-tictech message:
Not just could be health issues here, there definitely are and if you are
part of condoning kids messing with computer parts you are opening yourself
up to a tremendous lawsuit.
Barry Craig
btcraig@seattleschools.org
-----Original Message-----
From: Graham Ford [mailto:fordgj@u.washington.edu]
Sent: Monday, May 05, 2003 1:48 PM
To: tic-tech
Subject: Re: tictech: Old computers
-tictech message:
Great care needs to be taken with old computers. One of the costs of
disposing of old computers is the disposal of hazardous materials,
materials that children should not be handling. I don't know exactly
what parts should be avoided, though I know that monitors have
capacitors that can be dangerous. My guess would be that it is one
thing for them to paint the box and examine the cables and disks, but
if they start breaking parts they probably risk exposure to dangerous
particles. I don't want to rain on anyone's parade, but there could be
health issues here.
Graham Ford
Highland Park Elementary
fordgj@u.washington.edu
On Sunday, May 4, 2003, at 10:11 PM, Crozier, Kevin wrote:
> -tictech message:
>
> Katherine,
>
> Old computers are not worth any person's time or effort - they are
> basically
> slow typewriters.
>
> Think art!
>
> I've had (and will be having again) an art teachers do a creative art
> lesson
> using the guts of a computer. The kids get to explore the insides of a
> computer box, learn the names and functions of the parts, learn what
> tools
> to use to remove hardware, etc. They are just fascinated with it all.
>
> They explore computer guts.
> They produce a work of art.
> They present it to the school.
>
> As a bonus, the now empty computer cases (with their ID numbers
> intact) are
> much easier to stow away once all that weight is removed.
>
> Kevin Crozier
> kbcrozier@seattleschools.org
>
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>> From: KDL888888@aol.com
>> Reply To: tic-tech
>> Sent: Sunday, May 4, 2003 9:31 AM
>> To: tic-tech
>> Subject: tictech: Old computers
>>
>> -tictech message:
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>> We have several old computers at Orca Elementary school. I have not
> counted
>> them, but there must be 30 or more. Most of them do not work and are
>> old
>> apples. Some are from the SSD and some were donated. They are taking
>> up
> our
>> very limited storage space. Does anyone want them? If not, who do I
> contact
>> at the District to get them removed. I know the SSD has a place that
>> they
>> send old computers near the Stanford Center. I would prefer to take
>> them
>> there myself if possible. We have not had any luck getting the SSD to
>> pick
>> up
>> our surplus (even though we budgeted it) and I do not expect this to
>> be an
>> exception.
>>
>> Katherine Law
>> Orca Elementary School
>> KDL888888@aol.com
>>
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