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Yeppoon
community groups learned to use cost
effective global communications, as a
result of a Queensland government
grant
The Community
Skills Development Program in Information
Technology made the grant to Capricorn
Coast Landcare to train locals in Internet
skills and allow them to maintain and
expand websites.
The project was
open to members of community groups who
want to learn basic Internet skills:
email, research the Internet, basic web
site construction and establishing news
groups
"This program
took the fear out of computers" Alby
Wooler, President of Landcare
said
"Once you take
the blinkers off, it opens up the world,"
he said
By building
community skills in information
technology, community groups in small
towns will be able to use free software to
link up more effectively and share
information. They will be able to engage
in lifelong learning to empower and
enhance their communications.
The project is
being staged by Central Queensland
University's ejournalism centre
(http://www.ejournalism.au.com.)
at the Learning Network Queensland Centre
on the Capricorn Coast.
Funding for
development of LivingIT was provided to
Landcare by the Queensland
government
This web page was
developed as resullt of this
course
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