One of the most popular educational developments of the last decade was the drive to "wire" schools. All across the country, school systems bought (or in many cases, obtained donations of) computer systems, software and Internet access to give students a leg up in the Information Age economy and society.
But in many of these schools, the shiny new computers were used, if at all, for aimless Web surfing and video games, for the simple reason that the schools had no training program or information systems personnel.
An entrepreneur in Massachusetts grew tired of this phenomenon, and developed a computer curriculum for schools that trains the students themselves to set up and maintain their information technology systems, providing the kids with career-enhancing skills while saving school systems thousands of dollars in costs.
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