DIPLOMAS HANDOVER CEREMONY AT THE EDUCATIONAL ADULT CENTER PAULO FREIRE IN FUENLABRADA

Last 24th, March, we carried out at the Educational Adult Center Paulo Freire in Fuenlabrada a diploma delivery ceremony about the digital literacy. This center serves as a big example in the education of adult people and a clear demonstration of the compromise with digital literacy. 

On the act, participated the staff of the center, the chief director and the teachers who had followed along the course development, with the staff of RETOMAdrID. 

The results speaks by themselves, 60 people have completed the course. In many cases, that was their first contact with the PC.

Today, upon finalizing their curriculum, they count with more confidence and security to use IT in the day-to-day, therefore making a big step to digital autonomy. 

This big impact makes more sense in a context as in the Educational Adult Centers, where learning not only requires acquiring new skills, but also getting over previous obstacles, fears and insecurities of technology. In this process, the methodology has been key; individually, without the necessity of a constant professor to be and adapted to the rythm of each student. The staff of the center has followed along the progress of the course and highlighted how this approach benifits digital autonomy allowing students to progress with more security when using techonology. 
From RETOMadrID we want to appreciate hugely the disposition, implacation and exquisite welcome of Paulo Friere Educational Adult Center in Fuenlabrada @cepafuenlabrada , that becomes a big example to look up to in the digital transformation from a learning scope.

RETOMadrID keeps progressing thanks to the centers that allow this methodology to happen in an accessible, warm and useful way. 

@comunidadmadrid and @somosupm funded by Fondos #nexgenerationEU #planderecuperacion @miteco.gob

#alfabetizacióndigital #techpeoplecare

RETOMaDRID at UPM Fest

On 18 and 19 March, the Polytechnic University of Madrid held ‘UPM Investiga’ at Matadero Madrid, its first comprehensive research fair: an event designed to bring research closer to society and highlight innovation as a driving force for economic and social development.
A forum bringing together universities, public institutions, businesses and the public, where it became clear that research not only generates knowledge but also drives solutions that have a real impact.


In this context, RETOMadrID’s involvement has highlighted how research can be translated into practical solutions that benefit people.
Through TechPeopleCare, a methodology developed by TEDECO-UPM, we put years of research into digital literacy into practice, enabling anyone to learn from scratch, at their own pace and without the need for a teacher.
This initiative has been rolled out in the Community of Madrid thanks to institutional support and funding from the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan – NextGenerationEU, under Component 19, Investment 1.


RETOMadrID is, therefore, an example of how knowledge generated by universities, combined with support from public authorities, translates into real opportunities to move towards a more inclusive society.
@comunidadmadrid @somosupm @mitecogob
Funded by the European Union – NextGenerationEU, as part of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan.

#NextGenerationEU #PlanDeRecuperación #PRTR #RETOMadrID
#ComunidadDeMadrid #UPM #MITECO
#AlfabetizaciónDigital #BrechaDigital #InclusiónDigital
#TechPeopleCare #TecnologíaParaTodos #Accesibilidad

RETOMadrID kicks off with a visit to the San Martín de Valdeiglesias Library

The RETOMadrID project kicked off this June, and we have been visiting the Miguel Hernández Library @ayto.sanmartin in San Martín de Valdeiglesias with our director, Susana Muñoz, to get the project up and running in the coming days. We were welcomed by Aránzazu Povedano, Mayor of San Martín de Valdeiglesias, alongside Mariela Gómez Fernández, Councillor for Festivals, Social Welfare, the Elderly, Women and Youth, and Socorro Barreñada, from the Los Pinares Association of Municipalities.

 

The first Digital Inclusion Centres will soon be available, offering simple and intuitive computer training from scratch, at your own pace.
You can register your schools and towns here.

#PlandeRecuperación #NextGenerationEU

Valdemanco Library will host two Digital Inclusion Points

RETOMadrID is starting to reach out to local councils across the region. And, in the north, the doors of the @aytovaldemanco library have been opened to us; the mayor, Luis Navarro, along with Guillermo and Conchi – the secretary and librarian respectively – have welcomed us to launch this digital literacy project, which over the coming months will provide training to local residents who need it, and which will be available at the local library very soon.

If your local authority wishes to take part in this project run by @comunidadmadrid in collaboration with @somosupm and provide training from scratch to those who need it, please register here.

#digitalliteracy#PlandeRecuperación#NextGenerationEU

How does one learn with #RETOMadrID?

With a PID, or Digital Inclusion Point, like the one shown in the image, which you’ll soon be able to find at the Horcajuelo de la Sierra Open Centre for Older People. On this computer, participants will follow a course using the #techpeoplecare methodology, created by the group of experts in digital literacy at TEDECO (Technology for Development and Cooperation) at the Polytechnic University of Madrid.

With a tablet connected to a computer and a pair of headphones, each participant will be able to learn from scratch, at their own pace and in a very straightforward way, the basics needed to use a computer independently, search for information online, open and create documents, book appointments online at their local health centre, and so on.

If your local authority wishes to take part in this project run by @comunidadmadrid in collaboration with @somosupm and provide training from scratch to those who need it, please register here.

#digitalliteracy#PlandeRecuperación#NextGenerationEU

The Somosierra library will host a Digital Inclusion Hub

The Somosierra library is also joining this digital literacy project so that local residents can learn how to use a computer from scratch. Raúl, the town’s community worker, will be on hand to help you sign up and take this course at the library.

And a big thank you to David, the IT technician at Somosierra Town Council, for your help.

If your school or local authority would like to take part in this project run by the Community of Madrid in collaboration with the Polytechnic University of Madrid, and provide training from scratch to those who need it, please register here.

#digitalliteracy #retomadrid #PlandeRecuperación #NextGenerationEU

Technology serving the most vulnerable members of society

The #RETOMadrID team is visiting local authorities in the Community of Madrid that are interested in training their residents in basic digital skills using Digital Inclusion Points and the #TechPeopleCare methodology.

This innovative methodology, developed at the UPM by the Technology for Development and Cooperation group #TEDECO, has 13 years of experience in various projects across Africa, Latin America and Europe.

Here, Susana Muñoz Hernández, one of its co-founders and director of #RETOMadrID, tells us all about it.

We want to reach every corner of the community. If you’d like your centre to benefit from this project run by the Community of Madrid, please write to us or register here.

A project run by the Community of Madrid in collaboration with the Polytechnic University and funded by the EU’s Next Generation Funds.

RETOMadrID is now available at the Villa del Prado Library

The #RETOMadrID Digital Inclusion Hub is now up and running at the Villa del Prado Municipal Library, with the help of Carmen, the librarian, so that local residents can learn how to use a computer from scratch.

A project by @comunidadmadrid in partnership with @somosupm that aims to train those with fewer digital skills to become self-sufficient and equipped to navigate an increasingly digital world. Let’s make sure no one is left behind!

If you’re interested in this course for your school or local council, please enter your contact details here and we’ll call you shortly.

 #planderecuperacion #nextgenerationEU

What is RETOMadrID?

RETOMadrID stands for “Territorial Rebalancing in Madrid through Digital Inclusion”, It is a collaborative initiative between the Community of Madrid and the Polytechnic University of Madrid, forming part of the “NATIONAL DIGITAL SKILLS PLAN” and “Cross-cutting digital skills” components of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan funded by the European Union, Next Generation EU.

With the aim of promoting an inclusive digital transition in rural areas of the Community of Madrid, people living in these areas who are interested in learning the basics of using a computer are being offered the opportunity to receive training from scratch.

Sign your local council up to RETOMadrID

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