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2023-12-11T22:10:07Z

Kocadmin:

* [http://www.kidsoncomputers.org/needed Donation Link]
* [[volunteer | Volunteer Link]]
* [http://www.kidsoncomputers.org/labs School Labs]
* Our [[Organization]]

Training:WebCourse

2012-01-06T23:21:10Z

Kocadmin: Created page with "==Huajuapan Web Coding Activities== ===Preparation=== * Have Lesson Folders unzipped and available on desktop * Install Firefox and Firebug on computer * Have http://aumha.org/h..."

==Huajuapan Web Coding Activities==

===Preparation===
* Have Lesson Folders unzipped and available on desktop
* Install Firefox and Firebug on computer
* Have http://aumha.org/html/colorsb.htm open in browser
* Figure out which text editor works best in edubuntu - OpenOfficeWriter

===Lesson 0: Choose / build your avatar ===
* If there is internet access, have students build their avatar, name it avatar.png and copy avatar into Group0 lesson folders
* If there is no internet access, have students choose avatar from Avatars. The avatar number they choose corresponds to the group folder they will be working in.

===Lesson 1: Making web pages===
====What is HTML?====
* HTML stands for HyperText Markup Language.
* HTML is the language that browsers understand. Just like we speak Spanish and English, browsers speak HTML.
* HTML documents are often refered to as "Web pages". The browser retrieves Web pages from Web servers that thanks to the Internet, can be pretty much anywhere in World.
* So when you go to any web site in your browser, you are going to an HTML page.

* Today's we're going to learn how to start making our own web pages and also learn a few cool tricks we can do easily.
* How many of you have made a web page before?
* OK, let's make our first web page.

====Let's make our first web page: ====
* Open up lesson1.html
* DOCTYPE - Document Type Declaration
* html
* An HTML document has a HEAD and a Body
** head
** title
** body
* Look @ page in browser.
* Bold example
* H1
* Paragraph
* Does anyone notice a pattern for the way these tags are written?
** Just like each sentence in the spanish language begins with a capital letter and ends with a punctuation mark, there's a pattern to HTML tags.
** Each tag has a left angle bracket, the tag name, then a right angle bracket.
** Then the content to go between the opening and closing tag.
** And then a closing tag which has a left bracket, a forward slash, the tag name, and then a right angle bracket.
*** Tags - Tags enclose content. The names of tags describe the meaning of content.
*** If you remember, HTML stands for hypertext markup language. These tags are why its called Markup Language. The tags delimit content so we can assign meaning and presentation for the content we want on our pages.

** Adding an image
** Adding an anchor tag
** Who can guess how to do both bold and italicized

==== CSS ====
* There is a way to add styles to pages. And it is called CSS.
* Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is a style sheet language used to describe the look and formatting of a document written in HTML (or any markup language)
* Copy Script file
* Change colors
** http://aumha.org/html/colorsb.htm

* '''Some examples:'''
** What are some of your favorite web sites?
** http://kids.yahoo.com/
** http://www.girlstart.com/
** http://www.kids.gov/
** http://wikipedia.org/
** http://flickr.com
** http://mail.yahoo.com

* Now that you have all made your first web page, you can call yourself web developers. :-D

===Lesson 2: JavaScript and YUI Overview ===

* Let's copy your lesson1 file into the lesson2 folder. We're going to start lesson 2 where we left off with lesson 1.
* After it's copied, open up your lesson2 folder and rename the file to lesson2.html

* We're going to learn a few more tricks.

* Open up lesson2.html

* Change caption into a input field with a button next to it.
* Now when we click this button, what we want to happen is for the header color to change.

* This is where JavaScript comes in. With JavaScript, we can do things like animation, moving things around, and we can write code which changes the page when the user clicks somewhere.
* Right now when you go the web page we built, it is always the same. It doesn't change over time on its own and it doesn't do anything when you click anywhere for example the avatar.

* Copy from script file

* Look @ in browser
* Add id selectors into HTML
* Look @ in browser
* Enter in different colors in browser; click button

* Change the background

===Lesson 3: Drag the avatar===
* Now let's play around with some more complicated features
* Open up lesson3.html

* Change avatar image to be your avatar
* Look at page in web browser

* Avatar does move - no box around it.

* Copy styles
* Copy from script file

* YUI is an open-source JavaScript library that Yahoo! has built and is used to build rich interactive web applications.
* YUI makes life easier for web developers. It makes things such as animation, dragging and dropping possible with only a few lines of code.

* Let's take a look at one site that uses YUI: http://my.yahoo.com

* Change height / width of avatar box
* Move img in box
* Change color

=== Lesson 4: Fading the avatar ===
* Open up lesson4.html
* Copy script file

* How would I change it so that the image is not fully transparent
* Extra credit - change link to a button

=== Lesson 5: What's Possible? ===
* YUI example

* View Source
* Inspect Element

* Ways to learn:
** W3C
** Look at other sites using Firebug.

