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"Why a Hardware Course? Of course, women work a lot with computers! They write and print all those business letters; keep up the spreadsheets and databases necessary in organisations; surf the net; design websites and so on and so forth. But just like with cars, for example, women generally know less about what is under "the hood" of this piece of equipment. We want women to be able to speak the speak when buying parts in a shop. We want women to be able to upgrade their own pc’s instead of relying on their brothers, boyfriends or a technician. And finally, we want people to migrate their pc’s from Window$ to Linux and other Free and Open Source software. However, one needs a little more of a basic understanding to be able to do this. | "Why a Hardware Course? Of course, women work a lot with computers! They write and print all those business letters; keep up the spreadsheets and databases necessary in organisations; surf the net; design websites and so on and so forth. But just like with cars, for example, women generally know less about what is under "the hood" of this piece of equipment. We want women to be able to speak the speak when buying parts in a shop. We want women to be able to upgrade their own pc’s instead of relying on their brothers, boyfriends or a technician. And finally, we want people to migrate their pc’s from Window$ to Linux and other Free and Open Source software. However, one needs a little more of a basic understanding to be able to do this. | ||
| − | The hardware course sets the foundation for further exploration. Hardware is a mystery, may seem difficult, but in fact is a lot of fun! Playing is a way to get to know how stuff works. It is hands-on practice in an environment free of worry about breaking expensive stuff that encourages learning. Knowing how it works, being able to interact with it gives one a sense of control and independence. Secretaries of today should have a toolkit to | + | The hardware course sets the foundation for further exploration. Hardware is a mystery, may seem difficult, but in fact is a lot of fun! Playing is a way to get to know how stuff works. It is hands-on practice in an environment free of worry about breaking expensive stuff that encourages learning. Knowing how it works, being able to interact with it gives one a sense of control and independence. Secretaries of today should have a toolkit to beable to Do It Themselves; a new millennium witchbag."<br><br> |
Text Source ---> https://www.genderchangers.org/images/hardware_reader.pdf <br> | Text Source ---> https://www.genderchangers.org/images/hardware_reader.pdf <br> | ||
Gallery of photos --->[[Workshops#Hardware_Crash_Course]]<br><br> | Gallery of photos --->[[Workshops#Hardware_Crash_Course]]<br><br> | ||
