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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
| Language: | en |
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2004
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ704840 |
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- As Good as New: Recycled Computers Are a Boon to Cash-Strapped Schools Minkel, Walter Corporations Public Libraries Nonprofit Organizations Private Financial Support School Business Relationship Low Income Groups Internet Educational Resources Access to Computers Urban Schools There's no such thing as a school or library with too many computers. We're still nowhere near the one-student, one-computer ratio that's ideal for our schools and libraries, especially those in neighborhoods where most students don't have home computers. That's why Computers for Schools (www.pcsforschools.org) is such a great idea. The nonprofit organization provides thousands of donated PCs to schools, public libraries, and homes of low-income families every year. Computers for Schools also arranges inexpensive dial-up Internet service for qualifying families. ETrek, another Computers for Schools-allied program, provides free Pentium II or III computers to schools that donate their old PCs--most of which are dismantled and recycled as scrap--to the Oregon-based company. These two organizations are briefly discussed in this article, along with information on locating programs that assist in providing computers for schools.