Inventory

2012-01-06T22:45:23Z

Kocadmin:

Here is a list of hardware procured by Kids on Computers.

{| class="wikitable" cellpadding="5"
|- style="background: pink"
! Point of Contact
! Qty
! Type
! Condition
! Current Location
! Origin
|-
| Kees denHartigh
| 30
| desktops
| unknown at this time
| Albert, Canada (Edmonton area)
|-
| Robin Kimzey
| 2
| rackmountable servers
| both functional but very, very loud
| Colorado, USA
|}

* Current inventory maintained here: [http://koc.dreamhosters.com/glpi GLPI]

Inventory

2012-01-06T22:44:47Z

Kocadmin:

Inventory

2012-01-06T22:44:31Z

Kocadmin: Created page with "Here is a list of hardware procured by Kids on Computers. {| class="wikitable" cellpadding="5" |- style="background: pink" ! Point of Contact ! Qty ! Type ! Condition ! Current ..."

TripPreparation

2012-01-06T22:43:23Z

Kocadmin: Created page with "==What we've learned from past trips == * It will take at least 2 visits per school to get everything set up correctly * Ideally, we would have 2 people go a few days beforehand ..."

==What we've learned from past trips ==
* It will take at least 2 visits per school to get everything set up correctly
* Ideally, we would have 2 people go a few days beforehand to every school and get detailed inventory of the equipment at each school.
* Try to have any software we need downloaded before we leave for the trip.
** Don´t rely on internet connection being at the school for downloading software.

==Preparing for a trip==
* Email address of the computer teacher at each school we will be going to
* '''Detailed Inventory at each school with the following information'''
** Number of computers currently at the school
*** For each computer - an inventory of the following:
**** Is it a laptop or a desktop?
**** Does it have a monitor?
**** Does it have a monitor cable?
**** Does it have a power cable?
**** Does it have a keyboard?
**** Does it have a mouse?
**** Does the computer start?
**** Are you able to login?
**** HD Y/N
**** HD size
**** RAM
**** RAM type
**** Processor(s)
**** Processor speed
**** OS
***** Y/N
***** Which OS - is edubuntu installed?
**** Checklist of the following applications:
***** gCompris educational suite (Y/N)
***** tuxSuite (Y/N)
***** OpenOffice (Y/N)
**** Checklist of the following files:
***** Khan Academy Videos
**** List any general issues with the computer
** Inventory of spare parts not being used which are currently at the school
** Number of computers we are adding to the school

* '''Items to take with us'''
** 5 USB sticks AND 5 CDs of edubuntu 8.10
** 5 USB sticks AND 5 CDs of edubuntu 9.04
** 5 USB sticks AND 5 DVDs of Ubuntu 10.10
** 5 USB sticks of 5 DVDs Ubuntu 11.04
** 5 USB sticks of the Khan Academy Videos
** 50 Empty CDs and DVDs
** 5 empty USB sticks >= 4GB
** 5 red marker pens
** 10 pads of stickie notes
** 10 pens
** Ethernet cables
** RJ45 connectors

Template:Logistics

2012-01-06T22:43:05Z

Kocadmin: Created page with "Some logistical information for Kids on Computers. * Preparing for a trip * Inventory of hardware * Donation Programs we are a part of * Common [[..."

Some logistical information for Kids on Computers.

* [[TripPreparation|Preparing]] for a trip

* [[Inventory]] of hardware

* [[Donation Programs]] we are a part of

* Common [[Grants|Donation Program and Grant Application Info]] available here

Training:WebCourseSpanish

2012-01-06T22:41:17Z

Kocadmin: Created page with "== Ejercicios de programación para el Web Huajapan == === Requisitos=== * Desempacar los directorios de las lecciones y tenerlas disponibles en el escritorio. * Instalar Firefo..."

== Ejercicios de programación para el Web Huajapan ==

=== Requisitos===
* Desempacar los directorios de las lecciones y tenerlas disponibles en el escritorio.
* Instalar Firefox y Firebug en la computadora.
* Abrir la página http://aumha.org/html/colorsb.htm en un navegador web.
* Investigar que editor de texto funciona mejor en EduUbuntu - OpenOfficeWriter.

===Lección 0: Escoger y crear tu avatar ===
* Si hay acceso a internet, los estudiantes deben construir un avatar, deben nombrar el archivo como avatar.png y copiarlo al directorio de la lección Group0.
* Si no hay acceso a internet, los estudiantes deben escoger un avatar en el directorio Avatars. El número del avatar que ellos escojan corresponde al nombre del directorio del group en el que trabajarán.

