Dabi Digital Opportunity Center – Let's Learn About Computers Together Hand-in-Hand

The Dabi DOC is located at Henan Village in Dabi Township, Yunlin County. Apart from offering fun computer camps, basic computer application classes and introductory classes to image editing for kids, the DOC also actively promotes IT education for nearby villages. Recently, the Dabi DOC joined with the other DOCs at Fangnan, Lunbei and Sihhu to launch the "Bridging the Digital Divide for Women Project" for women who live further away from the DOC. This involved transporting computers to the Shuelin Jingyang Temple to teach interested women and children computer basics.

Liu Bang-cin, the director of Dabi DOC, said: "The MSI Wid Netbook U100 donated by MSI Notebook has become one of most useful tools for extending our mobile teaching efforts to nearby villages."

As part of the "Bridging the Digital Divide for Women Project" that the Dabi DOC took part in, migrant mothers and their children came to learn about computers together. The children often help teach their mothers about computers as well.

Luye Digital Opportunity Center – Let Me Show You How to Use the Computer, Gran!

The Luye DOC is located in Luye Township, Taitung County. It is not only where children have fun learning about computers, it also has many senior citizens on the rolls as well. Once the kids learn how to use the computers, they often become teachers for the grannies and grandpas too!

Lin Ruei-yen, an assistant teacher at the Luye DOC, said: "The MSI Wind Netbook U100 donated by MSI Notebook is not only popular with the kids taking the computer classes but a great helper for teacher's mobile teaching efforts as well."

Every Wednesday and Friday the Luye DOC hosts after-school mentoring sessions for students. Here is a student working hard to learn how to use the U100.

The Luye DOC also has grannies among its students. When she saw how tiny the U100 was, the granny exclaimed: "A computer this tiny is so convenient! Show me how to use it!"

The children who already know how to use the computer immediately became young volunteers at the Luye DOC for teaching granny how to use the U100.

The students of the senior citizens class at the Luye DOC were very keen about learning how to use the U100.

This computer is so easy to use that even granny soon had it all figured out!

Caoling Digital Opportunity Center – U100 Saves the Day After Typhoon Sinlaku!

The Caoling DOC is located inside Caoling Elementary School. When Typhoon Sinlaku struck in September, landslides struck the area around the school, leading to 30 hectares of land being declared a high-risk zone. The Caoling DOC and the Caoling Elementary School were evacuated to private homes in Caoling Village but there was no time to move all the needed resources and the desktop computers at school. Most of the notebook computers at the school were old and obsolete as well. Huang Guo-ren, a teacher at Caoling Elementary School said: "Fortunately, MSI Notebook donated a MSI Wind Netbook to us. This allowed us to keep teaching the kids about computers during the typhoon. It also helped teachers with their work as well. This little notebook computer really saved the day for us!"

During Typhoon Sinlaku, the U100 allowed the children to continue taking their computer classes at the temporary school.

The teaching center rendered inaccessible after Typhoon Sinlaku in early September. Fortunately, the U100 notebook was available as a stopgap measure for handling the school's administrative tasks. Community teachers were able to use it with a single-lens projector to teach their classes as normal as well.

Last year teachers at the Caoling Elementary School began taking the students on outdoor excursions to experience the beauty of their hometown for themselves and also to develop vernacular courseware. In the beginning, the collected materials could not be processed immediately, as everything had to be photographed and then researched online back at school. After the U100 was donated to the Caoling DOC however, students can now immediately record observed species, locations and environments on the U100 to provide an immediate record of Caoling's ecological wonders.

Shuangci Digital Opportunity Center – Finally, Our Very Own Notebook Computer!

Shuangci DOC is located at the Zihyou Elementary School in Heping Township, Taichung County. There existed a very serious digital divide between the local indigenous village and the outside world. It was not until the DOC was established in 2007 that the local tribal villagers began to really learn about computers. The DOC also began offering classes on IT education and computer application for children as well as animation production for youths. When MSI Noteobook the MSI Wind Netbook U100 to the Shuangci DOC, it became their very first notebook computer.

Before the DOC was set up, only four households out of the thousand or so residents at Zihyou Village had a computer at home. These were all very old machines, so most people weren't in the habit of using computers either. Jiang Jhen-wun, the principal of Zihyou Elementary School, said: "For many years there was no IT education for the tribal communities, never mind the use of Internet resources. The outside world would be amazed by how wide the digital divide between the city and the countryside was."

"The MSI Wind Netbook U100 donated by MSI Notebook is now the first and only notebook computer at the Shuangci DOC," Said Principal Jiang. "It has also brought more convenient and more modern computer applications to the DOC."

The Shuangci DOC offers after-school daycare for students from the tribal community on weekdays. Here a volunteer is teaching the children how to use the U100.

The U100 has not only helped Shuangci DOC with promoting computer education but also allowed the students at Zihyou Elementary School to connect to the school's wireless network and integrate IT into their teaching as well.

When the tribal villagers saw how light and compact the U100 was, they were amazed by how convenient miniaturized computer products are nowadays.

Beiyuan Digital Opportunity Center – An Encounter with the MSI U100 is the Students' Link to the World

The Beiyuan DOC in Taitung County's Donghe Township allocated the MSI Wind Netbook donated by MSI Notebook to promote computer education for children and Internet safety. "We are really pleased to have this small notebook computer that the students in Beiyuan can learn with." Said Jiang Yue-ling, a worker at the Beiyuan DOC. "The MSI U100 at the DOC offers the kids a chance to reach out to the world!"

The MSI Wind Netbook U100 has been a source of wonder for the children at the Beiyuan DOC. They keep asking the workers: "Auntie, can this small notebook computer really do everything that a desktop computer can?"



Children concentrating on learning how to operate and use the U100.


Volunteer at the Beiyuan DOC using the U100 at a class on Internet safety and IT understanding.

Jiji Digital Opportunity Center – Students Love the Convenient and Practical Notebook!

The Jiji DOC used the MSI Wind Netbook U100 donated by MSI Notebook to play its presentations at briefings and compiling everyday paperwork. When outdoor photo excursions are held for the digital photography class, it also allows students to immediately see the results and pick out any effects. All the students were very impressed by how convenient and practical it was, and how well it satisfied their thirst for knowledge.

"In the past, I had to go around looking for a computer to borrow when visiting community schools for promotional events. Now I finally have a notebook to use." Said Lin A-e, a worker at the Jiji DOC. "The MSI Wind Netbook U100 has made quite an impact on the local area. It not only showed the people living in remote areas that modern IT technology has become so accessible but it also gave them the chance to see how convenient IT services are in urban areas."

Jiji DOC volunteers using the MSI Wind Netbook U100 to organize data and produce files.

The joint exhibition of results by Nantou County DOCs was held at the Puli Winery. On the day, Jiji DOC used the MSI Wind Netbook U100 to present the accomplishments achieved by the DOC during the year.

The Jiji DOC volunteers at the Puli joint exhibition of results were able to adjust or change the contents of their briefing at any time.


The Jiji DOC used the MSI Wind Netbook U100 to let the teachers and children watch the "Grand Auntie and Smarty" video, adding much laughter to the promotional event. The event not only gave the cute and lively children a better understanding of the DOC but also made them more interested in taking part in the DOC's activities in their spare time.

Jiji DOC volunteer setting the notebook's video display mode.