Your+Voice

[[image:53810046_8ade7b91ea.jpg align="left"]] Step 1: Let your voice be heard.
1. Talk to your Principal to see if there are any monies in the General Fund or Technology Fund to help buy small items like cables, disk drives, switches, or printer cartridges.

2. Talk to your Library Media Specialist, Technology Coordinator, and School Secretary about what you want. All of these people have something to do with who gets new computers, where the old ones are stored, and what happens to computers that break down.

3. Let people know your equipment needs. Parents and community members are always selling old computers and giving them to charity. Put your needs in a newsletter or on the school web page. • http://apps.sdhc.k12.fl.us/itsweb/css/Hardware/donations.htm (example of school’s donation page) • http://www.techsoup.org/products/recycle/articlepage.cfm?ArticleId=524 (tips for getting donations) • http://www.microsoft.com/Education/TenTips.mspx (Microsoft tips for donation and “Fresh Start” program)