===Lección 1: Haciendo páginas web.===
====¿Qué es HTML?====
* HTML significa HyperText Markup Language (Lenguaje de Etiquetado de Hiper-Texto, lenguaje para crear página web).
* HTML es el lenguaje que los navegadores web entienden. Así como nosotros hablamos el lenguaje Español o Inglés, los navegadores web hablan HTML.
* A los documentos HTML generalmente se les llama páginas web. El navegador web obtiene las páginas web de los servidores de páginas web gracias a la internet pueden estar ubicados en cualquier parte del mundo.
* Por lo tanto, cuando tú visitas un sitio web con un navegador, tu estás viendo una página web.
* Hoy aprenderemos como crear nuestras propias páginas web y también aprenderemos algunos trucos fáciles.
* ¿Cuantos de ustedes han creado páginas web?
* ¡Ahora crearemos nuestra primera página web!

====¡Hagamos nuestra primera página web!====
* Abrir lesson1.html
* DOCTYPE - Declaración del tipo de documento.
* html
* Un documento HTML tiene un encabezado (HEAD) y un cuerpo (BODY).
** head
** title
** body
* Ver una página en un navegador (¿ver el código HTML?)
* Ejemplo: Bold.
* H1
* Párrafo.
* ¿Alguien puede identificar el patrón en la manera en que se hacen las anotaciones HTML?
** Así como en español las frases se inician con una letra mayúscula y se terminan con un punto final, también hay un patrón que se usa para escribir etiquetas HTML.
** Cada etiqueta empieza con el signo menor que (<), el nombre de la etiqueta y un signo mayor que (>).
** Después viene el contenido entre la etiqueta que abre y la etiqueta que cierra.
** Después viene la etiqueta que cierra, que está formada por un signo menor que (<), una diagonal (/), el nombre de la etiqueta y por último un signo menor que (>).
*** Las etiquetas aplican al texto que está entre ellas, es decir, al contenido entre la etiqueta que abre y la etiqueta que cierra.
*** Si recuerdan, HTML significa lenguaje de anotación de hiper-texto. Las etiquetas son la razón por la cual se le conoce de esa manera. Las etiquetas delimitan cierto contenido de tal manera que le asigna significado y representación al contenido de nuestras páginas web.

** Agregar una imagen.
** Agregar una liga.
** ¿Quién puede adivinar como se puede create texto cursivo y enfatizado?

==== CSS ====
* Existe una manera de agregar estilo a una página. Se le conoce como CSS.
* Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) o Hojas de Estilo en Cascada, es un lenguaje de hojas de estilo que se usa para describir la manera que un documento HTML se verá y el formato que tendrá.
* Copiar el archivo Script.
* Cambiar colores.
** http://aumha.org/html/colorsb.htm

* Algunos ejemplos:
** ¿Cuales son algunos de tus sitios web favoritos?
** http://kids.yahoo.com/
** http://www.girlstart.com/
** http://www.kids.gov/
** http://wikipedia.org/
** http://flickr.com
** http://mail.yahoo.com

* Ahora que cada uno de ustedes han creado una página web, ya se pueden nombrar desarrolladores web. :-D

=== Lección 2:Una probadita de JavaScript y YUI. ===

* Copiemos el archivo leccion1 al directorio leccion2. Tomaremos la leccion1 como base para iniciar la leccion2.
* Una vez que ya se copio, abrir el directorio leccion2 y nombraremos el archivo leccion1 como leccion2.html
* Aprenderemos algunos trucos nuevos.
* Abrir leccion2.html
* Cambio el título en un campo de entrada con un botón a su lado.
* Ahora, cuando hacemos un clic con el botón, lo que queremos pasar es que el color cambia.

* Aquí es donde se requieren JavaScript. Con JavaScript, podemos hacer cosas como la animación, moviendo cosas de sitio, y podemos escribir código que cambia la página cuando el usuario hace clic en alguna parte.
* Ahora cuando vaya a la página web que hemos construido, es siempre la misma. No cambia por sí mismo y no hace nada cuando hacemos clic en cualquier lugar. Por ejemplo, no hace nada cuando se haga clic en el avatar.

* Copia el archivo de Javascript

* Mira su sitio en un navegador
* Agrega nombres de Identificación con el atributo id en el HTML
* Mira su sitio en un navegador
* Introduzca colores diferentes en el navegador; haga clic en el botón

* Cambiar el fondo



===Lección 3: Arrastrar el avatar===
* Ahora vamos a jugar con características más complicadas
* Abre lesson3.html

* Cambia la imágen del avatar a tu avatar
* Mirala página en el navegador

* El avatar se mueve - No hay reciadros a su alrededor.

