| Computers education - pure benefits for you | | Posted Tuesday, January 24, 2006 10:58:29 AM by Kate Grant | You can't avoid them anymore. Computers - they're everywhere, slowly taking control over more and more aspects of our lives.
Things that ten years ago or even five years ago, we haven't dreamed of owning or using, are now house hold brands. Computers used to hinder those who didn't become deeply familiar with them. But today they are so user friendly that any one can use them. The best proof is that they are now being used for education, from elementary schools to universities. 
As technology develops, more skilled professionals are needed, so if you always wanted to design, maintain, or implement computers, what you need is a good computers education, you'll benefit from. Otherwise, you stand a chance your kids will know more than you do... They'll probably will, one day, but now, if you have the passion for computers and technology, why don't you specialize in repairing used computers hardware, developing software or Web Development.
If you're still wondering "is this a good skill to learn"? you should know, that the salary and job growth potential in this profession are excellent, and if you're familiar with the computer and its systems, and the employer doesn't have to train you, you have a better chance to get the work. Many industries require only knowledge and experience of the computer systems.
And saving the best for last, you don't have to waste four years when you can get a specialist certificate in a much shorter time... You don't even have to learn this at some institute. Today, with the world of internet stretched at our feet you can become a skilled computer professional on your own.
Learn new skills and increase your earning power with free computer training.
You can also learn everything there is to know about the web, web building, web designing, html, java and a lot more at the online free w3schools
which is an amazing site qualifying you to become a real certified pro.
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| | | Web skills added to church's teachings | | Posted Saturday, February 10, 2007 12:55:07 PM by Blog57 Team | | The power of the spirit is crucial at Gates of Deliverance Worship Center, and so is the power of the computer. "We believe in divine healing and baptism," said the church's pastor, Willie Coleman. "We're focused on empowering people to succeed in life as well." Pursuing the latter goal, the south Chico church recently opened a computer center. The idea is to make computers and the Internet available to people who otherwise wouldn't have access to them. "We wanted the church to be able to reach out to the community," said co-pastor Camille Coleman, Willie's wife. The Gates of Deliverance Computer Center for Accelerated Learning grew out of Camille's experience. She had worked as a school counselor for the Marysville school district in Olivehurst, a poor area. There she saw how a computer lab helped at-risk students improve their grades, she said.... | |
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| | | State must fund early education in all schools | | Posted Wednesday, February 07, 2007 2:53:42 PM by Blog57 Team | | It has long been ironic that New Jersey is one of the biggest-spending states on education but fails to universally offer a program considered basic in many parts of the country: full-day kindergarten. About two dozen North Jersey school districts and many others around the state continue to let kindergartners out of school after only half a day. This makes little sense considering the increasing rigor of the early grades. .... | |
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| | | Rwanda becomes eighth country to join low-cost laptop project | | Posted Friday, January 05, 2007 2:55:28 PM by Blog57 Team | | Rwanda will become the eighth country to begin distributing inexpensive computers to young students this year through One Laptop per Child, the nonprofit education project said Wednesday. The Cambridge-based project said it will provide initial test laptops plus technical support at no cost to Rwanda within a few days -- an agreement reached during a meeting Tuesday between the central African nation's president, Paul Kagame, and Nicholas Negroponte, who launched the initiative at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab two years ago. Rwanda will begin receiving larger numbers of computers starting this summer, with a goal of providing one laptop per child to all primary school children within five years. Other countries that have reached agreements similar to Rwanda's include Argentina, Brazil, Libya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Thailand and Uruguay.... | |
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| | | Developing teachers’ confidence in using ICT as a teaching and ... | | Posted Thursday, December 28, 2006 12:54:05 PM by Blog57 Team | | The ISDG believes that with technology embedded in schools as from the early years, the opportunity to transform teaching opens up, ensuring pupils reach their full potential, and are equipped with the functional skills required to pursue their secondary studies. The project would not have been a success without the invaluable support of two local partners, Air Seychelles and Cable and Wireless. Air Seychelles made donations of air tickets whilst Cable and Wireless Seychelles provided accommodation and communications facilities. The ISDG takes this opportunity to express sincere appreciation to all the sponsors, both in Seychelles and Iceland, and looks forward to a fruitful collaboration that will benefit the young learners in all primary schools in the Republic of Seychelles.... | |
