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Teachers love it, parents want it, children need it – so say ComputerXplorers
INVESTMENT LEVEL: £29,500
today are surrounded by technology; digital cameras, Sky+ and Wii to name but a few, but they largely use computers for the most basic functions of accessing the internet, playing games or chatting with their friends. Conversely, some children don’t have access at home to a computer or connection to the internet, and tend to associate ICT with creating Word documents in science or PowerPoint slides in English at school. ComputerXplorers shows children a
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different side to technology – that it’s fun when you know how! In small groups of 10 to 12, children learn that computers are exciting educational tools, empowering them to make films, create animated slideshows, design their own video game or produce a comic – activities that satisfy and develop creativity while extending their knowledge and use of ICT. Problem-solving, critical-thinking and team-working skills are very useful by-products of participation.
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hildren learn best when they are having fun at the same time – and it’s that premise which underpins the ComputerXplorers programme. Young people
Most importantly, the children have a lot of fun – after school hours yet still on the premises, the children interact with adults other than their teachers or parents, work together on projects with their friends, and mix with children they would not usually in the course of a school day.
“ComputerXplorers are looking for ambitious and enthusiastic people prepared to work hard to achieve success,
independence and security”
For parents, a ComputerXplorers after- school technology club provides a safe place for their children to enjoy themselves while learning new skills and making new friends. For schools, a technology club makes a welcome contribution to the menu of activities and enhances a school’s existing extended hours provision. Offering a technology club after school is very simple as ComputerXplorers provides everything
needed to run the club, including trained, CRB-checked instructors, software, peripherals and all other equipment. The ComputerXplorers programme can also help schools extend their ICT facilities to the wider community. Exciting, structured activities – holiday camps for children, for instance – are a popular service for working parents, and also offer much-needed respite for parents at home during long holidays! Local people interested in developing skills in basic computer operations, digital scrapbooking and using eBay and PayPal can sign up to special adult courses held during the holidays and other out-of-school hours, and, as a social opportunity for mums, dads, grandparents and carers to get to know one another, it places the school at the heart of the community. ComputerXplorers now has franchises up and operating in Bristol and Bath, Cotswolds and Wyvern, Dublin South, Solent, South East Wales, South East Scotland, South West Scotland, Bromley and Dartford, Northants, Middlesex, Wessex, Midlands Ireland, Birmingham East, West Surrey and North Yorkshire and are looking for ambitious and enthusiastic people who want to make a difference by owning their own business and are prepared to work hard to achieve success, independence and security. n
COMPUTERXPLORERS
WEBSITE:
www.computerxplorers.co.uk EMAIL:
jmatthews@computerxplorers.co.uk PHONE: 01530 513 308 CLASSIFICATION: Children’s computer tuition
Investment: £20k-£50k
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