* Copiar estilos
* Copiar desde el script

* YUI es una librería JavaScript open-source de Yahoo! Se construyó y se utiliza para crear web ricas en interación.
* YUI hace la vida más fácil para los desarrolladores web. Eso hace que cosas como las animaciones, arrastrar y soltar sean posibles solo con unas cuantas líneas de código.

* Demos un vistazo a un sitio que usa YUI: http://my.yahoo.com

* Cambiar la altura / ancho del cuadro del avatar
* Mover la imágen dentro del cuadro
* Cambiar el color



=== Lección 4: Desvanecimiento del avatar ===
* Abre lesson4.html
* Copia el script

* Cómo podría modificarlo para que la imágen no este completamente transparente
* Puntos extra - cambiar el enlace a un botón


=== Lección 5: ¿Qué más es posible? ===
* Ejemplo YUI

* Ver el código fuente
* Inspeccionar un elemento

* Formas de aprender:
** W3C
** Ver otros sitios usando Firebug.

Main Page

2012-01-06T22:39:47Z

Kocadmin:

== Kids on Computers is a Colorado Nonprofit! ==

Kids on Computers is a Colorado nonprofit organization!

We are a federal 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. Donations you make to Kids on Computers are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law. (But, like they all say, you should check with your tax account.)

Please donate! We are happy to provide you a receipt for your donation upon request.

* How to [[donate]]
* How to [[volunteer]]
* Our [[projects | school labs]]
* [[Grants]]

Grants: YEF Grant

2012-01-06T22:38:58Z

Kocadmin: Created page with "== YEF Grant Content == * '''Mission Statement''' ** We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization working to provide free computers and free and open source software to disadvanta..."

== YEF Grant Content ==

* '''Mission Statement'''
** We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization working to provide free computers and free and open source software to disadvantaged kids and schools open to the public. Our mission is to set up computer labs in schools around the world where kids have no other access to technology. We use donated, used computers, open source software and volunteers. We bring in computers, set them up, provide training and work with local volunteers to provide long term support. We encourage schools to work with the broader community in order to sustain the lab for the future. We ask schools to work with parents in supporting their children's education and ask that they solicit donations from local businesses. Our computers come from individuals, other nonprofit organizations, as well as companies such as banks and computer companies. Our volunteers come from many different places, all professionals interested in bringing technology, open source software and education to children. Our schools are very poor schools but have very engaged teachers and parents willing to work with us to give their kids opportunities.

* '''Brief History of Organization'''
** Kids on Computers was started in 2008 with the goal of setting up one computer lab a year in schools or areas where kids do not have access to technology. Thanks to our dedicated volunteers and donors, we have far surpassed this goal. In the last year and a half alone, we have set up six computer labs in schools in Mexico and Argentina. These labs have been successful beyond our expectations. The schools, teachers, parents and students have really taken advantage of the opportunity of having technology at hand. 18 de Marzo, a school we set up in June 2009, in Mexico, collects money from parents to pay a computer teacher. Santo Domingo, a girls' school works with local businesses to get internet. Another school, CAM, a school for kids with disabilities, has internet donated by a parent of a former student, and enables the parents to come in during the evenings to research their kids' disabilities and assistance available. We have also worked with organizations such as FedEx, Partimus, System76 and Caja Popular Mexicana to coordinate computer donations and logistics. This year we are working with our existing schools while setting up new labs in Mexico, Zambia, and India.

* '''Champion Statement of Support'''
** Kids on Computers is a nonprofit organization which strives to give children in developing countries an opportunity to break out of the poverty of their surroundings. The organization has proven itself successful in creating labs in developing countries and not only inspiring the students, but also the communities of these students. By establishing computer labs with internet in remote developing regions, students, their parents, and their communities are given access to the outside world so they may educate themselves and realize new dreams. Members take time outside of their day jobs to set up labs and coordinate logistics in remote countries. I am very inspired by the work they do.

=== Project Information ===
* 1. Please indicate which focus area is most associated with your project.
** Education & Youth
** Community Building & Families

* 2. How much money are you requesting? (Up to $5,000)
** 5000.00

* 3. What project are you requesting funding for?
** Expansion of KOC into India

* 4. What is this project's budget?
** 17,500

* 5. What is the organization's budget?
** 2000

* 6. How many people will be impacted by YEF funding of this project?
** 1000

* 7. What will this impact look like? (200 word limit)
** The labs we've set up are making a huge impact on the community. At the 18 de Marzo school, the lab has made a huge difference. Because of the lab, the local community also built a library, a room to house gym equipment, and hired a school psychologist. The school has gone from being one of the poorest to one where everyone wants to send their kids. There are now plans for a high school nearby so that kids can continue their education. At CAM, a nearby school for kids with disabilities, we set up a lab that impacted the whole community. Parents also come in to research their kids' disabilities and government aid programs. With money from the YEF grant, we would be able to impact three additional schools and their respective communities in the rural areas of the Huajuapan District. One of these schools, Escuela Primaria Manuel Gonzalez Gatica, is a one room school in a small rural town. Most of the town doesn't have electricity, phone lines, internet, or any modern conveniences. The other two schools are in similar situations. Each school serves approximately 50-300 kids plus their parents and extended community.

