Office 2007 training for teachers - a world first

Sept. 8, 2010 - PRLog -- Being Smarter Ltd is proud to annouce today a brand new online course from its training video production company - The 8.45 Club.

Office 2007 training for teachers is a course which has been written and devised by teacher training experts over the last six months. It's been presented and produced by The 8.45 Club team, led by Mark Copeman. Never before has an online course for Microsoft's Office 2007 ever been written by teachers for teachers, using their language and giving examples pertinent to their working day.

It's been devised in response to a constant need for schools to reduce costs and an ongoing requirement for teaching staff to work smarter by getting the most out of the software they use on a day to day basis.

Mark Copeman, course producer said, "In our research, teachers are in two camps - they're either upgrading from Office 2003 and have to come to terms with a completely different ribbon toolbar layout in Office 2007 or they're still using Office 2003, and have never been properly trained on how to get the most from the sofware. It amazes me how many people still go about things the long way. We've set about trying to change people's bad habits."

The course is made up of 40+ bite-sized video modules, totalling five hours of learning. Teachers can dip in and out to suit them - learning when they need to and not being limited to when a trainer is in a classroom after school. It is structured so that staff can learn at the pace they want to, or jump straight to a particular topic.

"We've already got our first 500 teachers signed up to use the course - and currently, the most popular module is on shortcuts" said Mark. "The really great thing about the course website, is that users can track the time they spend learning and submit a certificate towards their Continuous Professional Development time for that school year."

The course has already won a warm response from its users.

Anna Deacon, Head of Department at a school in Gloucestershire, UK said, "What I am used to having is someone talking at me for half an hour. By the time you come to actually come to USE  the software, you have forgotten everything and lost any bit of paper you wrote on or were given. This is the right way to learn!"

You can watch a sample module and apply for volume discounts at the course website - http://www.office2007trainingforteachers.com. The course is also available through the UK's Training and Development Agency for Schools CPD database.

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http://The845Club.com is a video-based, online publishing company. We specialise in creating and delivering bitesized chunks of training and content to people’s inboxes, which last no longer than 10 minutes per day and are spread over a series of weeks.