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Classroom travels to students
By Marina Swain
Emerald Contributor
()n I lif road again
rln■ -t()-font trailer winds ils
wa\ through lusli forests and
i logged i dies Hut don't e\pei !
it to hi* In*.idl'd toward a lavor
i11• v,nation spot This vohic li*
lioust's eight i omputers and is
better known as Lane (iiimnii
nits ( ollegt* s Mobile ('lass
room
' Kservlhing s battened dow n
for travel " said Dave Oatman
dim tor of ( ustomizod Train
i ng and I )es olopment .it I.( t
In operation tin about two
years the portable i lassroom
has helped update ( omputer
skills at businesses throughout
I .am* I ounts
" i lii-> kind ot gets them start
ed. instead ot |nst has mg a
i omputer on their desk and he
ing intimidated bs it. said as
s i s t a n t director J e s s i i a
(Kerturt
t !nlike a traditional si liool
the mobile i lassroom tinsels to
its students, a krs adsantage
tin its business i lientele
I he\ sa\ il1 s lilt! innsl ( ost
c?lti*( live wav lo do training.
Overturf said of the mam busi
nesses tll.it have Used ils ser
\ a es
( Kerturf said past par11< l
pants ha\e ini hided I red Mev
er 1 in the I iepartment of l’ul>
in Safet\ and Springfield Mid
die S( hool Demand is grow
ing siie said, with the mobile
classroom .dreads scheduling
part of its tall itinorary
Businesses i ited lac k of trav
cling time, low lost and direct
application nl computci pro
grams to their partii ulai needs
.is then primary benefits from
the mobile classroom Overturf
said
I'OI Nate Hales a pun basing
agent at Springfield forest
Products, computet training
was uulamdiai territory
"I realls didn't base am
computer background at all
Hales said I got a lot of one
on one w ith the instrut tor
Bet ause the company started
up in tin' tall, finding time Ini
computer training was dilti
i ult he said At first the ( tint
|i,im \ 1‘inplos its make I in
I Irk Id I .( I s l I'lllrdl l .llttpus
V\ r h.iil ,i hard lime gelling
everyone out ot here Kales
s.tul of the aftei hours race to
the college
l llc iliolu Ir ( l.lssroom I*• f t
nodi' ol thr traveling lutsslr .mil
perm tiled ,i mote proitui 11v e
workdrn Hairs sail!
I'rograms tailored to the
needs of a particular business
vvere also rated highly
"(Kinplovees) brought appli
cations to the i lassroom and
said 1 want to do this and the
instrui tin helped them set it
up 'said Ann Kenneth train
ing i oordmalor tor the \\ illam
ette National Forest
kenned \ is enlhusiastii
when it conies to computer
training I like to use the right
tool so we can he more etli
cient, and when we i an he
more eltu lent we i an do our
jobs better
As lor the mobile i lassroom
fsennedv said, "It s like the lu
lure has come and it 's i oming
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