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Free Digital Classes At Windward Community College
Windward Communi- ty College will offer a free three-hour digital readiness course for Hawai‘i residents (18 and over). with little or no computer skills throughout the months of May and June. Students will learn basic com- puter operations and how to use the internet, and create an email account, through which they will receive addition- al free online resources for improving digital skills and more.
Council’s Workforce Resil- iency Initiative to provide digital skills to Hawai‘i’s residents and build a digitally ready workforce. According to a recent U.S. Department of Education report, Americans who are not digitally literate tend to have lower labor force participation and work in low- er-skilled jobs.
“The digital readiness class is such a confidence booster to my students,” states Dr. Helen Au.
“I felt the digital readiness class brought up something that I wanted to learn for a long time,” states student Robert Barry.
“When they completed the three-hour class, they took home the skills they need to browse the inter- net and to set up an email account. Seeing the smiles on my students’ faces when they learned in class was the biggest reward ...”
“I didn’t really know how to do certain things with tech- nologies. Now, I am more comfortable to use the com- puter and experiment a little bit more.”
Learning how to navigate the internet and setting up new email address are just two of the skills taught at the free, three-hour digital readiness courses available at Windward Community College, slated for May through June. PHOTOS COURTESY WINDWARD COMMUNITY COLLEGE
This pilot course is part of the Workforce Development
“I like the class very much. I wanted to do basic computer and learn from the very be- ginning. Dr. Au is excellent and she understands what we
“It’s my honor to share knowledge with the com- munity, in this case, taking part in the digital readiness
tween the University of Ha- wai‘i Community College System, the Workforce De- velopment Council and the state library system, the dig- ital readiness course will be available at UHCC campus-
hawaii.edu/freeDRclass/.
Student Amulfa Flores found her newfound knowl- edge very useful.
needed to learn and spoke not too fast but very thorough. I like her simple examples to show us how to use technol- ogies in our everyday lives,” she explains.“She showed us .gov, .edu, com, and .org, etc. Now, I can go to Ama- zon and download spotify.
com to listen to music. I am very thankful. I learned a lot from her. I really enjoyed it and will tell my friends and family about it.”
initiative,” Au adds. Through a partnership be-
es and public library sites. To sign up for a course at one of the community college campuses, call 808- 235-7334 to choose a cam- pus (press 6 for WCC) and sign up for a class. Find a schedule of courses at uhcc.
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