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| | | Consumer Reports Questions Warranties | | Posted Tuesday, November 14, 2006 11:10:20 AM by Blog57 Team | | In its first ever public education ad campaign, Consumer Reports is telling consumers to just say "no" to warranties pushed by the nation's retailers. "We think warranties are a lousy deal for consumers in almost every case," said Jim Guest, president and chief executive of Consumers Union, the nonprofit publisher of Consumer Reports."It's a big business for retailers but a waste of money for consumers." The campaign, launched Tuesday, will include a full-page ad in USA Today and feature an e-mail campaign to 825,000 of Consumer Reports' subscribers and other activists. The magazine's Web site, http://www.consumerreports.org will also invite consumers to share their experiences. According to Warranty Week, a trade newsletter, consumers are expected to spend $1.6 billion on extended warranties for the November-December period.... | |
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| | | Local news in brief | | Posted Sunday, November 12, 2006 1:08:27 PM by Blog57 Team | | A Lincoln Heights teen-ager was charged with aggravated murder Friday in connection with the shooting death of another Lincoln Heights teen on Nov. 3. Rashan Robinson, 17, was taken to the Hamilton County Juvenile Detention Center following his arrest, according to the Hamilton County Sheriff's Department. Officers with the U.S. Marshals Service, Cincinnati Police Department and Hamilton County sheriff's office arrested him at 3:45 p.m. Friday on Matlock Avenue. Lincoln Heights police were called to Jackson Street and Douglas Avenue at 3:50 p.m. on Nov. 3 on a report of a person shot. They found Brenton Brown, 18, of the 1000 block of Simmons Avenue, who was pronounced dead at the scene. Witnesses said the shooter simply walked up to Brown and shot him, then fled on foot.... | |
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| | | Education goes high-tech with free laptop computers for students | | Posted Sunday, November 12, 2006 10:56:19 AM by Blog57 Team | | The sixth-graders at North Pole Middle School, like most of the students in the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District, have to bring pencils, notepads and textbooks to school each day. But the 60 or so sixth-graders at North Pole Middle School will now have a slightly more expensive piece of hardware in their backpacks. In October, each of these sixth-graders was given a $1,193.37 Apple MacBook laptop computer to use during class and for homework. "Its been my dream as a teacher that every child in my classroom would have access to a computer," said Jeff Jacobson, one of the two sixth-grade teachers at the middle school. "Now that dream has come true." In the classroom, the computers will become an integral part of the students' days, Jacobson said. With the laptops on their desks, the students will have instant access to the Internet thanks to a new high-speed wireless network installed in the school.... | |
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| | | Seventh-, Eighth-Graders Receive Laptop Computers | | Posted Friday, November 10, 2006 2:59:47 PM by Blog57 Team | | All Bonny Eagle Middle School seventh- and eighth-grade students and teachers received new laptop computers through the Maine Learning Technology Initiative. The school district purchased the old middle school laptops from the Maine Department of Education and now some are being used in elementary school classrooms. .... | |
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| | | Rwanda: Tabarwanda Donates Computers to School | | Posted Wednesday, November 08, 2006 2:55:44 PM by Blog57 Team | | British American Tobacco Rwanda, (Tabarwanda), has pledged continued support to the education sector, particularly Information and Communication Technology (ICT) initiatives. Luc Badibanga, the Tabarwanda Managing Director, made the pledge Friday while announcing the donation of ten computers to Lycee Notre Damme de Citeaux Girls' Secondary School in Kigali City. "With the upcoming development of Information and Communication Technology in the country, we hope these facilities will help shape your knowledge," Badibanga said. The Tabarwanda Corporate and Regulatory Affairs Manager, Jean Patrick Habyarimana, echoed his boss' assertions, and said the company is committed to the development of education. He added that the company provides education facilities, scholarships and internships.... | |
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| | | WCCC teaching new skills | | Posted Monday, November 06, 2006 7:01:03 PM by Blog57 Team | | The Warren County Career Center Adult Education South Campus, located in Kings Mills, is teaching new skills in computers and business. Students can learn how to operate a computer, or learn the latest Microsoft office software such as Word, Publisher, and Excel. Special courses for senior citizens teach computer and Internet basics. Area employers are also served at the site with customized employment testing, customized training, and personal and career development programs for their staff. Free classes are available for GED preparation and English for Speakers of Other Languages. Information Technology courses held at the South Campus lead to certifications in Microsoft and Cisco can enhance a resume or change a career path. .... | |
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