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Free computer training resources and courses

Educational Technology Guy

As technology changes and schools upgrade software, add new apps, change hardware or operating systems, and more, faculty, staff and students need training and support. They have a large amount of free computer training resources that are well designed, easy to use and understand, and great for sharing with faculty, staff, and students.

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Keyboarding Basics Part 1

Ask a Tech Teacher

Rogers (2003), including: Improvement in language arts. Most researchers agree effective keyboarding isn’t instinctual and training should begin before bad habits are created. In the absence of training, they will learn, but likely wrong. by fourth grade: A trained fourth grader can write and type at the same speed.

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Computer literacy: The invisible skills gap?

Neo LMS

In the early 80s there was much hand-wringing among teachers and education policy-makers regarding how to teach computer literacy given that many teachers did not having sufficient training, and “micro-computers” were prohibitively expensive. Nonetheless, computer literacy was swiftly placed on the majority of school curricula.

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4 focus areas to embrace innovation and avoid school system failure

eSchool News

” UVA-PLE has partnered with more than 400 schools across 100 districts in 25 states since 2003. While the systems that are spotlighted vary greatly, each leader is united in their laser-like focus on student achievement.” This press release originally appeared online.

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Learn where menu and toolbar commands are in Office 2010 and related products

Educational Technology Guy

I just recently posted an article with Free Computer Training Resources and another one with a Collection of free training resources for Windows, Office, Google Apps, and more as I''ve been collecting resources for our staff, faculty, and students. computer training free resources Microsoft Office'

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How to Make Classes More Active, and Why It Matters

Edsurge

His message was that classroom rituals are a training ground for power dynamics students face out in the real world. A classic example: Back in 2003 she led a groundbreaking experiment at Duke University to use iPods in education. Davidson has spent her career encouraging innovation in education.

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Can Virtual Reality Improve Education?

EdTech4Beginners

This tactic has been popular among military training applications for quite some time. If virtual reality is reliable enough to train our armed forces, is there any reason not to implement the same technique at educational institutions across the world?

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