Self Organized Learning Environments

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    • “Self Organized Learning Environments” SOLE installation in Carrick neighborhood, a new group of Crestfield Campers and the CJ Friday crew with a bunch of new faces. All are included with this weeks post.

    Crestfield Tackles 140 Laptops June 2014

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      •       Mission Possible Team, Crestfield Camp & Conference Center Work Site:  Computer Reach Warehouse Computers Refurbished for Use:  140 Number of Volunteers:   13 teens and adults Volunteer Organization:  Mission Possible Team, Crestfield Camp & Conference Center, Slippery Rock, PA Description:  Crestfield is a year round Christian ministry facility of the Pittsburgh Presbytery that offers...

      Malawi Linux Laptops

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        • Recipient Organization:  (CCAP Mangochi) The Church of Central Africa Presbyterian Mangochi Location:  Mangochi, Malawi Mission:  “Our  mission is as follows: – the proclamation of the gospel for the salvation of mankind; the shelter, nurture and spiritual fellowship of the of the children of God; the promotion of divine worship; the preservation of the truth; the promotion of social righteousness...

        CJ and SOLE

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          • Part 1: New volunteers at Computer Reach at Construction Junction and a new project in Pittsburgh serving Bhutanese refugees called the Pittsburgh SOLE .. Funding by The Fisher Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation. Part 2: The S.O.L.E. concept was pioneered by Sugata Mitra of India, now professor at Newcastle University in the UK. Computer Reach...

          Argosy University Volunteers

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            • Work Date:  May 2, 2014 Work Site:  Computer Reach Warehouse Number of Volunteers:  14 Volunteer Hours Logged:  88 Work Accomplished:  Prepared Apple eMacs for the Indian Nations here in Pittsburgh, as well as Linux computers destined for Ghana, West Africa Volunteer Organization:  Argosy University Mission:  “At Argosy University, our passion is teaching and learning.  We develop professional professional competence, provide...

            Pittsburgh Post Gazette

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              • TechMan: Grassroots effort to give computers to those who can’t afford them March 10, 2014 11:13 PM By Ced Kurtz / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette One of the most ambitious programs to rehabilitate used computers and get them back into the community at low or no cost is concentrated here in Western Pennsylvania. Computer Reach has worked...

              Two Great Days at CR – We Get By With A Little Help From Our Friends!

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                • Here is the video of both days … with a tribute to our Friends … because we get by with a little help from our friends ….   Work date:  February 28, 2014 Work Site:  Computer Reach Warehouse Computers Refurbished for Use:  ?? Computers Recycled for Parts:  ?? Number of Volunteers:   29 new volunteers Volunteer Hours Logged:  ??...

                Apple Computers Going to Kenya

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                  •                                           Date:  March 4, 2014 Recipient Organization:  Upako Center Location:  Kawangware, Nairobi, Kenya Description:  Upako Centre, a community based organization, is God’s Agent of change physically, spiritually and socially in the Kawangware community of Nairobi, Kenya.  Upako Centre provides...

                  FedEx 30, Apple Macintosh 30

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                    • On a frigid January morning FedEx employees braved the cold to unload a truck full of 76 Apple Macintosh Computers … imaged them with 10.4.11 Tiger and then loaded them back onto the truck for delivery back to Construction Junction … then helped unload them all. A great team. Hope all the work kept you...

                    Church, High Schools, Colleges January 2014

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                      • THANK YOU Pittsburgh Public Schools, Allegheny Community College, University of Pittsburgh, Ben Avon Community Presbyterian Church and all the regular Apple and Linux recycling folks. Was a great Friday-Saturday double-header. Jan 10+11 2014 Computer Reach – http://computereach.com