5 Learning and Teaching Tips for Computer Users

• Learn to Use Your Computer Better
• Teach the World from Your Computer
• Meet, Learn and Share Knowledge
• Bring Out the Best in Children
• Certified to Work WorldWide

Computers are a powerful tool to learn and teach. The first step is learning to use the computer as a tool. One to one help, a little and often can build confidence and expertise. Just like driving a car, once you get going with your computer, you will learn or share something new every time you use it. You can use your computer to learn a language, learn skills of almost any kind, or even attend college. You can also teach a worldwide audience using computers. Whatever your areas of expertise or knowledge you can prepare courses and deliver them online. With ease you can work with people worldwide from your office.

Learn to Use Your Computer Better

Avail of the brilliant scheme where Transition Year Students buddy up with older computer users, sometimes called 'Silver Surfers', to help them learn to use their computers better.

Find the nearest school doing this at logonlearn.com. If you know of an older person who would enjoy gaining confidence in using a computer, do let them know about this. If your local secondary school does not participate in this, suggest they do.

Teach the World from Your Computer

You can create your own training courses that you can then deliver online worldwide. Visit moodle.com for a cost free way to do this. This site is used by people worldwide willing to help out and share their knowledge.

Meet, Learn and Share Knowledge

Whether learning or giving a course, you will certainly need to have meetings where you can see and discuss with others. dimdim.com comes highly recommended as a great place for online meetings, elearning, training, distance education and webinars.

Bring Out the Best in Children

icepe.ie is a superb Irish based site with online training courses for Parents, Teachers and Child Professionals.

The courses deal with a wide range of challenges and gifts that a child may have such as Downs Syndrome, Asperger Syndrome, Dyslexia, Autism, Troubled and Gifted Children. Not only are the courses excellent but the information on the site is very helpful.

Certified to Work WorldWide

Getting Microsoft Certification in any aspect of computers is so useful, as it is a globally recognised standard. Young people heading overseas for work will find this certification will open career doors to them.

Whether you use computers, for fun, for business, for studies, or you want to make a career using computers the best place to start is Microsoft - Learning. Most courses can be done on line, anywhere and any time.

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