Similar Programs
Version 50.3 by CassidyLayman on 2019/12/14 18:01
Similar programs have the following shared goals:
- Adoption of open source software
- Participants leave with a device that they can use to access technology
Goal: Create Communities of Collaboration to share Best Practices or Curating a peer community to share best practices
- Research programs that match the shared goals and create a list of programs to follow up with
- Draft an email template to send out to programs
- Do you provide computers?
- Does the computer come with installed software
Could include:
- Hardware
- Desktops included - laptops typically aren't taken apart to the same extent
- Hands-on
- talk to Nick C and get his program info
- talk to Amy M at the library to get her contact info
Next steps: do they still exist, build a profile, survey: would they like to join a community and what benefit would they be looking for in the community
| Program Name | FLOSS? | Keep? | Build? | Contact? | Contact Info | Organization Name | Type | Location | Participant Age | Desktop/Laptop | Mission | Cost | Notes |
| Tech Scholars | Yes | Yes | Yes | info@kramden.org | Kramden Institute | Nonprofit | Durham, NC | Grades 3-12 | Both | provide technology, tools, and training to bridge the digital divide | $0 - $100 | Desktops free for kids, $50 for adults; Laptops $50 to HS students, $100 for adults | |
| Free Geek | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | info@freegeek.org | Free Geek | Nonprofit | Portland, OR | All | Both | sustainably reuse technology, enable digital access, and provide education | 24 Volunteer Hours | Classes are separate from the computer donations |
| Teacher on Special Assignment | Yes | No | No | Maybe | rlitt6@yahoo.com | Various School Districts | Teacher | California | K-12 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Used donated computers and open source software to build free computer labs for schools, outlines the process for others. It might be nice to talk to him about similarities/differences in training kids vs teachers, his curriculum for kids, etc. |
| Asian Penguins | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | stuartk@csemn.org | Community School of Excellence | School | MN | Grades 6-8 | Desktops | learn and share open source software | Free? | Club officers last updated 18-19; meet for 30 mins 2x/week |
| St. Louis Byte Works Earn-a-Computer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | info@fyifergyouth.org | Ferguson Youth initiative | Nonprofit | St. Louis, MO | Grades 4-8 | Desktops | Youth Empowerment | Free | Form no longer active, last comments from 2017 |
| North Colonie Central School District | Yes | School | Colonie, NY | Open source computer club (MS) | |||||||||
| Schodack School District | Yes | School | |||||||||||
| Urban Scholars | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | mmccolgan@siena.edu | Siena College | College | Loudonville, NY | Elementary | Desktops | STEM | ||
| Taconic Hills Central School District | Yes | School | |||||||||||
| Troy Area United Ministries | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | kueblc@gmail.com | Troy Area United Ministries | Nonprofit | Troy, NY | High School | ||||
| Computers for Classrooms | No | Yes | No | - | Computers for Classrooms | Nonprofit | Chico, CA | All | Both | provide technology, tools, and training to bridge the digital divide | $75 - $250 | Microsoft Refurbishers, not Open Source and kids don't do the work | |
| VA STAR | No | No* | No | - | VA STAR | State | Virginia | Desktops | Free | Computers donated to families in need, but not the students refurbishing | |||
| Computers 4 Kids | No | No | No | Ran a similar program off a grant in the summer of 2000 | |||||||||
| Tux4Kids | Yes | No | No | Open source educational software | Free | Tux4Kids is an open source software organization that develops high-quality software for kids, with the goal of combining fun and learning into an irresistible package. | |||||||
| What's in the Box? | No | No | Sugar River Valley Regional Technical Center | School | NH | *article is from 2000 | |||||||
| TeamChildren | No | Yes | No | No | TeamChildren | Nonprofit | Philadelphia, PA | Families | Both | technology for economic opportunity | $65 - $225 | ||
| Close the Gap | No | Yes | No | No | Close the Gap | international social enterprise | Belgium | N/a | Both | bridging the digital divide | Takes refurbished computers and donates them to projects in developing countries | ||
| Partners Bridging the Digital Divide | No | N/a | N/a | No | Partners Bridging the Digital Divide | Nonprofit | IL | N/A | N/a | bridging the digital divide | N/a | Information sharing agency: training, list of programs | |
| Makerspace125 | No | No | No | No | Greenbelt MakerSpace | Co-op | MD | N/A | N/A | N/a | Maker space that has offered classes on Arduino, refurbishment/ubuntu | ||
| Change the Equation | N/A | N/A | N/A | No | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Looks like it was created during the Obama administration and is no longer active. The website is only their logo, they aren't on Guidestar, and their Facebook hasn't been active since 2017. |
| freecodecamp.com | Yes | No | No | No | freeCodeCamp | Nonprofit | N/A | N/A | N/A | help people learn to code for free | N/A | Free coding lessons/challenges and forums | |
| Computers for Learning | No | No | No | No | US Government | Government | N/A | N/A | N/A | Ensuring Opportunity for all Children | Free | Executive Order allowing schools and educational nonprofits to apply for free computers | |
| Computer-in-a-Box | Yes | No* | Maybe? | Contact@EqOpTech.org | EqOpTech | Nonprofit | San Jose, CA | Laptops | Free | Computers donated to families in need, but not the students refurbishing | |||
| Open Source Tour | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | amazanake@gmail.com | Minodoo | nomadic community | Togo | Desktops, Arduino | Digital transformation of Africa through free and opensource software | Maker Article | ||
| Boys and Girls Club of Orange County | |||||||||||||
| Greenville High School |