New tutorial: creating a blog with WordPress

Good evening, everyone.
I have just posted a new tutorial to the blog.
It shows you how to make a blog using WordPress.
You can read it by following this link.

Results of the selection for the 2009 Teruko Ikeda ICT Training Programme

Good evening, everyone.
Here are the results of the selection for this year’s Teruko Ikeda ICT Training Programme.
As you know, there will be two groups. The first group will consist of 10 participants, and the second group will consist of 8 participants.

The members of the first group are as follows:
Ms. Dawa Sherpa, Nepal
Ms. Dinh Viet Anh, Vietnam
Ms. Gerel Dondow, Mongolia
Ms. Mabel Gaerlan, the Philippines
Ms. Nazma Ara Begum Popy, Bangladesh
Ms. Shamuni, Malaysia
Mr. Arun Dhungana, Nepal
Mr. Fandy Dawenan, Indonesia
Mr. Joel Rescober, the Philippines
Mr. Leki Chedup, Bhutan

The members of the second group are as follows:
Ms. Catherine Unger, the Philippines
Ms. Jennelyn Palacio, the Philippines
Ms. Nguyen Thi Xuyen, Vietnam
Ms. Sisi Coalala, Fiji
Mr. Ieng Sovannara, Cambodia
Mr. Nguyen Tam Bao, Vietnam
Mr. Nhuchhe Maharjan, Nepal
Mr. Taufiq Effendi, Indonesia

We at the Japan Braille Library extend our warmest congratulations to the successful applicants, and hope that all of them will have a fruitful and enjoyable time in Penang in August.

The 2009 Teruko Ikeda ICT Training Programme

Hello, everyone.
Here is information about this year’s Teruko Ikeda ICT Training Programme.
As usual, the venue will be St. Nicholas Home, Penang, Malaysia. However, there will be no basic course this year. Instead, there will be two intermediate courses:
The first course will start on Saturday the 8th of August and end on Thursday the 20th of August.
The second course will start on Saturday the 22nd of August and end on Thursday the 3rd of September.
The contents of both courses will be basically the same.
Please do not send application forms to the Japan Braille Library to join these courses. Instead, the participants will be chosen in the following two ways:

1. If you were a trainee on any of the five Teruko Ikeda ICT training courses, you are eligible. If you are chosen, we will contact you over the next two weeks.
2. If you sent an application form to the Japan Braille Library between 2004 and 2008, you may be chosen. We are now reconsidering all submitted application forms. If you are chosen, you will be contacted soon.

Again, please do not contact us. If you are chosen, we will contact you.
I will post more information as it becomes available.
Good luck to all of you!

Shortcut keys for GMail

Hello, everyone.
Here is a Microsoft Word file containing a complete list of all shortcut keys that can be used with GMail.
Please click
this link
To download or view it.
This file was provided by Ichigo Tech, a good friend of the training programme who comes from Penang.

Farewell speech for the Malaysian part of the 2008 training programme

Hello, everyone.
I have just posted the farewell speech given at the closing ceremony of the Malaysian part of the 2008 training programme by Mr. Leki Chedup from Bhutan.
Everyone present agreed that Mr. Chedup’s speech was both moving and eloquent.
You can read it by
following this link.

The Teruko Ikeda email list

Good morning, everyone.
Now that the Teruko Ikeda ICT training has finished for another year, I think it’s time to remind you all about the support email list.
All of the former trainees are members of this list, and many of them now know a lot about computer software and hardware.
If this year’s trainees have any questions or need help, please write a message to the support list. Someone will certainly be happy to help you.
Please write to the following email address to send a message to the list:
teruko-ikeda-ict@googlegroups.com

Course notes for GMail and Juice

Good evening, everyone.
This afternoon I posted course notes for setting up Windows Mail to use GMail and for the Juice podcatcher.
Please tell me what you think.

Course notes for Windows Mail

Good morning, everyone.
I have just posted the course notes for Windows Mail. Please take a look at them and tell me what you think.
I’m now working on some notes for using a GMail (Google mail) email account with Windows Mail. I’ll let you know when they’re finished.

More course notes coming soon

Good morning, everyone.
Please check back soon for more course notes.
The notes for Windows Mail and setting up a GMail account are almost ready, and should be posted by the end of this week.
Also, if there is enough time, we shall cover Windows Live Messenger, so course notes for this application will be posted soon.

Update to the Excel course notes

Hello, everyone.
It’s been a while, but I’ve finally added a section to the Excel course notes about using the “Fill” function.
The example I use in the notes is filling some cells with a range of dates, starting from today’s date.
Hopefully we can cover this topic in greater detail during the training.