Computer Training Goes to Mentors
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By Steve Tarter, Journal Star, Peoria, Ill.  Dec. 12--PEORIA -- Computer instruction in the business world used to  mean staff disruptions for employers and anxiety for technically challenged  employees.
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The Society for Information management is expanding to high schools its programs for piquing user interest in an IT career
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Technological skills, like maneuvering a mouse, are becoming part of childâs developmental milestones.
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To the casual eye, they looked like nothing more than eager sixth-graders tackling a computer course. Officer Tim Dickerson of the Camas Police Department knows better.
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When I suggested in a recent column that a problematic 5 percent of employees account for 75 percent of the IT support burden, I expected a wave of âright on!â letters from IT support staffers. After the column was published, the letters did come â most of them disagreeing with my premise, with one reader suggesting that the real whiner was yours truly. I still think itâs outside the realm of overextended IT departments to provide training on basic computing skills (which I defined as âmanaging and finding files, and basic working knowledge of suites such as MS Officeâ). But my thinking was adjusted a bit by the thoughtful feedback.
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Leading microchip maker Intel Corp   plans to spend $300 million over the next four years  on a Web training program to help teachers incorporate  technology into their lesson plans.
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JUDITH Murray, 91, was oldest in computer class at Tiverton, Devon, until sister Joyce, 93, joined.  (c) 2007 People, The; London. Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning.
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By Jim Stafford, The Daily Oklahoman  Feb. 13--Seated in front of a monitor in a classroom at Francis Tuttle Technology Center, 84-year-old Fred Edmonds studies a spiral-bound notebook as an instructor explains the basics of computer technology.
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Small businesses in the greater Chicago area are invited to learn how technology can improve their success by attending the Small Business Technology Boot Camp.
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A new series of computer classes will be offered at Computer Banc, 1023 E. Washington St., beginning at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 27.  All classes are free and open to the public. Those who have little or no computer training or experience are welcome.
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By Joy Campbell, Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro, Ky.  Feb. 7--So far, Sidney Board, 14, knows how to get on the Internet, and she likes making slide shows on a computer. That pretty well sums up her computer knowledge.   But that's about to change.
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An institution seeks to be more than just an archive of programs.
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Leading microchip maker Intel Corp   will offer online training to help teachers  incorporate technology into their lesson plans in a program it  estimates is worth $300 million over four years.
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Partners get tools, encouragement to put applications online.
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Microsoft has trained 200,000 teachers in India on the use of computers, ahead of its original target to train 80,000 teachers in the country during the five-year period ending December this year, it said.
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Microsoft and several partners launched on Monday two IT training programs in the U.K. in an effort to increase the employability of those who lack basic computer skills.
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Microsoft has unveiled a new Web site offering lessons to new programmers on building applications using the tools in Visual Studio 2005.