{"id":3901,"date":"2013-05-24T10:00:37","date_gmt":"2013-05-24T08:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/?p=3901"},"modified":"2016-01-18T15:41:17","modified_gmt":"2016-01-18T13:41:17","slug":"computer-skills-training-a-reality-thanks-to-it-student-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/2013\/05\/computer-skills-training-a-reality-thanks-to-it-student-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"<!--:en-->IT Student Centre lends a helping hand to community project<!--:--><!--:af-->IT Studentesentum help met gemeenskapsprojek<!--:-->"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--:en--><\/p>\n<p>The IT Student Centre recently assisted Kylemore Secondary School with setting up and installing ten brand new computers for the school&#8217;s library. The computers were donated by a private company to enable the school to start a \u00a0project for the development of computer skills in the community.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>&#8220;I just wanted to say a massive *<b>THANK YOU<\/b>* to you and your amazing team for all your IT assistance with the donated computers at Kylemore Secondary School.<\/p>\n<p>I was there to meet your team this afternoon and they did a simply phenomenal job of getting them up and running in record-breaking time.\u00a0 The team were so helpful and the school is absolutely delighted to have ten working computers in their new library!\u00a0 We are going to start the community computer skills training programme very soon and this would not have been possible without you and Student IT Services!<\/p>\n<p>Thank you so much once again for all your efforts \u2013 I really, really appreciate all your hard work!&#8221; &#8211;\u00a0<em>Linda Brash, Kylemore Secondary School\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3901 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/files\/2013\/05\/IMG-20130513-WA0014.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/files\/2013\/05\/IMG-20130513-WA0014-150x150.jpg\" 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\/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--:--><!--:af--><\/p>\n<p>IT se Studentesentrum het onlangs hand bygesit by die opstelling en installasie van tien splinternuwe rekenaars vir Kylemore Sekond\u00eare Skool se biblioteek. Die rekenaars is deur `n privaatmaatskappy geskenk om die skool te bemagtig om `n gemeenskapsprogram te begin vir die ontwikkeling van rekenaarvaardighede.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>&#8220;I just wanted to say a massive *<b>THANK YOU<\/b>* to you and your amazing team for all your IT assistance with the donated computers at Kylemore Secondary School.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I was there to meet your team this afternoon and they did a simply phenomenal job of getting them up and running in record-breaking time.\u00a0 The team were so helpful and the school is absolutely delighted to have ten working computers in their new library!\u00a0 We are going to start the community computer skills training programme very soon and this would not have been possible without you and Student IT Services!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Thank you so much once again for all your efforts \u2013 I really, really appreciate all your hard work!&#8221; 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