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Blog // Connect Ohio

05/04/12

ECO Participant Wins Laptop Courtesy of Frontier Communications

By COH Staff

Written by Rachel Leishman, Tuscarawas County Public Library Barbara Richards of Port Washington was the winner of a free laptop computer courtesy of Frontier Communications. Barbara’s name was randomly selected from a pool of all participants who took Connect Ohio’s Every Citizen Online basic computer training through the Tuscarawas County Public Library System from January to April 2012. Barbara said she would recommend these classes to anyone. “The classes were very informative and enjoyable. It wasn’t over my head the way the instructor explained everything.” "Connect Ohio is proud to partner with the entire team at the Tuscarawas County...

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04/24/12

ECO Showcases Importance of Broadband/Web Presence for one Gallia County Company

By Lyndsey Kleven

  Going from living in a large metropolitan city and moving to Gallipolis, Ohio, located in the state’s Appalachian region, W. Oran Smeltzer was in for a change. Having been raised in Gallia County, Smeltzer knew before moving back that parts of the area relied much less on technology and Internet than he had become accustomed to living in an urban area. A significant barrier to opportunity that the region faces is lack of Internet connectivity and adoption. In Connect Ohio’s recent report, Technology Barriers and Adoption in Rural Appalachian Ohio, it is revealed that an astonishing 531,000 adults in the area do not have home broadband...

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04/09/12

Connect Ohio Celebrates Library Partners during National Library Week 2012

By Lyndsey Kleven

National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries across the country each April. It is a time to celebrate the contributions of our nation’s libraries and librarians and to promote library use. Last year more than 1.4 billion Americans visited their local library. Libraries bring people and ideas together. Take advantage of the free access to books and computers, assistance with resumes and job searches, accurate financial information, adult education courses, CDs, DVDs and much more. Connect Ohio is honored to be partnered with libraries all across the state, to offer free basic...

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03/23/12

Columbus Metropolitan Library Trains More Than 1,000 Central Ohioans on Computer Skills

By Lyndsey Kleven

    Columbus Metropolitan Library (CML) is helping to spread digital literacy across central Ohio as a partner in Connect Ohio’s Every Citizen Online (ECO) program. The ECO program provides free computer and Internet training to help adults throughout the state learn these vital technology skills. CML currently holds the ECO training at nine of their 21 locations and more than 1,000 adults having already taken advantage of the beneficial resource. Scott Woods, an ECO instructor at CML’s South High Branch, has trained more than 30 students on the basic fundamentals of using a computer and the Internet. The demand for basic training...

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