Hi David and all,

Another good possibility is to have students watch for schools to hold 
auctions. I know that the school district where my husband works and the 
college where I work often hold auctions and sell used computers that are 
still quite usable for a really low price, like < $100. 

Tina



Tina Luffman
Coordinator, Developmental Education
Verde Valley Campus
928-634-6544
tina_luffman at yc.edu



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Technology colleagues,

What are the best choices for a really inexpensive new home computer 
which has Internet access capability?

It could be a desktop or laptop.  It would be for a very low-income 
adult learner who has little or no experience using computers.  It 
would be used in many ways, but would would need to be able to access 
the Web for distance learning instruction sites, including wireless 
access.

One example is a $300 computer, described in my July posting here

                 http://wiki.literacytent.org/index.php/Cheap_Computers

The M.I.T. laptop (under $100) might be another -- someday -- but I 
am looking for currently available models.  Can anyone point us to 
one for under $300?

I am raising this in the context of helping adult learners in North 
America to buy a home computer, so I am also interested in hearing 
about your experiences in helping learners do this.  What do you find 
works and what doesn't?  Are there ways that students help each other 
to buy a computer?  Do you, as a teacher, help students to figure out 
how to buy a computer?  To you cover this in class? (Should you?) Do 
you have lessons on this you could share?

Here's a Web resource, on E-square (an electronic square for adult 
learners in the Boston area) which is designed for adult students 
exploring buying a home computer:  "How to Buy and Use a Computer"
 
                 http://www.sabes.org/technology/buycomputer/

David J. Rosen
djrosen at comcast.net

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