From July 2nd to 11th, the Parla City Council offers several free sessions to help the elderly residents of the city improve their use of mobile devices, Internet, and computers. How to use apps to navigate cities and public transportation, or how to identify fraudulent messages and scams, are some of the topics covered in these free courses.
Digitalization courses for seniors from July 2nd to 11th
What are the pitfalls of the Internet? How to navigate without falling victim to scams, deceptive messages, and fraud? What apps are available to learn about public transportation and how to get around the Community of Madrid? How are they used?
These questions and doubts will be addressed by the two free courses offered by the Parla City Council, from July 2nd to 11th, through the Department of Seniors, to the users of senior centers.
The training sessions are part of the digital classroom offer from the Community of Madrid, funded through the European Union as part of the Recovery, Transformation, and Resilience Plan of the Government of Spain.
To teach people over 60 how to use the Internet to travel safely
The goal is to help people over 60, for whom the advent of the Internet, mobile phones, apps, computers, and other network-enabled mobile devices and their capabilities have arrived at a time in their lives when, becoming increasingly essential, are difficult to access due to lack of training, knowledge, experience in their use, and sometimes fears.
Free registration
Specifically, the first of the courses, «Don’t fall into the traps of the Internet,» aims to teach participants to recognize the risks and dangers inherent in messages spread through the Internet. It will be held on July 2nd and 4th, from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm at the Dulce Chacón center.
«Get around better using your mobile phone» is the second proposal for this technological summer from the Department of Seniors. It will take place on July 9th and 11th, at the same time and location. Interested individuals must attend to sign up. Registration is free. For any questions or information regarding attendance to these sessions, they can be contacted at 91 699 20 23.
