Bless her, she did learn to use a computer, iPod, Kindle and Skype, but she needs ongoing support with all of these to maintain being able to use them.
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More disinterested voices caution against confusing the obvious need to learn computer-literacy skills with the less obvious need to learn everything else via a computer.
"The idea is for teachers to learn how to use a computer, not be afraid of it, and use the internet, " he explains.
Also, they're light, easy to carry, generally easier to learn than a smartphone or computer and don't require much typing -- considerable benefits to people with arthritic hands or joints.
It will allow a computer to learn how to match cells from one slice to another by trial and error, as a human would, but with the infinite patience that humans lack.
Even an aging parent who has never touched a computer before can learn if willing.
If a computer retailer can learn something from the king of hospitality you can, too.
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Students in the program learn to use computer-aided-drafting (CAD) to design a photovoltaic system, they learn about the sorts of issues that come up when designing such a system, and they learn about the installation and maintenance of such systems.
He is 80 years old, visually impaired, has never used a computer nor does he expect to learn to use one.
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Through a UPS arrangement with 3Com, he can click on the UPS shield on the latest Palm VII handheld computer, enter a UPS tracking number and immediately learn the whereabouts of his goods.
After all, why buy a brand new expensive computer that's difficult to learn when you can get an easy-to-use tablet that can do most of the same stuff at a fraction of the price?
We tried to learn the hierarchy of these forms, who were the people just looking for a new computer for themselves and who were the people who did this as a full-time job.
Otellini's people have scoffed at the super-cheap laptop as a toy, lacking too many real-world functions to actually help poor kids learn computer skills.
Computer programmers will then turn the scan into a 3D character to help visitors learn more about the weaponry, tactics and techniques involved in the battle.
The prison personnel were quite cooperative, especially a young officer considered the local computer whiz kid, who seized the opportunity to learn more about modern software.
As a professor in the department of brain and cognitive sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he's using a combination of mathematical modeling, computer simulation and behavioral experiments to explain how people learn new things.
Blunkett urges people to learn Braille saying that even the best computer Braille displays and earpieces won't help you do a presentation in the same way as having your information on paper in front of you.
Every time a new gene is linked to a disease, people will be able to search their genomes using their home personal computer to learn whether they are at risk so that they can decide what, if anything, to do about it.
It also outlines proposals for children to be taught a chronological history of Britain, to begin to write simple computer programs at age five and to learn the names of continents, oceans, countries and geographic features, as well as how to use maps and compasses in geography lessons.
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