COMPUTER EDUCATION AND TRAINING
(Chester, PA / Delaware County)
INTERNET ACCESS AND COMPUTER LITERACY
Delaware County Library System
The Library System has a number of branches in the Chester area, and provides some Internet access. Check at the branch closest to you for what is available.
http://www.delco.lib.pa.us/

Chester Apartments NNC
1225 West 9th Street
Chester, PA 19013
(610) 874-3295
chestera@snip.net
NNC provides free Internet access and computer literacy education opportunities at no cost to Chester area residents.

Chester Senior Center
721 Hayes Street
Chester, PA 19013
(610) 497-3550
jnowell@scs-delco.org
The Center provides free Internet access and a variety of low-cost computer education classes for Chester area residents of all ages.

SeniorNet
2881 Pancoast Road
Aston, PA 19014
(610) 497-6300 Ext. 1301
Sponsored by the Penn-Delco School District, SeniorNet is a free program aimed at helping senior citizens navigate the Internet and e-mail by teaming them up with Sun Valley High School students.
http://www.pdsd.org/seniornet.htm

United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania (Delaware County)
First Call for Help (215-568-3750) will refer you to an appropriate United Way member or partner agency in your area that can help with your immediate needs, as well as those involving your family and your community, related to skills development, job training and education. (Available in English and Spanish)
http://home.uwsepa.org/find_help/individuals.html

TRAINING AND CONTINUING EDUCATION (For a cost, but some are quite reasonable)


Cittone Institute Computer Education Center
One Plymouth Meeting (Suite 300)
Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462
(610) 941-0319
(888) 248-8663
Cittone offers certification training, and short-term, focused computer programs, including courses in Web-based programming in HTML, XML, Java, and multimedia.
http://www.cittone.com/Sections/main.htm

 

Computer Mentors, Inc.
102 Carleton Road
Wallingford, PA 19086
(610) 891-1213
Computer Mentor's facilitators provide one-to-one computer literacy education at an hourly rate, tailored to individual needs.

Delaware County Community College
901 South Media Line Road
Media, PA 19063
(610) 359-5000
DCCC provides credit and non-credit computer courses, and information technology educational programs and services that are available online and in a classroom setting.
http://www.dccc.edu/dl/intcourses200109.htm (online credit courses)
http://www.dccc.edu/cceweb/webfall.htm (non-credit courses)

Eastern University IT
1300 Eagle Road
St. Davids, PA 19087
(610) 341-5800
Eastern University's Institute of Information Technology provides a comprehensive information technology curriculum that addresses specific industry certification requirements, and will provide students with a strong foundation in the core technologies that underlie new business trends.
http://www.it.eastern.edu/

Penn Delco School District Adult Education School
2881 Pancoast Road
Aston, PA 19014
(610) 497-6300 Ext. 2323
Introductory classes at a reasonable cost in PC's, Internet, MS Word and MS Excel.
http://www.pdsd.org/nightschool.pdf

Penn State University (Delaware County Campus)
25 Yearsley Mill Road
Media, PA 19063-5596
Penn State offers computer technology Courses and certification programs, in such areas as C/C++, Java, and Visual Basic programming, Internet and WebPro.
http://www.de.psu.edu/ce/computer_tech.html

Pennsylvania Institute of Technology
800 Manchester Avenue
Media, PA 19063
(610) 565-7900
(800) 422-0025
PIT offers a wide range of technical and business programs in the computer field.
http://www.pit.edu/programs/coned.htm

The Training Camp
Pocono Mountains
Bushkill, PA
(800) 528-5560 (Ext. 2202)
The Training Camp offers accelerated information technology and certification testing services for the serious student.
http://www.trainingcamp.net/corporate/default.asp#

 

 

Widener University
(Evening and Continuing Education)
One University Place
Chester, PA 19013
(610) 499-4282
Widener offers courses and certification in information systems, the Internet and instructional methods in technology.
http://www.widener.edu/uc/index.html

This information can be found online at http://www.i-lead.org/web/techcourse/4res.htm

NOTES