Telefono Azzurro.
