And they do just that. But before the first motherboard is pulled, video card is replaced or monitor is adjusted, students must first learn how to trouble-shoot a problem. Like a doctor who identifies illnesses by symptoms, students check out computers with diagnostic tests and observations skills. They treat problems through programming or by identifying bad parts, taking them out and replacing them. And some of the cheapest parts are found with computers that still work.
Students surf the Internet to find inexpensive components.
I could fix our computer at home if it were broken. But I have learned how to move parts around and how to install and upgrade cards and things. We just need to make sure that it can be supported in other schools. While officials evaluate, coordinate and look for money to pay for this course elsewhere, students in Naples will just keep fixing computers. If my dad has computer questions, he comes to me now.