Re: [Nolug] Teaching a Computer Elective

Dave, I'd love to get that number from you. I think last time I mailed
this list with a similar request you gave me that number. Only it
didn't work, or something. Anyway, if you pop me that number I'll give
it another shot and let you know what happens.

On Fri, 2004-08-06 at 14:22, John D. Tiedeman wrote:
> Dave Prentice wrote:
> > Christopher,
> > There's a state recycling facility in Baton Rouge that will
> > give -- as in free -- recycled computers to schools. They probably
> > won't have an OS and they may be Pentium-1, but that should give you
> > something to start with. I think it's the Louisiana Property Recycling
> > Agency, or something like that. If you are interested, I'll look up
> > the contact info when I go by my school Monday.
> > Dave Prentice
> > prentice@instruction.com
> > http://www.originsresource.org
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Christopher M. Jones <cjones@partialflow.com>
> > To: nolug@joeykelly.net <nolug@joeykelly.net>
> > Date: Friday, August 06, 2004 1:08 PM
> > Subject: [Nolug] Teaching a Computer Elective
> >
> >
> >
> > > Hello, NOLUGgers,
> > >
> > > I've been on the list for a while, even if I haven't been active for
> > >
> > the
> >
> > > last two years or so. A while back I mentioned that I was looking for
> > > some equipment for my school, and several of you were very interested
> > >
> > to
> >
> > > help out. I am teaching at Desire Street Academy, a school for
> > >
> > at-risk
> >
> > > African American boys from the Desire/Florida community.
> > >
> > > This year I was asked to teach a computer elective. What I've decided
> > >
> > to
> >
> > > do is twofold: for the first part I want to teach web design. For the
> > > second part I want to have them build a machine that they can keep.
> > > Here's the help I need:
> > >
> > > 1. Parts donations, preferably decent, especially
> > > recent enough mobos.
> > > 2. Advice: I'm guessing I'll have to start from
> > > scratch with the OS. What are my options? My
> > > preference would be to have them install Linux.
> > > But if I decided to go easy on them, does anyone
> > > have suggestions for how I would get enough copies
> > > of some fairly recent Windows?
> > > 3. Someone to give me advice on course content. Have
> > > a look at my syllabus, maybe.
> > > 4. Some good suggestions for field trips for this
> > > class.
> > > 5. Volunteers to come talk to the class about business
> > > opportunities in computing, esp. programming and
> > > networking.
> > > 6. Any bright ideas for stuff I never thought of.
> > >
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> I used to take non-working computer components (and occasionally a
> whole computer) to an warehouse run by the Marin County School Board
> in San Rafael, CA. They would cannibalize and presumably separate
> constitutents of unusable parts for recycling. Does the agency you
> mentioned do all that? If so, I have a couple of boxes of stuff--I
> have to put usable copper, etc., in the garbage!
>
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