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Computers will be opened up and renovated,
then donated to Jewish schools.
DIANA LIEBERMAN
Staff Writer
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first, if they're usable, and, second, if
not usable, how do we fix them?"
Lieberman said he's not sure how
many schools will be accepting the
revamped computers, but has contact-
ed all the local day schools as well as
supplementary schools such as Temple
Israel and Adat Shalom Synagogue.
He anticipates that each participating
school will have a coordinator to arrange
computer clubs, so students with com-
puter skills can teach them to their class-
othing is certain but death
and• taxes — and the fact
that your computer will
soon become outdated.
David Lieberman, a West
Bloomfield tax attorney, has some ideas
for defeating the last of these problems.
Lieberman, founder of Metropolitan
Detroit Computers for Schools
Foundation, wants to col-
lect at least 500 used com-
puters from local businesses
for use in Jewish day
schools, along with any con-
gregational supplementary
schools that need them.
Before they are placed in
schools, the foundation will
hold a summer computer
camp, teaching students -
how to tune up and replace
the computer innards. The
camp, to take place at
Yeshivat Akiva, will run for
four sessions of four classes
each. By the end of sum-
mer, Lieberman hopes to
have fully revamped corn-
puters for each school on
his list.
The idea came from the
Detwiler Foundation's
Computers for Schools, a
Computer maven Rodger Gach will lead the sum-
similar program serving
mer computer camps.
private schools in
California.
"Technology is advancing so rapid-
mates. Lieberman also needs volunteers
ly, we felt we needed to teach the
to pick up computers and install them
schools to do upgrades themselves,"
at Akiva, as well as financial and volun-
said Lieberman, whose son-in-law,
teer support from parent groups.
Rabbi Lee Buckman, is head of the
"It's a great way for these kids to
Jewish Academy of Metropolitan •
learn about computer hardware," said
Detroit. All ages from enthusiastic
Patty Shayne, the Jewish Academy's _
pre-teens to grandparents will be
computer teacher. "Sometimes people
accepted in the camp.
have these beautiful computers and
"I'm hoping to find time to go to
they are using them maybe one/one-
school with them," Lieberman said.
hundredth of their capacity," she said.
The computer guru for the summer
"Once we have our own system
camp will be Rodger Gach of Oak
with a stabilized network and we are
Park. A computer systems consultant,
running smoothly, we could easily
Gach works part-time for Dow
build them [the renovated computers]
Chemical Co., and also teaches at the
into our network," Shayne said.
Michigan Jewish Institute in Oak Park.
"Until then, we could always use them
He sees the camp as a place where a as a stand-alone system."
core of people will "learn to look at
Companies have been generous in
these old computers and determine,
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