Announcing Boston Tech Day in Roxbury - November 21st, 2009
OpenAirBoston, TechBoston and Castle Square Tenants Organization plan to host the third BOSTON TECH DAY on Saturday, November 21st at the John D. O'Bryant High School in Roxbury! At Boston Tech Day, families will receive FREE computer repair services and individualized computer training.
Volunteers from businesses, colleges, and the Boston Public Schools' TechBoston program will be present to provide services.
Attendees of Boston Tech Day will have the opportunity to sit one-on-one with a skilled technician and ask questions about how their computer works and what they can do to fix it in the future. This experience will not only bring broken computers back into service, it will also assist the attendees to feel more comfortable with technology.
Castle Square Tenants Organization received funding to run three Tech Days. Funders include MassIMPACT, a non-profit organization promoting local efforts to bridge the “Digital Divide”, and WinnDevelopment, a Boston-based firm which has developed a portfolio of properties valued at over $1.5 billion. Previous Tech Days were held at the Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology in the South End and at the Lilla G. Frederick Pilot Middle School in Dorchester. Attendees at these events reported that it was their first opportunity to sit with someone who was knowledgeable about computers and ask questions. They also said that they left the events with new confidence that they would be able to use their computer to improve their lives.
Castle Square Tenants Organization (CSTO) represents the 1,500 tenants of Castle Square Apartments, a low- and moderate-income housing development in the South End, which CSTO co-owns. CSTO operates the Castle Square Technology Center, which promotes technology use in the community by offering free WiFi for Castle Square residents, a computer repair clinic, where residents can receive free computer support, a Microsoft Authorized Refurbisher program, providing dozens of used computers to low-income residents at minimum cost, as well as computer classes in English and Chinese.
openairboston.net is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping all of Boston's families succeed in an online world. Organized out of Mayor Menino's 2007 Wireless Task Force, openairboston.net provides wireless Internet access as well as training and support to hundreds of Boston families in the Dorchester, Fenway and Mission Hill neighborhoods.
TechBoston is a department within the Boston Public Schools' Office of Instructional and Information Technology (OIIT) that supports advanced technology courses in the district's schools. TechBoston's mission is to inspire the next generation of technology leaders by providing access to cutting edge technology resources and opportunities that positively advance their academic and career aspirations. TechBoston carries out this mission by structuring events to build technology awareness among younger students; providing classroom materials, support, and teacher professional development to improve teaching and learning; and through working with the Boston Private Industry Council to place technology-skilled high school students in jobs and internships.
Date: Saturday, November 21st, 2009
Time: 10am – 4pm
Location: John D. O'Bryant School of Math and Science
55 Malcolm X Boulevard - Building #3
Roxbury MA, 02120a
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