Got old keyboards?
Got old laptops that still boot up?
Got old laptops that do NOT boot up?
Got a pile of ethernet cables that you no longer need?
We at The Children’s Storefront in Harlem will take any of the above ite
ms (except milk) and put them to valuable and immediate use. Yesterday, I
started all of my students in grades 2-8 on typing practice and told them
that if they did not have a computer at home, they could borrow a keyboard
from me and they could do their typing practice in the evening on the keyb
oard. I said it would be hard work to concentrate on their finger strokes
for 10-15 minutes when the keyboard was not attached to any computer, but
that it would still be a viable way to
practice their typing.
In any case, I am appealing to any of you out there who might like to dona
te old laptops or old keyboards to children in Harlem who could put them t
o use immediately. Yes, old Macs and old PCs would also be appreciated but
they are of course harder and more expensive to ship from afar.
Shipping address is Steve Bergen, CIO, The Children's Storefront, 70 East
129th Street, New York, NY 10035
e-mall sbergen@cstorefront.org
our Web site: http://www.thechildrensstorefront.org/info
co-director, The "Summercore" Teaching Company: http://www.summercore.com
p.s. several people from my school are sponsoring an Urban Education Sympo
sium on Friday October 26th intended to bring together administrators from
public, private and charter schools to focus on practical ideas and issues
of urban, inner city education; see the Web page of http://www.thechildren
sstorefront.org/oct26 please forward this to any administrators you know w
ho might be interested. Thanks!
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