* 8. What geographic area will be served by this project?
** Huajuapan, Oaxaca, Mexico

* 9. Specifically, for what would YEF funding be used in this project? (200 word limit)
** YEF funding would be used to go towards shipping used computers to the new schools and buying monitors to set up the three new labs. The money would also be used to send replacement parts to existing labs, tables, chairs, locking equipment, and any tools necessary to set up the new labs or maintain the existing ones.

* 10. What specific community need are you addressing, and how does the project address it? (Be specific - 400 word limit)
** Many of the kids in this region get very little education. They have no access to technology in elementary school and many do not continue studying after elementary school. At most, 47 out of 100 students finish primary school while only 23% partly attend high school. We hope to help the kids (and their parents!) acquire more skills for learning, for jobs, and perhaps even inspire some to continue their education through high school. Our goal in setting up these labs is to give disadvantaged kids with no access to technology and their communities a true opportunity at a modern education. The labs would be in schools and if at all possible, they would be open to parents and communities in the evenings.

* 11. If there is a selection process for the people who benefit from your services, what is that process? In other words, what determines who is served? (200 word limit)
** In order for a school to be selected for a lab, there must be someone local willing to handle the logistics for setting up the lab. We need someone local to coordinate volunteers, supplies, schedules, research options for internet, and infrastructure. The school, the principal and the parents must also be heavily engaged. In addition, we have technical requirements including, but not limited to, a room that locks and stays cool enough to have a room of computers.

* 12. What are your main goals, metrics for measuring each of the goals and how will you determine if you have succeeded in meeting those goals? If possible, please provide data on how you have performed against those goals in the past. (200 word limit)
** Our goals are to:
*** Set up three computer labs in the Huajuapan district. The five schools we have set up in the past have met our basic goal of a lab.
*** Provide training for the students. At several schools we've set up, training is provided for the students by volunteers.
*** Get internet access for all of the schools. Three of the five schools we've set up have internet now, one is about to, and one doesn't.
*** Another goal is to get parents and the community involved. We've been successful in different ways with this goal. In one school, parents chip in to pay for a computer teacher. In another, a local business provides the internet.
*** A final goal is sustainability. We do this by building out the local technical volunteers and keeping in contact with them.

* 13. What other sources of funding are you pursuing for this project, and for other projects you are involved with? (200 word limit)
** We look to several sources for funding and support:
*** Monetary donations from individuals.
*** Donated computers from individuals with help from computer companies.
*** Donations from US companies and companies local to the schools where we are building the labs.
*** Our volunteers donate their time and pay for their own travel.
*** Other grants. For example, we received a grant from Fed Ex in 2009 to ship computers to one school.

* 14. How do you create long-term benefits that go beyond the immediate provision of services, for instance through enabling self-sufficiency of those served when possible? (200 word limit)
** We strive to make the communities self-sufficient. We work very closely with local open source and technical experts, school principals, teachers, and local companies. We have local linux experts who volunteer their time to maintain the labs. We've gotten donations of computers from local businesses, such as the Caja Popular Mexicana bank as well as computer repair services from other businesses. All of our schools are self-sufficient now. We continue to try to build on that and enable them to do more to further their students' education.

* 15. Regarding this specific project in the proposal, what other organizations are working on projects related to yours? Will you be collaborating with them? Why or why not? (200 word limit)
** We've collaborated with several other organizations and nonprofits such as Partimus, System 76, and Zareason. Partimus helps set up labs in the United States, but not in developing countries. We've worked with them on receiving and fixing donated equipment, installing software, and sharing best practice for setting up labs.

Grants: YEF Grant 201106

2012-01-06T22:38:32Z

== YEF Grant Content ==

* '''Mission Statement'''
** We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization working to provide free computers and free and open source software to disadvantaged kids and schools open to the public. Our mission is to set up computer labs in schools around the world where kids have no other access to technology. We use donated, used computers, open source software and volunteers. We bring in computers, set them up, provide training and work with local volunteers to provide long term support. We encourage schools to work with the broader community in order to sustain the lab for the future. We ask schools to work with parents in supporting their children's education and ask that they solicit donations from local businesses. Our computers come from individuals, other nonprofit organizations, as well as companies such as banks and computer companies. Our volunteers come from many different places, all professionals interested in bringing technology, open source software and education to children. Our schools are very poor schools but have very engaged teachers and parents willing to work with us to give their kids opportunities.

