Harms Elementary School - Detroit
Harms Elementary School Service Project
http://schools.detroit.k12.mi.us/jsp/index.jsp?Harms
Students: Kathryn Stine, Renata Ewing, Mellanye Lackey, Eva Reffell, Matt Dull, David Choi, Diane Crang, Vijay Dakshinamoorthy
Summary: On a Saturday in November 2004, eight ambitious students visited Harms Elementary School in Detroit to help configure 60 donated iBook laptops for the school’s brand new wireless network. After several hours of tinkering and trying, it became apparent that the wireless system would not assign IP addresses to the iBooks. The students valiantly called the vendor support and worked through several solutions, to no avail. Unavailable to make necessary server adjustments, the students were resigned to give up on the project. They did manage to clean up spyware and adware from several of the school’s PC laptops, but the main goal of the day could not be achieved, leaving them, and wonderful Principal Diaz, disappointed.
One student had this to say about the experience: “Ultimately, our trip was not a success… While I could have been frustrated by our failure to finish the job, I found the trip to Harms Elementary energizing and valuable. Principal Diaz is a very dynamic advocate for Harms, and works hard to develop relationships with corporations and organizations who can lend resources to improve the school. She’s an inspiration. In addition, the trip was personally important to me because I have felt that students at UM are too far away from Detroit culturally. Ann Arbor is very different from (much wealthier than) Detroit, and if - like me - you don't have a car, the city is inaccessible. Visiting Harms reminded me that we can personally have an impact there.”
http://schools.detroit.k12.mi.us/jsp/index.jsp?Harms
Students: Kathryn Stine, Renata Ewing, Mellanye Lackey, Eva Reffell, Matt Dull, David Choi, Diane Crang, Vijay Dakshinamoorthy
Summary: On a Saturday in November 2004, eight ambitious students visited Harms Elementary School in Detroit to help configure 60 donated iBook laptops for the school’s brand new wireless network. After several hours of tinkering and trying, it became apparent that the wireless system would not assign IP addresses to the iBooks. The students valiantly called the vendor support and worked through several solutions, to no avail. Unavailable to make necessary server adjustments, the students were resigned to give up on the project. They did manage to clean up spyware and adware from several of the school’s PC laptops, but the main goal of the day could not be achieved, leaving them, and wonderful Principal Diaz, disappointed.
One student had this to say about the experience: “Ultimately, our trip was not a success… While I could have been frustrated by our failure to finish the job, I found the trip to Harms Elementary energizing and valuable. Principal Diaz is a very dynamic advocate for Harms, and works hard to develop relationships with corporations and organizations who can lend resources to improve the school. She’s an inspiration. In addition, the trip was personally important to me because I have felt that students at UM are too far away from Detroit culturally. Ann Arbor is very different from (much wealthier than) Detroit, and if - like me - you don't have a car, the city is inaccessible. Visiting Harms reminded me that we can personally have an impact there.”
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