Health Sciences North is offering the following Education Opportunities by videoconference using the North Network;
Oct 2, 11:00-12:00 noon CST "Power Searching with Google: Strategies & Techniques"
Oct 9, 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm CST "Cool Tools:The Best of the Web"
Oct 23 11:00 - 12:00 noon CST "Uncovering the Invisible Web"
If you are interested in these educational opportunities or would like further information please contact;
Cheryl Klassen
Telehealth Informatics Educator
Keewaytinook Okimakanak Telehealth Services.
CERTIFICATE IN WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT
Dates: October 20, 2003 to January 30, 2004
Deadline for Registration: October 10, 2003
Location: Oshki-Pimache-O-Win
Education and Training Institute
107 Johnson Avenue, 2nd Floor
Thunder Bay, Ontario P7B 2V9
Tuition:
(includes books and
course materials)
In Class: $1,425
Online: $975
Course Description:
The Certificate in Web Development is a 12 week full-time certificate program. The students in the program will learn to design, build and manage multimedia websites and internet applications using the latest software from Macromedia.
Macromedia Studio MX contains a suite of integrated tools that provides all you need to build everything from simple web pages to Rich Internet Applications. Studio MX is the most widely used software in the industry and is the software of choice for professional Web designers. Our program will focus on three software packages, and upon successful completion of the program you will be able to:
• Create web sites using Macromedia Dreamweaver MX
• Create web graphics using Fireworks MX
• Deliver cross-platform, low-bandwidth animations, presentations, and Web applications using Macromedia Flash MX.
Online Class:
Students will be given assignments to be completed by a certain date, THIS IS NOT A SELF-PACED COURSE. Assignments are given and accepted through our Oshki Online Training website (www.oshki.ca/training), and correspondence with the instructor will take place through message boards and live chat during the afternoons (1:00 – 5:00 pm EST).
In-Class:
Students will receive in-class instruction with the course instructor during the morning (9:00 to 12:00). During the afternoon, students will complete assignments. The instructor will assist the students with any problems concerning the assignments, course material, or computer issues in general (course-related questions will be given priority).
The In-Class students will take advantage of one of Oshki’s new computer labs, T-1 connected Internet (faster than “high-speed” Internet), local area network and in-house Linux Web server.
System Requirements (for Online Class):
Windows:
200 MHz Intel Pentium processor (or equivalent)
Windows 98 SE, ME, NT4, 2000, or XP
64 MB RAM (128 MB recommended)
300 MB free hard drive disk space
1024 x 768, 16-bit (thousands of colours) colour display or better
CD-ROM drive
Macintosh:
Mac OS 9.1 and higher, or OS X 10.1 and higher
64 MB RAM (128 recommended)
300 MB free hard drive space
1024 x 768, 16-bit (thousands of colours) colour display or better
CD-ROM drive
CONTACT FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:
Devon Meekis (Instructor) or Rob Wesley
807-346-2776
Or
To Register, Contact:
Front Desk: 807-346-2770
Toll Free: 1-866-63 OSHKI
Fax: 807-345-2924
Sign up online for this course, or any course that
Oshki-Pimache-O-Win Education and Training Institute offers at
www.oshki.ca
Personal web pages at MyKnet.org are a popular on-line space for people to browse. In September there were over 11 millions hits on this K-Net server with over 200,000 visits throughout the month (an average of 6,671 per day)!
All together there were over 18 MILLION hits occurring on the monitored K-Net servers throughout September. Specifically, on the seven servers with traffic graphs, there were a total of 18,267,458 hits made to these on-line services provided by Keewaytinook Okimakanak.
All of the K-Net servers that are being monitored for hits, visits and usage statistics using the webalizer program again showed an increase during the month. But http://myknet.org rose by 4 million hits to demonstrate the rapid take up of these communication tools among users across the north.
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