In this track for CAR beginners, special morning panels will be coordinated with hands-on classes in the afternoon. The combination will give participants a mini-boot camp experience with plenty of opportunity to apply what they learn to reporting and writing news stories. Participants are pre-registered for a series of classes (see below), modeled on the IRE and NICAR 5-day CAR Boot Camp curriculum. This will offer 10 hours of hands-on instruction in Internet, spreadsheets and database management.

There is no extra charge to reserve a seat in the Mini-Boot Camp but, due to its limited availability, please sign up only if you will attend all sessions. There are 36 seats available. Pre-registrations are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. (Similar beginner-level classes—open to all conference attendees —are offered at various times in the main hands-on schedule.)

As of Feb. 13, all 36 seats are reserved. For waiting list information, please contact John Green, jgreen@ire.org. If you signed up for the Mini-Boot Camp but no longer plan to attend, please contact IRE as soon as possible.

After you submit your request, IRE will verify your conference registration and check availability. You will receive a confirmation note about your registration status. If you have questions about Mini-Boot Camp registration or confirming your sign-up, please contact jgreen@ire.org.

Choose the schedule for a particular day or scroll down to see the whole schedule:
Friday	Saturday	Sunday


Friday
Time	Panel or Hands-On Class	Room
2:00 - 3:10pm	B: Excel 1: Performing simple calculations and sorting	Travis I
2:00 - 3:10pm	B: Excel 1: Performing simple calculations and sorting	Travis II
3:20 - 4:30pm	B: Excel 2: Calculating ratios and rates	Travis I
3:20 - 4:30pm	B: Excel 2: Calculating ratios and rates	Travis II
4:40 - 5:50pm	B: Importing data into Excel	Travis I
4:40 - 5:50pm	B: Importing data into Excel	Travis II
Saturday
Time	Panel or Hands-On Class	Room
2:00 - 3:10pm	B: Moving into Access: An introduction to filtering with Access	Travis I
2:00 - 3:10pm	B: Moving into Access: An introduction to filtering with Access	Travis II
3:20 - 4:30pm	I: Access 2: Summarizing databases with counting and summing	Travis I
3:20 - 4:30pm	I: Access 2: Summarizing databases with counting and summing	Travis II
4:40 - 5:50pm	A: Access 3: How to join tables, matching information from one file to another	Travis I
4:40 - 5:50pm	A: Access 3: How to join tables, matching information from one file to another	Travis II
Sunday
Time	Panel or Hands-On Class	Room
9-10:10 a.m.	B: Build your own database: The ins and outs of how to structure and maintain a database your create	Travis I
9-10:10 a.m.	B: Build your own database: The ins and outs of how to structure and maintain a database your create	Travis II
10:20 - 11:30am	A: final Q&A session, exercise, and how to take it all home	Travis I
10:20 - 11:30am	A: final Q&A session, exercise, and how to take it all home	Travis II

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