Launched in January 2011, Piazza has spread quickly to 900 campuses nationwide with hundreds of thousands of users that will be using the service by the time fall classes start.
Baroness Lane-Fox said she hoped the local Gransnet service, which will contain information about events, classes, volunteering opportunities and other activities relevant to specific areas, would offer an incentive for more older people to get online.
The classes have a basic level and are focused on the elementary and fundamental notions for the touristic service, stimulating the learning of a basic vocabulary for a better communication with the foreign visitor.