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1 Similar programs have the following shared goals:
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3 * Adoption of open source software
4 * Participants leave with a device that they can use to access technology
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7 Goal: Create Communities of Collaboration to share Best Practices or Curating a peer community to share best practices
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9 1. Research programs that match the shared goals and create a list of programs to follow up with
10 1. Draft an email template to send out to programs
11 11. Do you provide computers?
12 11. Does the computer come with installed software
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14 Could include:
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16 * Hardware
17 * Desktops included - laptops typically aren't taken apart to the same extent
18 * Hands-on
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22 * talk to Nick C and get his program info
23 * talk to Amy M at the library to get her contact info
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31 (% class="sortHeader" %)|=Program Name|=Contact|=FLOSS Used|=Notes
32 |[[Kramden Institute>>url:https://kramden.org/]]| | |Collect, refurbish and award computers to students and families without a computer in their home. Inspire students to succeed by teaching them critical computer, software and Internet skills. Recycle and reuse donated computers and parts; extending their lives and reducing e-waste.
33 |[[Computers for Classrooms>>url:http://www.computersforclassrooms.org/]] |(((
34 * [[Ozzie Serrano>>mailto:Ozzie@ComputersForClassrooms.org]](% style="background-color: transparent;" %), Program manager, [[General inquiries>>mailto:chico@computersforclassrooms.org]]
35 )))| |Volunteer-based program to fix used computers for use in classrooms
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37 [[Virginia Student Training and Refurbishment (VA STAR)>>url:http://www.vastar.org/]](% style="background-color: transparent;" %)
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39 * [[Chuck Drake>>path:mailto:drakecd@pwcs.edu]](% style="background-color: transparent;" %), state coordinator,
40 * [[Conor Bloodworth>>path:mailto:dean@vastar.org]](% style="background-color: transparent;" %), assistant state coordinator/logistics
41 )))| |Student-based refurbishment program established state-wide. Finished computers go to students/families in need.
42 |[[Computer-in-a-Box>>url:https://www.eqoptech.org/new-blog/2017/2/5/computer-in-a-box-refurbish-workshop]]|(((
43 * Peter Swenson, director? (unable to find email)
44 * Daniel Lim, instructor: (% class="wikiinternallink" %)[[Daniel@EqOpTech.org>>url:http://mailto:Daniel@EqOpTech.org]][[path:mailto:David@EqOpTech.org]]
45 * Terence Lee, instructor: [[Terence@EqOpTech.org>>path:mailto:Terence@EqOpTech.org]]
46 * EqOpTech general inquiries: [[Contact@EqOpTech.org>>path:mailto:Contact@EqOpTech.org]]
47 )))| |After school program for students focusing on fixing/wiping used computers, installing Linux (or allowing Dual-boot for Linux and Mac), and donating to students in need. Assisted by [[EqOpTech.org>>url:http://EqOpTech.org]]
48 |[[Computers 4 Kids>>url:http://www.computers4kids.net/]]|(((
49 * Michelle Hilgart, program director: [[michelle@computers4kids.net>>path:mailto:michelle@computers4kids.net]]
50 * Lizzie Hoeppner, program director: [[lizzie@computers4kids.net>>path:mailto:lizzie@computers4kids.net]]
51 * James Auer, VISTA Mentor Program coordinator: [[james@computers4kids.net>>path:mailto:james@computers4kids.net]]
52 )))| |Summer camp/after-school program to get computers into the hands of low-income students, while helping them build technology skills and work readiness. Eligible students can apply for free.
53 |[[Tux4Kids>>url:https://tux4kids.alioth.debian.org/]]|(((
54 * mailing list: (% class="wikiinternallink" style="background-color: transparent;" %)[[tux4kids-discuss@lists.alioth.debian.org>>path:mailto:tux4kids-discuss@lists.alioth.debian.org]](% style="background-color: transparent;" %).