* '''Brief History of Organization'''
**Kids on Computers was started in 2008 with the goal of setting up one computer lab a year in schools or areas where kids do not have access to technology. Thanks to our dedicated volunteers and donors, we have far surpassed this goal. In the last year and a half alone, we have set up six computer labs in schools in Mexico and Argentina. These labs have been successful beyond our expectations. 18 de Marzo, a school we set up in June 2009, in Mexico, initially collected money from parents to pay a computer teacher. After proving the lab's success, the government now provides funding for the computer teacher. Santo Domingo, a girls' school, works with local businesses to get internet. Another school, CAM, a school for kids with disabilities, has internet donated by a parent of a former student, and enables the parents to come in during the evenings to research their kids' disabilities and assistance available. We have also worked with organizations such as FedEx, Partimus, System76 and Caja Popular Mexicana to coordinate computer donations and logistics. This year, we upgraded 2 schools and set up 2 schools in Mexico, and are now setting up new labs in India and Zambia.

* '''Champion Statement of Support'''
** Kids on Computers is a nonprofit organization which strives to give children in developing countries an opportunity to break out of the poverty of their surroundings. The organization has proven itself successful in creating labs in developing countries and not only inspiring the students, but also the communities of these students. By establishing computer labs with internet in remote developing regions, students, their parents, and their communities are given access to the outside world so they may educate themselves and realize new dreams. Members take time outside of their day jobs to set up labs and coordinate logistics in remote countries. I recently heard about their trip to Huajuapan where they upgraded labs in two schools and installed labs in two other schools. It is amazing to see what the group is able to accomplish with their limited resources. I am very inspired by the work they do and know funding them would allow them to continue to expand their efforts into India and other developing countries.

=== Project Information ===
* 1. Please indicate which focus area is most associated with your project.
** Education & Youth
** Community Building & Families

* 2. How much money are you requesting? (Up to $5,000)
** 5000.00

* 3. What project are you requesting funding for?
** Expansion of KOC into India

* 4. What is this project's budget?
** 17,500

* 5. What is the organization's budget?
** 2,000

* 6. How many people will be impacted by YEF funding of this project?
** 1000

* 7. What will this impact look like? (200 word limit)
** The labs we've set up in Huajuapan de Leon, Mexico have made a huge impact on the community. We've made a difference in the communities and lives of children around 5 schools in the area. At the 18 de Marzo school, because of the lab, the local community also built a library, a room to house gym equipment, and hired a school psychologist. Another school, Escuela Primaria Manuel Gonzalez Gatica, is a one room school in a small rural town. Most of the town doesn't have electricity, phone lines, internet, or any modern conveniences. Each school serves approximately 50-300 kids plus their parents and extended community. We believe we can expand this impact into other countries like India. With money from the YEF grant, we would be able to set up a lab in a rural region of India where kids are currently not given the opportunity to learn via computers. Four of our current community members have family in India. We believe that we can prove our model works in other countries by expanding to India with their help and the help of their families.

* 8. What geographic area will be served by this project?
** We are planning to establish labs in the rural regions of Kerala, India and Assam, India where our members have family that can help with local logistics.

* 9. Specifically, for what would YEF funding be used in this project? (200 word limit)
** YEF funding would be used to go towards buying inexpensive netbooks ($250) for our first computer lab in a school in India.

* 10. What specific community need are you addressing, and how does the project address it? (Be specific - 400 word limit)
** Many of the kids in this region get very little education. They have no access to technology in elementary school. In India 25% of the population is still illiterate; only 15% of Indian students reach high school, and just 7% graduate. As of 2008, India's post-secondary high schools offer only enough seats for 7% of India's college-age population. [see: https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Education_in_India] Our goal in setting up these labs is to give disadvantaged kids with no access to technology and their communities a true opportunity at a modern education. This new lab in India will be in a school and if at all possible, it will be open to parents and communities in the evenings.

* 11. If there is a selection process for the people who benefit from your services, what is that process? In other words, what determines who is served? (200 word limit)
** In order for a school to be selected for a lab, there must be someone local willing to handle the logistics for setting up the lab. We need someone local to coordinate volunteers, supplies, schedules, research options for internet, and infrastructure. The school, the principal and the parents must also be heavily engaged. In addition, we have technical requirements including, but not limited to, a room that locks and stays cool enough to have a room of computers.

