These Digital Literacy lessons continue to be added to and include menu options for both English Only and Somali-English versions of the training.The menu will change throughout the weeks as the new versions of these lessons are added. We encourage you to use the new lessons as they are made available, but if you want to access the original pilot lessons, you can find the links at the bottom of this page.

The Blandin MIRC (Minnesota Intelligent Rural Communities) digital literacy training was created through a BTOP grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce to promote digital literacy training throughout greater Minnesota. These lessons were created to correspond to the digital literacy categories and skills defined by the Northstar Digital Literacy Task Force.

These lessons can be accessed by clicking a link in the table below. This page can also be printed for the learner to use as a checklist. For reference, the URL for this training is: http://www.mydigitalliteracy.us

Updated Lessons - Blandin MIRC Digital Literacy Training Lesson - Choose between English only or Somali/English:
Updated Basic Computer Skills: Lesson 1: Part 1: How to Use a Mouse and Touchpad 
Lesson 1: Part 2: How to Use a Mouse and Touchpad 
Lesson 1: Learner Handout: Parts 1 and 2 Important Words  
Lesson 1: More Mouse Practice Resources  
  Lesson 2: What is Hardware and Software  
  Lesson 3: Start and Shut-down a Computer  
  Lesson 3: Learner Handout: Important Words  
  Lesson 4: Introduction to Keyboarding  
  Lesson 4: Keyboarding-Important Words Learner Handout  
  Lesson 4: Keyboarding-More Practice Resources Learner Handout  
     
Updated Basic Internet Skills Lesson 1: Intro to Internet, Browsers and Search Engines (update coming soon) 
  Learner Handout: Lesson 1  
  Lesson 2: Internet Browser Navigation Demo (update coming soon)  
  Quiz Yourself: Domain Name Game  
  Internet Practice-Websites to Explore  
     
Updated Basic Email Skills: Lesson 1: Create an Email Account  
  Lesson 2: Use Your Email Account (update coming soon)  
     
Updated Basic Windows Skills: Lesson 1: Introduction to Using Microsoft Windows (update coming soon)  
  Lesson 1: Intro. to Using Microsoft Windows Quiz (update coming soon)  
  Lesson 2: Understanding File Associations and File Extensions  
  Lesson 2: Understanding File Associations and File Extensions Quiz  
  Lesson 3: Saving Your Work to a Flash Drive  
  Lesson 4: Removing an External Storage Device  
  Lessons 3 and 4: Learner Handout - Important Words  
     
New Basic Word Processing Skills: Lesson 1: Introduction to Word Processing (updatecoming soon)  
  Lesson 2: Use MS Word to Edit a Document (update coming soon)  
     
     
Original Pilot: Basic Computer Skills   
Lesson 1: Part 1: How to Use a Mouse and Touchpad
  Lesson 1: Part 2: How to Use a Mouse and Touchpad
  Lesson 1: Learner Handout: Parts 1 and 2 Important Words
  Lesson 1: More Mouse Practice Resources
  Lesson 2: Hardware-Software Introduction and Quiz
  Lesson 3: Start and Shut-Down a Computer
  Lesson 3: Learner Handout: Important Words
  Lesson 4: Introduction to Keyboarding
  Lesson 4: Keyboarding-Important Words Learner Handout
  Lesson 4: Keyboarding-More Practice Resources Learner Handout
     
Original Pilot: Basic Internet Skills: Lesson 1: Intro to Internet, Browsers and Search Engines
  Learner Handout: Lesson 1
  Lesson 2: Internet Browser Navigation Demo
  Quiz Yourself: Domain Name Game
  Internet Practice-Websites to Explore
     
Original Pilot: Basic Email Skills: Lesson 1: Create an Email Account
    
     
Original Pilot: Basic Windows Skills: Lesson 1: Introduction to Using Microsoft Windows
  Lesson 1: Intro. to Using Microsoft Windows Quiz
  Lesson 2: Understanding File Associations and File Extensions
  Lesson 2: Understanding File Associations and File Extensions Quiz  
  Lesson 3: Saving Your Work to a Flash Drive
  Lesson 4: Removing an External Storage Device
  Lessons 3 and 4: Learner Handout - Important Words
     
Original Pilot: Basic Word Processing Skills: Lesson 1: Introduction to Word Processing  
   
     
Other - Language Pilot: Lesson 1: Part 1: How to Use a Mouse and Touchpad (Somali and English)