Grundtvig Workshop GRU-12-GRAT-13-DJ “Colourful ageing: storytelling, social media and volunteering activities” 23 rd -29 th June, 2013 Craiova, Romania Welcome!!!

Aim The aim of the project is to promote active aging among 50+ generation and to support social reintegration of already retired people by means of using modern ICT tools and involvement in volunteer activities. Learning how to use social media (Facebook, LinkedIn, Skype and blogs) is very important in the current society, especially for communication with peers and the young generations. In order to prevent passivity or social exclusion after/during retirement, participants will learn the importance of building social networks and doing volunteering activities.

Objectives -to boost learners’ motivation to be active and to express their personal interests with peers and other generations; - to prevent the social isolation by using social media to create online and offline social networks; - to raise awareness of the value of active ageing by tangible involvement in volunteering activities; - to promote adaptation to the current trends in the society and the solidarity between generations through inter-generational education of modern ICT tools; - to improve the digital competences (facebook, skype, blog, editing images) of learners.

The methodology behind… Storytelling as a method of teaching/learning Each adult will be teamed a young volunteer (based on criteria such as language, common interests and other similarities etc.). The dyads will go together in the city center, where the young volunteers will present the cultural heritage of Craiova to the participants. During the five 5 working days, the technical workshops will be alternated with storytelling activities done together with the young volunteers. The activities done together with the young people will be framed as a type of volunteering. The personalization of the Memory Box will play a very important role in the storytelling process because it will combine artistic expression of memories and feelings with verbal storytelling.

Activities Workshops By the end of the workshop, the participants will have updated Facebook and LinkedIn profiles, a personal blog and will know how to use them and Skype in order to expand their online social network by searching for people and groups with similar personal interests. During the workshop, the learners will daily post their reflections and images from the activities and as follow up they will continue to write posts on their blogs. In addition, during the workshop the participants will learn how to use a scanner to scan photos and then to edit them in Photoscape. Cultural Visits –discover Craiova’s heritage Informal moments – intercultural evening, games evening, dinners etc.

Day 1 – Monday, – Meeting in the lobby of Hotel Park 9.30 – Ice breaking. Getting to know each other – Welocome. Presentation of EDUNET Association, objectives, activities and agenda of the Workshop Hopes, expectations, fears and contributions Coffee break – – Establishing common grounds on the concepts: seniority, active ageing, social exclusion, marginalization, dependency, generation gap, social media, volunteering, inter-generational education, cooperative learning – Group discussions (first in dyads, then in groups of 3-4 people and then all group): “My personal experience with “ageing”” – Lunch at the hotel – – Senior participants meet the young volunteers – –Cultural and historical tour of Craiova guided by the young volunteers – Group reflections- Ciobanau Restaurant in Romanescu Park – Dinner at the hotel

Day 2: Tuesday, – Meeting in the lobby of Hotel Park 9.30 – Workshop: Storytelling in Social Media (Facebook) – – Coffee break – – Workshop: Storytelling on Skype – – Lunch at the hotel – Tradition and religion – visiting the Museum of Etnography and “Sf Dumitru” and Madona Dudu churches guided by young volunteers – Reflection moments – Dinner at the hotel – Intercultural evening

Day 3: Wednesday, – Meeting in the lobby of Hotel Park 9.30 – Blogging workshop - Storytelling on Wordpress Coffee break –13.00 – Bloggi ng workshop: creating the personal blog and first post – Lunch at the hotel – –Workshop: Personalizing the “Memory Box” (seniors together with young volunteers) – Reflection Moments – Dinner at the hotel Games evening - learning to play traditional games

Day 4:Thursday – – Meeting in the lobby of Hotel 9.30 – Photo editing workshop Coffee break – – Photo editing workshop 2 (continuation) – – Lunch at the hotel Presentation of the story: Preparing the blog post (seniors and young generation together) Reflection moments Dinner at the hotel

Day 5: Friday, – Meeting in the lobby of Hotel 9.30 – Senior Volunteering - making drafts for projects Coffee break – –Storytelling: present the story and the Memory Box (working in pear together with young generation) – – Lunch at the hotel Evaluation of the workshop: short discussions on changes in perceptions, dissemination plan - filling in the Workshop Evaluation Form Reflection moments

At the end of the workshop, the participants will: - know how to use Facebook, LinkedIn, Skype and how to share their personal interests and passions on their blogs; - be more self-confident in the English and ICT skills; - be more aware of the importance of active ageing, volunteering and social media; - have strong connections and cultural exchange with other European adults of their age; - know more about Romania and the participants’ countries; - know how to close the generation gap with their children and grandchildren after working with the Romanian young volunteers; Expected outcomes

FOLLOW UP..... Each participant will make a plan for dissemination which may include: –- to disseminate the results on their Facebook profiles, on the personal blogs created during the workshop and during local activities they participate to or organise in their countries. –-to disseminate the workshop among their data base of partner organisations; –- to present the workshop in discussions with their work group or during informal activities with friends; –- to start eventual future projects and collaborations with the adults involved in adult education; –- use innovative methodology and disseminate it toother adults; For the Final report of the project, each participant will send to the organizer a report of the dissemination and valorisation activities done. The main tangible result of the workshop will be the booklet which will contain the impressions of the participants, the results of the innovative practices, pictures from activities and workshops etc After will come back, each participant will minimum 2 pages for the booklet.

FINANCIAL ISSUES Accommodation, meals, cultural visits, local transport are 100% assured by the organiser. Travel costs are 100% reimbursed based on original tickets and invoices. Each participant will fill the Declaration of expenses (see in the folders) and give the ORIGINALs of the travel documents: –The flight tickets –The invoice from the travel agency. If the ticket is bought from intenet the original message received in which must to be the price of the ticket! –The payment document issues from the trave Agency. If the ticket is bought from intenet and/or paid by credit card, a copy from the credit card account information about this payment, issues from the bank! –Boarding pass. For the return boarding pass, if possible to make check in online, you must do that before or during the workshop and give a copy. If not, please send by e- mail a copy of the boarding pass and send also the original by post when you arrive at home. –Train ticket from Bucharest to Craiova, original. –Train from Craiova to Bucharest

Victor Dudau Thank you for your attention!