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HGB. SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFERS FREE ADULT COMPUTER EDUCATION CLASSES TO CITY RESIDENTSHarrisburg, PA—Mayor Stephen R. Reed today announced that the Harrisburg School District will be offering a series of free computer education classes for adult city residents beginning September 1 and continuing through November 3. Interested city residents should register for the program immediately as limited class space is available. The classes are conducted by Harrisburg School District Technology Trainer Kelly Unger, who has also produced a comprehensive video series on computer skills training program which will air on WHBG TV-20. The Mayor said the free classes are very similar to what is now offered to city school students, and includes everything from basic computer terms and operations to surfing the Internet and working with word documents. Computers and instructional materials will be provided by the District for use in the sessions, which run two hours each in length. The Mayor said the program furthers two related goals—providing expanded adult educational services to city residents and expanding the city’s television network to being an educational tool, in addition to its role in providing news and event coverage. “Computer literacy is becoming an essential element of almost any work environment today,”said the Mayor, “and providing these basic skills to our residents free of charge will greatly assist their employment opportunities, as well as their own personal development. Computers play a significant role in almost every aspect of life today, and persons who have no computer skills are going to be increasingly left out of the mainstream of our workforce and society.” “This is a part of our continuing efforts to offer an expanded schedule of adult education programming by the Harrisburg School District,” the Mayor added. “With the implementation of early childhood education, the array of new and expanded programming, the start-up of Harrisburg University and its related SciTech High, and now these free adult education classes, we are creating an educational system that is providing services to residents beginning at age three, and continuing through retirement age.” Reed said registrants should be prepared to attend ten different sessions over a ten week period. Proof of city residency must be provided at the time of registration, and can include any type of utility bill, rental lease, driver’s license or other documentation. Twenty-five spaces are available for the class on a first-come, first-serve basis, so interested residents should act quickly to take advantage of the free service. The Mayor said all of the sessions will run from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., and include: Getting to Know the PC —featuring hands-on experience with the many different accoutrements of personal computing, including the monitor, keyboard, mouse, printers, disks and other internal hardware and operating systems. The class will be held September 1. What’s Windows —explores the popular operating system and such elements as the desktop, screen saver, icons, windows, folders, calculator, saving files, etc. Two classes are required for this material and are slated for September 8 and 15. Surfing the World Wide Web —covers modems, searching the web, browsers, search engines, downloading items from the web and much more. Three classes are required and they are set for September 22 and 29, and October 6. Writing with Microsoft Word—teaches the array of skills and operations needed to successfully produce a wide variety of word documents. Four classes are needed for this and they are slated for October 13, 20 and 27, and November 3. The Mayor said interested applicants should contact Kelly Unger at the Harrisburg School District at (717) 703.4139 to learn more about the program and to register for the free classes. XXX |
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