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Source: The Star newspaper, Computer lab for kids, 13th of March 2010
Nowadays, its common to have computer lab at school. We even have computer labs in kindergarden schools. Almost all of us have personal computer at home as it becomes one of our needs in life. Unfortunately, there are some could not afford to buy one.
According to the news article, Avilion Hotel Group has generously donated three brand new computers to the children of Pertubuhan Kanak-kanak Yatim dan Miskin in Port Dickson (Malaysia). The children now have their own computer lab. Sharing is caring. Besides donating the three brand new computers, Avilion Hotel Group also gives some money to them. The total money of RM 5,724 which was raised from the Christmas charity sale of teddy bears is given to the home by the representative of the Avilion Hotel Group which is the managing director, Andre Jean Siebert. The children is so happy to have this "mini computer lab". The smiles on their face are priceless.
The founder of home, Pastor Paul Jegathesan is overjoyed by the generosity of the Avilion Hotel Group. Pastor Paul expresses his gratitude and is thankful to the Group. He said that the hotel has been very supportive as for the past few years, the Group has been helping them a lot and there is no word that could express how they feel.
Not only that, Pastor Paul also said that the children that stays in the home were basically came from abusive background homes, losing their parents and so on. The children of Pertubuhan Kanak-kanak Yatim dan Miskin could not do this on their own as they need the government support as well as others to help the kids to live a new life. The three new computers will be used as a teaching and learning tool for the children. They will be useful for the children. The children could use the computers for the school projects purpose or to play educational games. Pastor Paul also said that the children need a volunteer computer teacher so that the children would at least have the basic knowledge about the computer skills. With the basic skills of the computer, the children could do their homework and projects with the use of the computers. The computers would be beneficial to the children as computing skills are necessary nowadays. Well, they could access to e-learning courses which are free too. There are a lot of free websites that provide good e-learning courses. The children could go for e-learning courses to improve and widen their knowledge.
In our opinion, sharing things together is a good deed not only in term of food, drinks and money but also in term of education. We share knowledge with each other to build up our education system in our country. If everyone is selfish, the world will not going to improve as everyone is living in their own life. Education is very important. It helps to upgrade the person's life and also the world.
The below short video clip is about how the World Wide Web (WWW) has changed the world. It also tells how much education has changed.
Video clip source: youtube, Learning and Motivation in the 21st Century [Online], Retrieved on Wednesday, 17th of March 2010
URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_6GUx1Zx0w&feature=related
References:
- CHITRA S. NATHAN, thestar, Computer lab for kids [Online], Retrieved on Wednesday, 17th of March 2010,
URL: http://thestar.com.my/metro/story.asp?file=/2010/3/13/central/5847524&sec=central
- youtube, Learning and Motivation in the 21st Century [Online], Retrieved on Wednesday, 17th of March 2010
URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_6GUx1Zx0w&feature=related
