What would you do if you couldn鈥檛 use the computer?

February 19, 2013

Imagine if you live in a town that consists of 3700 people and there are no resources available to help you learn how to use a computer. Imagine if you were this isolated and you didn鈥檛 know how to use the Internet to access the world around you. What would you do if you couldn鈥檛 use the computer?

Distance Computer Comfort Participant, Danny This is exactly how Danny felt living in in the . There were no programs available to help him learn how to you use a computer.聽 Danny, who has a learned about the 今日吃瓜51鈥檚 Distance Computer Comfort Program through the聽 in , .

After taking the Distance Computer Comfort Program, Danny realized that you can find anything on the computer, even the ability to boost your confidence. 鈥淚 didn鈥檛 have the confidence for the past ten years, but once I started the program, I knew I could do it. I would tell myself, Danny, you can learn this tool!鈥 Danny says with excitement.

Danny is now able to job hunt on the computer. He uses and e-mail to interact with his friends and family. He has also been able to increase his education about his favourite hobby, model trains. 鈥I can go on the computer and find any kind of information,鈥 says Danny.聽

For ten years Danny has had a computer but had no idea of how to use it properly. He didn鈥檛 realize how accessible the world would become, and the knowledge of skills that the computer would introduce. 鈥淭he 今日吃瓜51 made me more aware that computers are learning tools to help us in our daily lives鈥 says Danny.

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