Βασικές γνώσεις για τη χρήση υπολογιστή

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You walk into the classroom at the start of the first session: a dozen adults — most in their sixties and seventies, some older — are sitting at screens, a few holding the mouse like a handshake with a stranger. The instructor does not assume you know what a right-click does. The person next to you has never opened an email. This is where the learning curve begins.

"Vasikes gnoseis gia ti chrisi ypologisti" (Basic Knowledge for Computer Use) is the SNFCC's recurring introductory computer workshop, designed by the Cultural Center's education programming for adults of middle and third age taking their first steps with digital tools. The curriculum covers the main functions of a personal computer, the use of basic programs, internet browsing, and the everyday digital tasks that now gate bureaucracy, banking, and contact with family. The program runs multiple cohorts per year — SNFCC has already hosted an earlier 2026 cycle, and this cohort is a follow-on for the same demographic.

The tribe is specific: retirees whose careers predated the desktop, parents who want to video-call grandchildren abroad, neighbors who kept deferring the first lesson until the administrative forms moved online. People come alone, people come in pairs, people come with a friend who promised not to laugh. The atmosphere is patient and unfussy — closer to a community class than a tech course.

| Aspect | Details | |---|---| | Setting | SNFCC classroom, supervised instruction | | Vibe | Unhurried, generational, workshop-not-lecture | | Format | Hands-on practice at individual terminals | | Access | Open admission with prior phone registration (216 8091000) |

Sessions run through structured exercises: mouse work, keyboard familiarity, file organization, a first browser session. The instructor circulates. Questions that feel embarrassing in other rooms land as ordinary here. By the end of the series, most participants have sent an email, navigated a government portal, and located a YouTube video they chose themselves. The pace favors those who need time — because the program is built around them, not around the fastest learner in the room.

If you want advanced software training, coding fundamentals, or anything involving the cloud, this is not the program — the SNFCC catalogue has separate workshops for intermediate users. But if you or someone in your family has been avoiding the computer for years because the entry point felt too steep, this is the staircase.

Seats are limited and allocated by order of phone-in: call 216 8091000, daily 09:00–20:00, to register. Turning up without prior enrollment means being turned away. The SNFCC is on Leoforos Siggrou in Kallithea — there is no direct metro, but the SNFCC shuttle runs at no charge from Syntagma via Syngrou-Fix, and the tram stops at the gate. Build time on the shuttle into your schedule on the first day; first-time visitors often misjudge how long the ride takes and arrive flustered, which is exactly the state the instructor does not want you in. Parking at the venue is underground and available at no charge if you drive.

Multiple cohorts per year, no tuition, instructors who wait for the slowest hand in the room — the barrier to starting has already been lowered for you; all that remains is the phone call.