* 12. What are your main goals, metrics for measuring each of the goals and how will you determine if you have succeeded in meeting those goals? If possible, please provide data on how you have performed against those goals in the past. (200 word limit)
** Our goals are to:
*** Expand our efforts to another country India.
*** Set up a computer labs in a school in India.
*** Provide training for the students and teachers. Often at the schools we work with, the teachers have never used computers either. We provide training while we are there and set them up with local volunteers.
*** Get internet access for all of the schools. Four of the six schools we've set up have internet now, one is about to, and one doesn't. We have provided internet by working with different organizations from parent organizations to local companies.
*** Another goal is to get parents and the community involved. We've been successful in different ways with this goal. In one school, parents chip in to pay for a computer teacher. In another, a local business provides the internet.
*** A final goal is sustainability. We do this by building out the local technical volunteers and keeping in contact with them.

* 13. What other sources of funding are you pursuing for this project, and for other projects you are involved with? (200 word limit)
** We look to several sources for funding and support:
*** Monetary donations from individuals.
*** Donated computers from individuals with help from computer companies.
*** Donations from US companies and companies local to the schools where we are building the labs.
*** Our volunteers donate their time and pay for their own travel.
*** Other grants. For example, we received a grant from Fed Ex in 2009 to ship computers to one school.

* 14. How do you create long-term benefits that go beyond the immediate provision of services, for instance through enabling self-sufficiency of those served when possible? (200 word limit)
** We strive to make the communities self-sufficient. We work very closely with local open source and technical experts, school principals, teachers, and local companies. We have local Linux experts who volunteer their time to maintain the labs. We've gotten donations of computers from local businesses, such as the Caja Popular Mexicana bank as well as computer repair services from other businesses. All of our schools are self-sufficient now. We continue to try to build on that and enable them to do more to further their students' education.

* 15. Regarding this specific project in the proposal, what other organizations are working on projects related to yours? Will you be collaborating with them? Why or why not? (200 word limit)
** We've collaborated with several other organizations and nonprofits such as Partimus, System 76, and Zareason. Partimus helps set up labs in the United States, but not in developing countries. We've worked with them on receiving and fixing donated equipment, installing software, and sharing best practice for setting up labs.

Grants

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== General Info ==
Info that can be used for all grants

* [[GrantsOrgInfo|Organization Info]]
* [[Grants:_Bios]]

== Specific Grants ==
Information for specific grants we've applied for
* YEF Grant
** [[Grants:_YEF_Grant_201106|Reapplied June 2011]] - received!!
** [[Grants: YEF Grant|Initially applied Feb 2011]] - denied

* Genera MX Grant

* FedEx Grant

Grants

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== General Info ==
Info that can be used for all grants

* [[GrantsOrgInfo|Organization Info]]
* [[Bios]]

== Specific Grants ==
Information for specific grants we've applied for
* YEF Grant
** [[Grants:_YEF_Grant_201106|Reapplied June 2011]] - received!!
** [[Grants: YEF Grant|Initially applied Feb 2011]] - denied

* Genera MX Grant

* FedEx Grant

GrantsOrgInfo

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* '''Organization Name:''' Kids On Computers
* '''Organization EIN:''' 26-4329360
* '''Website:''' http://kidsoncomputers.org
* '''Address:''' Ask Stormy
* '''Primary Contact:'''
** '''Name:''' Robin "Stormy" Peters
** '''Title:''' President
* '''Phone:''' Ask Stormy

Grants

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== General Info ==
Info that can be used for all grants

* [[GrantsOrgInfo|Organization Info]]
* [[GrantsBios|Bios]]

== Specific Grants ==
Information for specific grants we've applied for
* YEF Grant
** [[Grants:_YEF_Grant_201106|Reapplied June 2011]] - received!!
** [[Grants: YEF Grant|Initially applied Feb 2011]] - denied

* Genera MX Grant

* FedEx Grant

Donation Programs

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Here is the list of Donation Programs that we are a part of and a link to the program.

* [http://www.paypal.com PayPal]

* [http://www.zazzle.com Zazzle]

* [http://www1.networkforgood.org/ NetworkForGood]

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Our organization is run entirely by volunteers!

* Meet our current volunteers. (Need a page with the list - an outdated one is on our website.)
* Check out ways you can help. (Need a page with ways to help.)

Grants: Bios

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'''Robin "Stormy" Peters''' - ''Director, President''

Robin "Stormy" Peters is an information technology industry analyst and prominent free and open source software (FOSS) advocate, promoting business use of FOSS. She advocates as a consultant and conference speaker. She co-founded, and was later appointed as executive director of the GNOME Foundation. She is currently head of Developer Engagement at Mozilla.

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'''Ragavan Srinivasan''' - ''Director, Vice President''

Ragavan Srinivasan works as a Product Manager at Mozilla building a better web. He manages Mozilla's Services initiatives including the Firefox Sync project. Prior to Mozilla, Ragavan worked on various open source initiatives at VMware Inc. and Hewlett-Packard.

