A slow device can seriously slow down the homework process. (Photo: Getty) Many kids and teens rely on computers to complete their homework, as well as play games and in some cases, use social media.

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In 1997 community volunteers took a leap of faith and founded Computers For Children, (CFC) a nonprofit organization grounded in the principle to make technology more accessible to children who were ...

Robert Szweda wants to give families that can’t afford a computer for their children the opportunity to own one. Szweda and Cliff Peterson, director and co-director of Computers for Kids in Baraboo, ...

Even as schools have banned phones, the pandemic-era practice of giving students their own laptops and tablets has remained.

PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. — By Fourth of July, children are deep into summer break. However, a break from school doesn't mean parents can relax their vigilance on what their children are doing and who ...

“I have to get my child a computer for her classes, as now all classes are going online. Which one should I go for? We want a decent notebook that will work well for a while…but do not want to spend ...

When the coronavirus pandemic hit this spring and distance learning took over, the importance of computers for students became clear. But not every student has the access or means to acquire a ...

If I let them, my kids would live on the computer. I don’t think it’s a good place to live. Every computer must have a monitor — a really, really good one. Otherwise, the computer is useless. What ...

There was a time when computers were far too expensive to let mere students use them. In those days, we wrote fake programs for fictitious machines and checked them by hand. That wasn’t fun, but it ...

Computer 4 Kids celebrated its new location in downtown Billings Tuesday by giving away more than 25 refurbished computers to kids who can’t afford them. “This will be exceedingly helpful,’’ said ...