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56 Open source (not OSI) project that develops software for educational purposes, with the intent of getting kids to events like Google Code-In
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58 Website seemingly has not been updated since 2011
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60 |[["What's in the Box?" (Education World article)>>url:http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech012.shtml]]| | |(((
61 Vocational/life skills course run by [[Sugar River Valley Regional Technical Center>>url:https://sites.google.com/sau6.org/srvrtc/home]]; awaiting more info from the SRVRTC Director
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63 |[[Team Children>>url:http://www.teamchildren.org/project-mission.html]]| | |Group based in Virginia that refurbishes computers to distribute to familes that apply to receive them. Familes are asked to pay a minimum of $65, maximum of $225, and volunteer for a minimum of an hour.[[Volunteering>>url:http://www.teamchildren.org/receive-a-computer.html]] comes in the form of advertising the program via word of mouth or fliers.
64 |[[Close the Gap>>url:http://close-the-gap.org/what-we-do/project-cycle/]]|(((
65 * Project application: [[projects@close-the-gap.org>>mailto:projects@close-the-gap.org]]
66 * Communication/press [[inquiries@close-the-gap.org>>mailto:inquiries@close-the-gap.org]]
67 * General inquiries: [[info@close-the-gap.org>>url:http://info@close-the-gap.org]]
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69 |[[Partners Bridging the Digital Divide>>url:http://pbdd.org/]]|(((
70 * [[http:~~/~~/pddd.org/contact/>>url:http://pbdd.org/contact/]]
71 )))| | Volunteer group working to provide training, internet access and computer resources to those who need it
72 |[[Makerspace125>>url:http://make125.org]]|(((
73 * [[Volunteer directory>>url:http://make125.org/volunteer/directory]]
74 )))| | a [[makerspace>>url:https://www.makerspaces.com/what-is-a-makerspace/]] that ran a computer refurbishment class, installing Ubuntu on old computers
75 |[[Change the Equation>>url:http://changetheequation.org/]] |(((
76 * Nadine Skinner, Foundation Grants Manager: [[grants@girlsinc-alameda.org>>path:mailto:grants@girlsinc-alameda.org]] 510-357-5515
77 * Contact Page: [[http:~~/~~/changetheequation.org/contact-change-equation>>url:http://changetheequation.org/contact-change-equation]]
78 )))| |(((
79 Programs designed to help students of low-income homes push for careers in STEM fields
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82 [[BUILD IT: Girls Building Information Technology Fluency Through Design>>url:http://changetheequation.org/build-it-girls-building-information-technology-fluency-through-design-0]]
83 )))
84 |[[http:~~/~~/freecodecamp.com>>url:http://FreeCodeCamp||rel="__blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(17, 10, 5); text-decoration-line: underline; outline: 0px;"]]|(((
85 * Support: (% class="wikiinternallink" %)[[team@freecodecamp.com>>path:mailto:team@freecodecamp.com]]
86 * Media Inquiries: (% class="wikiinternallink" %)[[quincy@freecodecamp.com>>path:mailto:quincy@freecodecamp.com]]
87 )))| | A program made to teach coding in Open Source for free
88 |[[Free Geek>>url:http://freegeek.org]]|(((
89 * [[contact form>>url:http://www.freegeek.org/contact/general-info-request/]]
90 )))| | NFP from Portland, OR that refurbishes donated computers and gives them to volunteers or sells them at low cost
91 |[["Teacher on Special Assignment">>url:https://sites.google.com/site/robertlitteportfolio/program-timeline]]|(((
92 * Robert Litt, educator: [[rlitt6@yahoo.com>>path:mailto:rlitt6@yahoo.com]]
93 )))| | technology teacher who created a computer lab for his classroom with donated computers and open-source OS/Software
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95 [[Computers For Learning (CFA)>>url:https://computersforlearning.gov/htm/hp_eligibility.htm]]
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97 * Federal program for schools to receive computer hardware for educational purposes (check eligibility tab)
98 ** Inquiries: Computers.Learning@gsa.gov
99 *** Contacted on behalf of Siena, was told that the host schools' administrators themselves should apply
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132 * For a project application: [[projects@close-the-gap.org>>path:mailto:projects@close-the-gap.org]]
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134 * For communication and press inquiries: [[communication@close-the-gap.org>>path:mailto:communication@close-the-gap.org]]
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136 * For general questions: [[info@close-the-gap.org>>path:mailto:info@close-the-gap.org]]

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