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Getting an edge

Area residents looking to gain the basic manufacturing skills needed to be considered for employment at emerging area industries are looking to Workforce Development at Northwest Mississippi Community College to provide them the manufacturing basic skills (MBS) certification program they need.

Now that's what I call a computer lesson, Mr Gove

Some suggestions for the education secretary to make IT lessons less boring Education secretary Michael Gove has announced a radical reform in the way computer skills are taught in schools , saying that the current curriculum leaves kids "bored out of their minds". But what sort of lessons could make computer sciences come alive for young people today? Copyright theft for beginners Everybody ...

Mayor Vincent C. Gray and Microsoft Announce Strategic Digital Alliance

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Mayor Vincent C. Gray today announced a wide-ranging strategic alliance with Microsoft Corporation that will bring increased technology access and computer-skills ...

UK to reintroduce computer science teaching in schools

The amount of technology each of us use in our day-to-day life is growing every year, and yet, in the UK at least, we haven’t been teaching children about the hardware and software that makes that technology possible. Kids today only learn Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in UK schools, which teaches them basic skills [...]

Enhancing skills in fine arts

Technology in education is often focused on areas such as math and science, but the Tomah Middle School has a different outlook. Teachers at the school are using technology to teach music, create art