Tired of technically challenged friends and family? Try sending them here...

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Lifer
Jul 7, 2001
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http://www.fit.washington.edu/

i just got this link in an email.... here is the accompanying text:

Colleagues:

I'm proud to announce that BeneFIT100, a free online version of our Fluency with Information Technology course (CSE100/Info100), was launched yesterday. Find it at:

http://www.fit.washington.edu [The Flash 6 version is slick!]

The site is a public service of UW and NSF for citizens to learn the basic fluency knowledge--skills, concepts and capabilities--to use computers and information technology effectively. >>When your family or friends ask, "How can I learn more about computers?" direct them to the above URL. It's self-paced and easy to skip around to "relevant" parts.

Fluency with Information Technology (FIT) has been jokingly described as computer literacy on steroids. It comes from a National Research Council (NRC) report answering the question: "What should _everyone_ know about IT?" UW has been a pioneer in developing the concept and implementing it in college course form. BeneFIT100 was funded by NSF and built by UW's Distance Education team. The course is free, but UW Extension will also offer a "for credit" version (with instructor and exams) for tuition.


anyways i haven't tried it so i can't attest to it, but i figured some of you might want to check it out for those annoying relatives ;) i had a friend that TA'ed the real life version of this course and i can say the material covered is pretty good (the intelligence of the students is another issue...)