New Trust 2009

CIH Herekino has refurbished their committee, and formed another not-for-profit committee, 2020 Far North ICT Trust. This Trust stemmed from the successsful CIH Project, based in Herekino. Trust members are made up from the business sector, education, and of course our 2020 National Trust. More from this Trust will be posted onto another blog, at a later date

Rejuvenation 54 2009

Rejuvenation 54 2009 is upon us. Graduates computers, from the CIH Herekino Project . Fourty computers needed servicing, one computer was a D.O.A. totally. Ten happy participants thought their computers were behaving nicely and didnt think it needed checking. A phone survey was conducted for participants who preferred their survey that way, otherwise Rejuvenation Survey Forms were delivered via post to participants who were keen to participate.
Mahi that was completed on the participants computers included: a new keyboard: a new monitor: new hard drives: 3 new machines: reloading of operating systems and drivers: cleaning of disks, and defragmenting: extra ram: dead power supply:, and the odd virus clean-up.
All-up, Forty rejuvenation forms and WOFs were completed and returned, - well done whanau, for your continued support during the rejuvenation period, and thankyou for giving learning another chance. Kia kaha tou mahi rorohiko

Push Play

Evaluation #1

Wow! Far North Computers In Homes have completed their first EVALUATION - YEEHAA.....
We surveyed our first group (of 17), by way of questions directed at the content, delivery, hardware and how and where the students benefitted. We received 13 positive responses . A tonne of usage by this group of eager learners, as this was reflected in the usage reports given by WatchDog. 2 students continue to use WatchDog as their Internet provider, whereas "Broadband" had grabbed a little number of participants as well, with just a few sticking with Dial-up, largely because of the unavailability of Broadband in "the wops". Confusion set in when passwords and usernames were jumbled because of the familiarities with surnames, this caused a lot of laughter at first, until it started to eat into their 'free internet' time. All computers were checked upon the students graduating, with minor problems like the odd keyboard, mice and fans, being the faulty parts that crept cropping up, days after graduating, nevertheless, The Ark replaced/repaired these bits, although one participants computer went back and forth to The Ark 3 times,and the student wasn't a happy camper, and didn't want to even look at his computer, although he enjoyed the comraderie of the classroom. Viruses entered systems - because Parents/Caregivers failed to monitor the use by tamariki, mokopuna, after signing agreement forms which were included in their Parent Packs. All in all a lot of side-by-side learning from this first group with positive outcomes. The Students enjoyed their time in and out of the classroom, being more confident and knowing information they want and need is only a click away. By being brave and taking this leap into education and using Computers In Homes as a stepping stone to broaden their knowledge, the students are more willing to learn and acceptable to challenges that lay ahead , but they can also learn alongside their whanau. Bring on Evaluation #2

a well -earned rest during e-Day Far North

eDay Kaitaia 04. 10.08

e-Day in theFar North happenedon 4th October 2008, !What a blast", and sooomany computers
and other ICT ANTIQUES, we were fortunate to catch a glimpse of an old model (probablythe first machines on the market) Commodore 64, bak in the day calculators, even cash registers, stuff before even i was thought of but all the more interesting. Louis, Brad, Chris, Janine, Agnes and mwah, handled the day effortlessly, of course with the Site coordinating by Ursula from Cleanstream Kaitaia . The local people in surrounding areas of Kaitaia were fantastic customers, obliging to questionaires and information on e-Day, now they want to get rid of T.V.s, radios and the like. An excelllent and long day had by all, and a great big thank you to Kaitaia CleanStream for the use of their awesome facilities, and the surrounding communities/schools for their support in the safe removal of toxic e-waste from our landfills. Next year promises to be bigger and better, so we will see you all in Kaitaia for ewaste on e-Day 2009, hopefully the word has got around and we"ll see more volunteers. At the end of the day Kaitaia Far North managed to reap in approxiamately 6 tonnes of e-waste from 103 vehicles on a cool-blustery sunny Far North day

eDay..........e-waste

eDay has arrived in the Far North, where Kaitaia and Kaikohe refuse centres will be the official e-day sites for October 4th 2008. e-waste is the fastest growing type of waste, and is more toxic than household rubbish. Some members of the newly formed 20/20 Far North ICT Trust will be in attendance at the Kaitaia Recycling Centre sorting and helping customers who bring along their old computers, mobile phones for another life as a recycled and reuseable piece of equipment or safer disposal of the hazardous parts of the computer.
If you would like to volunteer on eDay - 4th October 2008 give Laurence Zwimpfer - the National eDay Co-ordinator, a call , +64 27 430 6737, or visit the website : www.eday.org.nz, information regarding eDay is on this site, so c'mon get behind your community and think e-waste on eday, the genrations beyond and your landfill will thank you for it.