{"id":12678,"date":"2022-05-18T12:07:33","date_gmt":"2022-05-18T12:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hac.is\/?p=12678"},"modified":"2022-05-18T12:07:33","modified_gmt":"2022-05-18T12:07:33","slug":"taeknilaesifyrir60","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hac.is\/en\/2022\/05\/18\/taeknilaesifyrir60\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech Savvy for 60 and Over"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hac.margmidlun.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0606.heic\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12684\" src=\"https:\/\/hac.margmidlun.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0606.heic\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12685 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/hac.margmidlun.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/1652801860560-300x135.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"135\" \/>The Network of Knowledge of \u00deingeyjar began teaching digital literacy for people aged 60 and over at the beginning of May. The courses, which are sponsored by the Ministry of Social Affairs and the Labour Market, are free of charge for participants and are part of the ministry&#x27;s initiative to promote digital literacy for people aged 60 and over across the country.<\/p>\n<p>The Network of Knowledge of \u00deingeyjar is the project&#x27;s responsible party, but it is carried out in collaboration with S\u00edmey. Participants receive training on smart devices (phones and tablets), and topics covered include digital identity and its use, electronic communication, using online banking, and how to shop online.<\/p>\n<p>Each course is eight hours of face-to-face teaching, delivered over four sessions.<\/p>\n<p>Below are photos of the first groups to complete the course in North East Iceland; these were the students who attended the courses in H\u00fasav\u00edk and \u00deingeyjars\u00fdsla.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of May, more courses will be taught, both at Hvammur Care Home for the Elderly and on the Knowledge Network. Enquiries or course registrations can be made by calling 464-5100.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-12690\" src=\"https:\/\/hac.margmidlun.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/nytt3-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"264\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12688 alignnone\" style=\"font-weight: inherit;\" src=\"https:\/\/hac.margmidlun.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nytt-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"206\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-12691\" src=\"https:\/\/hac.margmidlun.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/nytt2-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"271\" height=\"203\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00deekkingarnet \u00deingeyinga h\u00f3f kennslu \u00ed t\u00e6knil\u00e6si fyrir 60 \u00e1ra og eldri \u00ed byrjun ma\u00ed. N\u00e1mskei\u00f0in, sem eru kostu\u00f0 af f\u00e9lags- og vinnumarka\u00f0sr\u00e1\u00f0uneytinu eru \u00fe\u00e1tttakendum a\u00f0 kostna\u00f0arlausu og li\u00f0ur \u00ed \u00e1taki r\u00e1\u00f0uneytisins um eflingu t\u00e6knil\u00e6sis fyrir f\u00f3lk 60 \u00e1ra og eldri um allt land. \u00deekkingarnet \u00deingeyinga er \u00e1byrg\u00f0ara\u00f0ili verkefnisins en vinnur \u00fea\u00f0 \u00ed samstarfi vi\u00f0 S\u00edmey. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":12682,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-frettir"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hac.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hac.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hac.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hac.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hac.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hac.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12678\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hac.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hac.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hac.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12678"}],"curies":[{"name":"WordPress","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}