• American University of Beirut: www.aub.edu.lb
• Lebanese American University: www.lau.edu.lb/
• Haigazian University:www.haigazian.edu.lb/
• Balamand University: www.balamand.edu.lb/
• American University College of Science and Technology:www.aust.edu.lb
• Notre Dame University: www.ndu.edu.lb
• Beirut Arab University: www.bau.edu.lb
• University Libanaise: www.ul.edu.lb/

• Visit About.com's Internet for Beginners and explore a free online course such as Net 101, or find information on a topic that interests you: tutorials, browsers, search engines, e-mail, netiquette, jargon explained, shopping online, net games, and much more. A useful site that isn't plagued with pop-up ads is The HelpWeb: A Guide to Getting Started on the Internet.
• Read Live Wire: Computer Confidence for Women, a series of funny, informative articles written in 1996-1998 by Rachel K. Adelson. Although a lot has happened in IT since she wrote them, Rachel's column is still useful both for novices and for women who are tech-savvy. Sample titles: "Exposed: The Secret Language of Computers," "Lost in Cyberspace? How to Find Yourself," and "I'm Sorry, We Have to Operate."

• Inform yourself by checking out sites such as the A Day in the Life section of the Binary Girl web site: it offers descriptions of what it's like to work in a variety of IT-related jobs, written by women in those jobs.
• Go to a large and content-rich site such as About.com and browse through their Computing & Technology section, where you can sign up for an e-mail newsletter, read the tech news of the day, and get information on a range of topics from hardware to software, careers to networks, and programming to e-mail.
• Another very useful resource is the job site Techies.com. Also helpful may be DC Web Women's Job Seekers Column, which offers advice about job search issues and etiquette.
• An especially useful new resource is Career Voyager, a combined effort sponsored by the U. S. Department of Labor and the Department of Education. One section is devoted to IT. You can see projected job growth, salaries overall or by state, hot jobs, preparation needed, and a LOT more.

Check local colleges and universities for their course offerings. In particular, the American University of Beirut and the Lebanese American University offer computer literacy training courses all around the year.

Many commercial training centers offer a wide range of computer literacy courses and programs some leading to certification. To have an idea you can visit one of the following sites or call on the listed numbers (please note that the below list is neither comprehensive nor representative of the whole Lebanese Training Centers Market):

v      Formatech: www.formatech.com

v      New Horizons: www.newhorizons.com.lb

v      Pigier: tel: 01/447899

v      Aldar Consulting: http://www.tagi.com

Consider online training. Online training usually works best for the motivated self-learner.

Some non-profit organizations such as the e-caravan of the Saradar Foundation provide free computer literacy courses.

• Investigate reality and build knowledge
• Promote active learning and authentic assessment
• Engage you in society by motivation and challenge
• Provide tools to increase your productivity
• Support higher level thinking
• Increase learner independence
• Increase collaborate on and cooperation
• Tailor learning to the learner
• Overcome physical disabilities

• Arab Women Sites-Arabic Women’s institutions and organizations: http://www.arab.de/arab-women.html
• Women in the Arab World: http://www.al-bab.com/arab/women.htm
• Arab Women Connect: http://www.arabwomenconnect.org/
• Arab Women Issues: http://www.arabinfoseek.com/arab-women's_issues.htm
• The Women’s League: http://wwwlb.aub.edu.lb/~webleague/

Also, check the Similar Associations page of our web site