Changing Computer Descriptions Remotely using Powershell

Hello,
I am the Network Admin for a small college that has a little over 300 computers. I want to be able to use PowerShell to change the computer descriptions on those machines from my desk. I have PowerShell 3.0 installed on my system. I am new to PowerShell
so I could use some step by step instructions on what to do.
For instance:
I have a computer in my network that has a Computer Name of "19XP9175" and a description of "Optiplex 320 - Doreen Lane".
I would like to change the description to read "O320-Doreen lane" from my system using PowerShell 3.0.
Can you give me some pointers on how to do this?
Thanks
Daryl

This may not help with Powershell side of things, but we had a similar issue where we needed to change 100's of remote computer descriptions, so we created this tool:
<snip>
It allows you to local or remote connect to a computer on a network (run it with admin rights!) and gather and change the description immediately without requirement for reboot etc.
Hope it helps.
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So why are you bumping an old, answered thread in a PowerShell forum then? I get that you want to advertise your product, but at least keep on topic.
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It can be written in PowerShell. I have written many event log extraction scripts. It will take you quites some time to do as many record types as you aare asking for.
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Here is the detail requirement
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