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Cobb school district offering tech training for students

The Cobb County School District is offering virtual Microsoft training to students. AJC file photo
The Cobb County School District is offering virtual Microsoft training to students. AJC file photo
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Sept 13, 2021

The Cobb County School District is offering live training on Microsoft software to students from grades 3-12.

A trainer from Microsoft will partner with Cobb InTech to lead the virtual sessions, according to the school district. They will run from 6:45 to 7:15 p.m. The first lesson, on Microsoft OneNote, is Tuesday.

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Links to join will be posted before the training session.

The Oct. 12 training will be about PowerPoint and the Nov. 9 session will be about Flipgrid.

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