Five Tips to Make Excel Training Easy for Students

Sometimes students struggle to grasp the basics of Excel.  They may think they are not “computer people” while others may be confused by a scary spreadsheet. Don’t worry, Excel is a simple program that anybody can learn–with the right guidance, of course. With the help of these tips—and 30 Bird—you can guide your students to […]

7 Reasons Hands-on Exercises Are Key to Learning Microsoft Office

Learning Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office is the most universally important computer program in the world. It is used in nearly every office, business, and school in America. In many cases, it is presumed that job applicants have a basic command of Office. Workers and students are expected to know how to use it and are therefore rarely given […]

Online Courseware: Capture Your Students’ Attention

Online Courseware

  What place does online courseware have in the classroom? We think it’s an important and indispensable part of today’s learning process. Of course, it wasn’t always like that. For centuries, classrooms were more or less the same. You had the teacher and the students, textbooks and a blackboard. Whether in the 18th century or 1985, […]

5 Tips for Keeping Your IT Lesson Plan Up to Date

Learning Microsoft Office

Teaching IT to students can be a real challenge. We should know. Here at 30 Bird that’s what we do best. Drawing from our own experience, we have compiled some fantastic advice on how you can stay on top of your teaching game. Here are five easy ways to get current and stay that way! […]

Why Test Prep is Essential for ITIL Certification

ITIL Certification is a sure-fire way to earn more money, get better professional opportunities, and achieve job security. It says to employers that you are a capable, determined individual with expertise in information technology. So, when it comes to preparing to take the ITIL Certification test, it’s vital that you are using the best study […]

Avoid Assigning Multiple Textbooks Through Customization

Customization is the newest innovation to hit the textbook world. Once a luxury only available to big institutions with tons of money, 30 Bird has brought customization to the public at affordable rates. The benefits of customized textbooks are clear. Rather than paying for materials you don’t need, you can create textbooks that only feature […]

8 Proven Ways to Improve Certification Test Scores

When you’re in school, taking tests is a part of life. For some of us, it’s a huge source of stress. We can’t wait to finish school and finally be done with tests FOREVER. But…as it turns out, that’s not the end of the story. In today’s job market, testing has become a part of […]

The Future of Textbooks is Here

Every classroom is unique, so why should textbooks be one-size-fits-all? Anyone who has taught a class has confronted the same problem: how to find an affordable textbook that includes all of the materials you need without a bunch of extra stuff you don’t? For a long time, instructors had to make do with what they […]

5 Tips Guaranteed to Improve Your IT Test Performance

Let’s face it. Tests are scary. They’re bad enough when you’re a kid, but they can be even worse when you’re an adult. So much is riding on your performance that they can be downright terrifying. Sometimes, your nerves can get the best of you. At 30 Bird, we know that the challenges adults face […]