Kids on Computers - User contributions [en]

Organization

2012-08-19T23:44:57Z

Gaby: added the social media sites

== Kids on Computers Organization ==
Our efforts are organized as follows:

=== Fund Raising and PR ===
* Social Media
**Like us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/kidsoncomputers
**Follow us on Twitter: @kidsoncomputers
**Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/groups/koc/ and http://www.flickr.com/photos/koc_pics/

* Events
* Grants
* Shipping-cost donations?

=== Hardware Donation Management ===
* Install-fests
* Management of inventory (GLPI)
* Qualification of donations

=== Supported Software ===
* What should we install on slow PCs? Edubuntu? Something more lightweight?
* Educational software packages we should install and encourage use of
* Considerations for non-connected schools (updates, offline wikipedia, etc.)
* Localized versions of software/OS

=== Building and Maintaining a Lab ===
* Lab selection
** Qualifying new lab
*** [http://wiki.kidsoncomputers.org/index.php?title=NewSchoolCriteria School Criteria]
*** Primary Contact
*** Primary Technical Contact
*** Initial Meeting
* Lab Installation
** Initial Trip Planning
*** When organizing a trip, what are local requirements for volunteer entry?
*** Misc travel planning, vaccinations, etc.
*** Determining equipment for lab - check country hardware requirements
**** hardware / software / network
**** Use & update the glpi db to determine which equipment we are going to use
** Education / Training
*** On-site training plan for a new lab (reference Hermes' email)
* Lab maintenance
** Email with primary contact on a regular interval
** Plan future trips (minimum yearly)
*** Education / Training
**** What's the plan for long-term maintenance and training of local teachers and support?
**** A 3-ring binder that contains all the standard operating information for the computers, from VERY basic (what are all the switches and buttons for and how to use them) to using Ubuntu basics.

=== Administrative ===
* Meetings / Scheduling, Agenda, Notes
* [[Web sites]]
* Mailing lists
* Financials

Ways you can help

2012-08-19T23:25:44Z

Gaby:

Interested in volunteering? Our [[volunteers]] come from a wide range of backgrounds and bring different sets of skills and experience to Kids on Computers.

Volunteers can help by:

*Helping us find [http://wiki.kidsoncomputers.org/index.php?title=NewSchoolCriteria labs that need computers].
*Joining us on our trips to install computer labs.
*Helping to create materials to help teachers and schools manage the school labs.
*Seeking and collecting hardware donations.
*Seeking and writing grant proposals.
*Helping on fundraising efforts.
*Speaking at conferences.
*Helping at conference booths.
*Organizing installfests.
*Helping us determine the best software to install and hardware to collect for our labs.

Ways you can help

2012-08-19T23:24:33Z

Gaby:

Interested in volunteering? Our [[volunteers]] come from a wide range of backgrounds and bring different sets of skills and experience to Kids on Computers.

Volunteers can help by:

*Helping us find [http://wiki.kidsoncomputers.org/index.php?title=NewSchoolCriteria | labs that need computers].
*Joining us on our trips to install computer labs.
*Helping to create materials to help teachers and schools manage the school labs.
*Seeking and collecting hardware donations.
*Seeking and writing grant proposals.
*Helping on fundraising efforts.
*Speaking at conferences.
*Helping at conference booths.
*Organizing installfests.
*Helping us determine the best software to install and hardware to collect for our labs.

Volunteers

2012-08-19T23:21:45Z

Gaby:

Our organization is run entirely by a group of volunteers who want to help bring computers and free and open source software to disadvantaged kids. Meet our volunteers:
<div style="column-count:3;-moz-column-count:3;-webkit-column-count:3">
*Dan Anderson
*[http://www.barooah.org/about-me Vedanta Barooah]
*Jacquie Bleth
*[http://www.linkedin.com/in/keesdenhartigh Kees den Hartigh]
*[http://avni.net/ Avni Khatri]
*Robin Kimzey
*[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BelindaLopez Belinda Lopez]
*[http://www.linkedin.com/in/gabrielapmatias Gabriela Matias]
*Alex Mayorga Adame
*Bill Mullaney
*Manuel Crisógono Narváez Acevedo
*[http://www.thotgnulinux.com/ Hermes Ojeda Ruiz]
*[http://stormyscorner.com/ Stormy Peters]
*Thomas Peters
*Ilan Rabinovitch
*Jennifer Redman
*Serena Robb
*Gabrielle Roth
*[http://www.linkedin.com/in/ragavansrinivasan Ragavan Srinivasan]
*Randy Tate
*[http://jennt.carbonmade.com/ Jenn Thompson]
*Fernando Visa
*Don Wierbilis
</div>

Ways you can help

2012-08-19T23:15:26Z

Gaby:

Our [[volunteers]] come from different backgrounds and areas of expertise.

There are many ways through which you can help Kids on Computers:

*Helping us find [http://wiki.kidsoncomputers.org/index.php?title=NewSchoolCriteria | labs that need computers].
*Joining us on our trips to install computer labs.
*Helping to create materials to help teachers and schools manage the school labs.
*Seeking and collecting hardware donations.
*Seeking and writing grant proposals.
*Helping on fundraising efforts.
*Speaking at conferences.
*Helping at conference booths.
*Organizing installfests.
*Helping us determine the best software to install and hardware to collect for our labs.

Volunteer

2012-08-19T23:14:46Z

Gaby: created links for internal pages for volunteers list and ways to help

Our organization is run entirely by volunteers!

* Meet our current [[volunteers]].
* Check out [[ways you can help]].

Ways you can help

2012-08-19T23:12:51Z

Gaby: list of ways volunteers can help

Our [[volunteers]] come from different backgrounds and areas of expertise.

There are many ways through which you can help Kids on Computers:

*Helping us find [http://wiki.kidsoncomputers.org/index.php?title=NewSchoolCriteria| labs that need computers].
*Joining us on our trips to install computer labs.
*Helping to create materials to help teachers and schools manage the school labs.
*Seeking and collecting hardware donations.
*Seeking and writing grant proposals.
*Helping on fundraising efforts.
*Speaking at conferences.
*Helping at conference booths.
*Organizing installfests.
*Helping us determine the best software to install and hardware to collect for our labs.

Volunteers

2012-08-19T22:48:37Z

Gaby: created page with list of volunteers and links for personal pages (if available)

Our organization is entirely run by a group of volunteers who want to help bring computers and free and open source software to disadvantaged kids:
<div style="column-count:3;-moz-column-count:3;-webkit-column-count:3">
*Dan Anderson
*[http://www.barooah.org/about-me Vedanta Barooah]
*Jacquie Bleth
*[http://www.linkedin.com/in/keesdenhartigh Kees den Hartigh]
*[http://avni.net/ Avni Khatri]
*Robin Kimzey
*[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BelindaLopez Belinda Lopez]
*[http://www.linkedin.com/in/gabrielapmatias Gabriela Matias]
*Alex Mayorga Adame
*Bill Mullaney
*Manuel Crisógono Narváez Acevedo
*[http://www.thotgnulinux.com/ Hermes Ojeda Ruiz]
*[http://stormyscorner.com/ Stormy Peters]
*Thomas Peters
*Ilan Rabinovitch
*Jennifer Redman
*Serena Robb
*Gabrielle Roth
*[http://www.linkedin.com/in/ragavansrinivasan Ragavan Srinivasan]
*Randy Tate
*[http://jennt.carbonmade.com/ Jenn Thompson]
*Fernando Visa
*Don Wierbilis
</div>