Finding the
Bucks for
Technology
By Donn Ritchie and Karen Boyle
Few schools can afford basic technology
equipment
for every classroom, let alone the latest and the greatest
machines
and software. Fortunately, as the authors of this article
demonstrate,
schools can make the most of their technology dollars by
simple
planning, by using a few key techniques for attracting
money, and
by scouting low-cost equipment.
Funding
Sources
Used Computer
Sources
- Computers
4 Kids
www.c4k.org
- The
Detwiler Foundation Computers for Schools Program
wwwnt.thegroup.net/detwiler
- Computer
Recycling Center, Inc.
Computers for Education Program, Mountain View, CA
415.428.3700
- Gifts-in-Kind
America
PO Box 18002, Merrifield, VA 22118
703.836.2121
- East
West Educational Development Foundation
Attn: Alex Randall
582 E St., Boston, MA 02210
617.542.0555
ewedf.ix@netcom.com
or alex@donate.org
- California
Computer Refurbishing Fund
Attn: Robert L. Carroll
c/o Sacramento County Office of Education
9738 Lincoln Village Dr.
Sacramento, CA 95827
916.228.2500
- SPARC
www.SPARCproductdirectory.com/us-sars.html
Discount
Software Publishers
Keyboard
Computer Resources
Shareware
Sources
References
Donn
Ritchie, dritchie@mail.sdsu.edu;
Karen Boyle, kjboyle@ix.netcom.com
Copyright © 1998, ISTE (International Society for Technology
in Education).
All rights reserved.
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