Technology Training

All recipients will be encouraged to attend five Technology Trainings within the first 12 months of receiving a refurbished computer. These trainings will vary from community to community depending on the partners and what classes they are offering. Workshops will increase participants’ technology literacy skills and provide resources that support self-sufficiency. Workshops will include:

• Computer set-up and basic computer skills
• Software applications such as Microsoft Office, keyboarding, and other content areas to aid recipients in their academic pursuits
• Backing up important data
• Accessing the Internet safely, using email, Internet providers
• Using Anti-Virus software to protect their computer
• Online Casey Life Skills assessments where entire families can use technology and acquired computer skills through project participation in such topics as financial literacy and family budgeting, health and nutrition, family communication and social behavior skills, vocational and career exploration/advancement, and other family oriented topics (http://www.caseylifeskills.org/).
• Community resources for support such as other state and community-based service providers