RE: [DDN] Free Online Computer Training - feedback please

[Kevin Cronin]

List: We use GCF Learn Free quite a bit here and I encourage users to get 
there own account so they can use it wherever they have access to a 
computer.  The classes cover a range of areas, MS Windows and Office 
applications, as well as non-computer subjects, like financial 
literacy/savings and resume writing that many have found helpful.  As the 
material is self-paced, clicking through the pages, it helps for a new user 
to already have some experience with a computer.  New users are more likely 
to get overwhelmed with the detail of information and need some guidance, as 
well as get frustrated with the mouse.  All in all, it's a very helpful 
tool.  I don�t think it replaces having someone in the room to teach, but it 
helps users who need to refresh their skills and experienced users who can 
keep themselves going forward on new activities.   I understand it was 
developed by Goodwill Industries of North Carolina.

Kevin Cronin
Magic Johnson/HP Inventor Center
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Cleveland, Ohio 44127
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216.641.8948
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From: "Champ-Blackwell, Siobhan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: [DDN] Free Online Computer Training - feedback please
Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 10:30:51 -0600

The following item was posted on the Washington DC Mayor's Office
Funding Alert
http://opgd.dc.gov/opgd/lib/opgd/services/grant/funding_alerts/currentne
wsletter.pdf Has anyone on the list ever used the resources described
here? If so, can you tell me your experiences? Thanks ~ siobhan
GCF Global Learning offers online computer classes and tutorials in
English and Spanish, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, on their new and
improved Web site. It provides material on Computer Basics, Email
Basics, Internet Basics, Microsoft Office, Word, PowerPoint, Excel,
Access, OpenOffice.org Writer and much more. New features include: free
tutorials to learn at your own pace; tutorial search tool to find the
material you want to learn; free online classes to learn with the help
of an online instructor; My GCF -your own personal start-page - to find
all class-related material and records; article search tool;
Organizational Member Program (OM); and Media Center. For further
information, contact Courtney Hodgson, Marketing Specialist for GCF
Global Learning, at (919) 281-9195; or go to:
http://www.gcflearnfree.org/
Siobhan Champ-Blackwell, MSLIS
Community Outreach Liaison
National Network of Libraries of Medicine - MidContinental Region
Creighton University Health Sciences Library
2500 California Plaza
Omaha, NE 68178
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