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Mapping A Community Of Practice
Interviewee: Steve Hargadon
Site discussed: http://www.refurbishedcomputers.us/
Service Used: http://frappr.com
Steve Hargadon is a commercial computer refurbisher based in Sacramento, California. He sells computers to public schools in need of affordable resources and has worked in the past with Net Squared's parent organization, CompuMentor.
Some time ago Steve visited Canada and learned that the Canadian government's computer refurbishment program has supplied public schools across the country with about 25 % of their computers in use. He found this quite inspirational, but was frustrated that there was insufficient infrastructure in the United States to donate such a large quantity of computers. He believes that not enough networking has been done.
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