Monday, August 19, 2013

Master Popular Software with Learning Express


Wisconsin residents can now access LearningExpress “Popular Software Tutorials.” These are self-paced online tutorials on the most commonly used applications including Microsoft

Word
Excel
PowerPoint
Outlook, and more...

The tutorials, available for basic to advanced levels, include fully interactive multimedia; sound, animation and visual demonstrations, along with quizzes and hands-on practice lab simulations.

Wisconsin Library Services (WiLS) purchased the tutorials using funds awarded through a Library Services and Technology Act grant. To make the materials easy for patrons and librarians to find and use, they’ve been integrated with the LearningExpress Library available on the BadgerLink website: (http://www.badgerlink.net).

Technical support will be provided by Resources for Libraries & Lifelong Learning’s BadgerLink Technical Support Team. Contact information for support can be found here.

--from Channel Weekly

Monday, August 05, 2013

Are You Ready for ObamaCare?



Are you still wondering what The Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) is all about?   

The Kaiser Family Foundation created an entertaining and simplified explanation of the ACA, featuring YouToons.  Join them as they "walk through the basic changes in the way Americans will get health coverage and what it will cost starting in 2014, when major parts of the Affordable Care Act, also known as “Obamacare,” go into effect.”