I wanted to share a recent experience with my adult readers, especially those who are learning and using power tools for the office. There are so many power tools available to use when we use Microsoft® Office applications or OpenOffice and other tools. One of the most commonly used is the merge capability which can really make your life a lot easier and allow you to send messages to people that are personalized just for them – always good in business, right? I’ll get back to that in a minute.

CompuChild USA is excited to be partnering with Great Place to Learn to offer technology education classes for school-age children!

Many school-agers use a computer for games and visiting popular websites, but know little else about these powerful tools. In our classes, they'll learn the technology they need to accomplish so much more!

Happy New Year, everyone! I hope that 2010 brings you wonderful opportunities and experiences.

If you're looking for new skills to help you take advantage of the opportunities facing you, check out our upcoming workshops. They're conducted Saturday mornings in Middletown, and Wednesday evenings in Warwick, and by private arrangement for other small businesses. You won't get lost in a big group in a lecture scenario - we use small group instruction that has long been demonstrated as a great way to learn for both children and adults. There's lots of hands-on practice and individualized help, we bring the equipment, you'll make new friends, and you'll go home with detailed handouts to help you practice on your own after class is finished. What's better than that!?

We're a locally owned and operated small business, dedicated to the best quality technology education for children and adults. We know that if you compare our workshops to others, you'll prefer to learn with us.

Just click on the blue Sign-Ups button to see the current class schedule - we'll see you there!

We're excited to announce that we'll be joining the Family Tree family. Starting in January, CompuChild classes will begin for the pre-K students at the newest Family Tree school in Warwick, located at 1648 Warwick Ave - at Hoxie Four Corners. It's great to be joining the Family Tree family!

As you may know, October was Computer Learning Month. In honor of the month, we awarded a month of free CompuChild tuition to one student who was registered in class as of 1 October 2009. Our winner was a first-year CompuChild student who attends the KinderCare Learning Center in Middletown! He'll be getting a free month of classes for January 2010!!! What a great way to start the new year!

Great Place to Learn and RI Computer Learning Services, LLC are pleased to announce a series of three free workshops to help parents make smart computer decisions this holiday season. They will be hosted at the following Great Place to Learn locations:

• 1016 East Main Rd, Portsmouth, RI at 6 pm, December 1, 2009
• 219D Main St, Wareham, MA at 6 pm, December 2, 2009
• 566 Wilbur Ave, Swansea, MA at 6 pm, December 3, 2009

The purpose of the workshops is to help parents identify their computer requirements and understand the computer ads that they’ll see in the newspaper, circulars, and online so that they can make informed and confident decisions when they buy. The price of admission to each free workshop is a $5.00 donation to the RI Food Bank. Seats are limited. For more information, or to RSVP, please call 508.678.9004 or 401.683.2620, or email to info@ri-computerlearningservices.com.