One online course that is $59 or so is at www.ed2go.com. I've been impressed with their online courses in general.
Katy Pearce PAX-FLEX Cluster Director [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.flexvermont.org Quoting Steve Eskow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > A suggestion to Andy Carvin in the form of a question: > > Is there now available online a good course on computer service and repair > that woould make it possible for those in the poorer countries to keep their > computers running? > > Whether a computer in a poor community costs $100 or $1000, the odds are > that it will soon need attention that requires knowledge and skill not > readily available in the community. > > For example: I visited schools in Belize recently that had been given good > computers by one of the organizations that collects and rehabilitates > computers and ships them them to those needing them--and most of them were > covered with clothes waiting for repair that might never happen. > > If our Digital Divide Network might focus on this matter of computer service > and repair, we might attack this matter of the divide from the angle of > maintenance, and this would be a great contribution to narrowing the divide. > > Steve Eskow > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > _______________________________________________ > DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide > To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. > > > _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
