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Hooked on Computers

The Jeffersons working togetherNot one to like attention, Louberta Jefferson smiled as she admitted her age – her 79th birthday was quickly approaching. She and her son, Robert Jefferson, 57 years old, signed [...]
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It’s Not Just a Job

lab assistanceWhen Cuyahoga Community College announced that they were participating in the Connect Your Community Program I accepted the challenge. Here again was another opportunity to provide training that would improve [...]
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CYC Success Story: Candy

Candy, a recent student of CYC AppalachiaMy name is Thomas Sawyers, a computer instructor from CYC Appalachia. I was born and raised near Zanesville, Ohio. An aspiring college professor myself, Connect Your Community has given me [...]
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“This is the First Piece of Paper That I Ever Earned”

DSCN1424Most of my students come to class confessing, “I don’t know anything about a computer!” I choose to teach CYC classes because there is a tremendous amount of satisfaction I get [...]
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Internet Use Improves Quality of Life for Mr. Besst

Mr.Besst performing at a local church.My name is Sue Shipitalo and I work with CYC in Appalachia, Ohio, at an organization called ACCEL, the Appalachian Center for Collaborative and Engaged Learning. My position is the Compliance [...]
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Open-Mesh Network: The Lorain CYC Experience

One of the greatest challenges of successful sustainable broadband adoption projects (including Connect Your Community) is access to low cost broadband. We are attempting multiple solutions, one of which is [...]
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Akron CYC Team Slam Dunks Teacher Training!

Lebron James encourages the APS 3rd Graders to “listen to your teachers, accept help from your community and stay in school".A gym full of Akron Public Schools third-graders made a pledge to do their best at their school work, listen to their teachers and stay in school. Nothing out of [...]
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Chili Crossroads Bible Church works to enhance digital literacy in Chili, Ohio

Chili Church CYCChili, Ohio, is the kind of place you would miss if you blinked as you drove through it on County Road 10. But the tiny hamlet in rural Coshocton County [...]
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An educated, disabled man realizes he is on the wrong side of the digital divide

The Disabled Digital Divide (EDITOR’S NOTE: OneCommunity Director of Development Andrea Castrovillari wrote the following piece to convey an experience that brought home for her the true importance of broadband access for everyone in [...]
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ACCEL’s CYC & Cornerstone Church Team to Enhance Broadband Connectivity in Duncan Falls

cornerstoneBy putting this lab here, we are helping ensure that the graduates have a location to make regular, meaningful use of the Internet
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