During the last lockdown, I was proud to be part of a group of like minded individuals that could see that school closures, albeit necessary due to Covid, were suffering with a lack of IT kit.<\/p>\n
So we put out a call to the public to donate any old kit that they had I drawers or cupboards.<\/p>\n
The goal was to try and get 100 devices to Pupil Premium kids so that they would not get left behind.<\/p>\n
We got all kinds of devices, laptops, computers, tablets, even some older iPads.<\/p>\n
We beat the target within 3 weeks.<\/p>\n
I personally swapped out old hard drives for SSD’s, upgraded RAM, repaired a couple of screens, got them installed with Windows 10 where there was a COA even if it was a windows 7 COA as these licences worked with Windows 10.<\/p>\n
Those with no COA were installed with Mint Linux, all had a version of Office installed, mostly Libre or Open Office and Microsoft Teams.<\/p>\n
I had the pleasure of handing devices over to the primary school that I went to as a child. Underwood West, in Crewe.<\/p>\n
Big shout out to the public for their kind donations.<\/p>\n
it was a great project to be involved with and would welcome a similar project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
During the last lockdown, I was proud to be part of a group of like minded individuals that could see that school closures, albeit necessary due to Covid, were suffering with a lack of IT kit. So we put out a call to the public to donate any old kit that they had I drawers…
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