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| Elevate America program makes online computer training available for free |
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| Written by Times-Journal |
| Wednesday, 21 July 2010 10:06 |
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MADISON – Department of Workforce Development (DWD) Secretary Roberta Gassman encourages Wisconsin workers to take advantage of an innovative public-private partnership with Microsoft to provide free technology training across the state. Through the Elevate America program, Microsoft is making a limited number of vouchers available to any Wisconsin resident interested in building their skills through online technology training and certification.
"As the economy continues to recover and new employment opportunities are available, it's important that people are job ready," Secretary Gassman said. "These vouchers are one more tool to help workers build needed computer skills to succeed in the 21st century workforce." Starting May 25, a total of 13,500 vouchers were made available in Wisconsin through the Elevate America program, a partnership between Microsoft and DWD. The vouchers included: 6,000 e-Learning vouchers for online training, 6,000 certification vouchers for testing and 1,500 e-Learning vouchers for more advanced professional-level training. The online training courses build skills in Office 2007 products, including Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint. There is also a free Digital Literacy program providing computer basics for beginners, which is a program that will be available after the Elevate America program ends. To date, more than 4,500 vouchers have been distributed in communities across the state. Remaining vouchers will only be available through Aug. 23, 2010,, as all vouchers must be received and activated during this time. Training vouchers are good for individual training courses for one year from the date of activation. Certification vouchers are used on the day of activation. 
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