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'''Robin Kimzey''' - ''Director, Secretary''

Robin Kimzey is currently working as a technology technician at a K-12 public school in Colorado Springs, CO. Before that he was a staff consultant at a Denver based consulting corporation.

Robin has a Bachelor's of Science in Computer Science degree that he received from Hawaii Pacific University in 1999 and is currently finishing up a Master's of Engineering in Information Assurance degree at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.

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'''Mary "Serena" Thomas Robb''' - ''Director, Treasurer''

Serena Robb invests a lot of her time in the non-profit world. She helped start Kids On Computers, and is a board member for Steppin' Out, Inc, a non-profit that assists youth who have emancipated while in foster care. She is also an advocate, through CASA, Inc., for children who are in the court system due to neglect and abuse. Prior to this, she was an engineering manager at Hewlett-Packard.

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'''Kees DenHartigh''' - ''Director''

Kees DenHartigh worked as a Systems and Network Administrator and Supervisor at the University of Alberta Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. He has been a Linux and Open Source advocate since 1996 and has spent many years building Linux Computer labs.

He is also active in his own community and other international organizations with IT management and social media as a volunteer.

After retiring in 2009 he made 2 trips to Huajuapan Mexico to assist Hermes and Thomas with the 18 deMarzo lab.

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'''Belinda Lopez''' - ''Director''

Belinda Lopez has fifteen years of experience in creating innovative learning environments. From pre-school settings to the highest levels of corporate management and even astronauts, her goal is to use technology in new and innovative ways to make learning an enjoyable experience for both learners and teachers. She is currently responsible for education at Canonical, Ltd and is always looking to expand her knowledge of the Open Source world and particularly Ubuntu Linux.

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'''Alex Mayorga Adame''' - ''Director''

Alex Mayorga Adame works as a consultant with Softtek as an open source subject matter expert for the world's largest financial services network, Citi. Previously he worked in IT at UNID Zacatecas.

He received a BSc in Information Systems Engineering at ITESM Campus Zacatecas.  

He is interested in the transformation power of open source technologies and as a hobby, he tests development builds and contributes bug reports to Mozilla's Firefox and Canonical's Ubuntu.

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'''Thomas Peters''' - ''Director''

Thomas Peters has over thirty years of experience teaching English as a second language to people all over the world. He's lived and taught in places around the world from small villages north of the Artic Circle to international locations like Japan and Europe. Thomas has also taught all ages and walks of life from kids to college students to business people. He also has experience teaching English in developing countries.

Thomas has a Masters degree in Spanish from the University of Iowa. He matches his love for languages with a passion for travel and enjoys meeting interesting people.

Grants: Bios

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Grants: Bios

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'''Robin "Stormy" Peters'''

'''Director, President'''

Robin "Stormy" Peters is an information technology industry analyst and prominent free and open source software (FOSS) advocate, promoting business use of FOSS. She advocates as a consultant and conference speaker. She co-founded, and was later appointed as executive director of the GNOME Foundation. She is currently head of Developer Engagement at Mozilla.

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'''Ragavan Srinivasan'''
'''Director, Vice President'''
Ragavan Srinivasan works as a Product Manager at Mozilla building a better web. He manages Mozilla's Services initiatives including the Firefox Sync project. Prior to Mozilla, Ragavan worked on various open source initiatives at VMware Inc. and Hewlett-Packard.

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'''Robin Kimzey'''
'''Director, Secretary'''
Robin Kimzey is currently working as a technology technician at a K-12 public school in Colorado Springs, CO. Before that he was a staff consultant at a Denver based consulting corporation.
Robin has a Bachelor's of Science in Computer Science degree that he received from Hawaii Pacific University in 1999 and is currently finishing up a Master's of Engineering in Information Assurance degree at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.

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'''Mary "Serena" Thomas Robb'''
'''Director, Treasurer'''
Serena Robb invests a lot of her time in the non-profit world. She helped start Kids On Computers, and is a board member for Steppin' Out, Inc, a non-profit that assists youth who have emancipated while in foster care. She is also an advocate, through CASA, Inc., for children who are in the court system due to neglect and abuse. Prior to this, she was an engineering manager at Hewlett-Packard.

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'''Kees DenHartigh'''
'''Director'''
Kees DenHartigh worked as a Systems and Network Administrator and Supervisor at the University of Alberta Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. He has been a Linux and Open Source advocate since 1996 and has spent many years building Linux Computer labs.
He is also active in his own community and other international organizations with IT management and social media as a volunteer.
After retiring in 2009 he made 2 trips to Huajuapan Mexico to assist Hermes and Thomas with the 18 deMarzo lab.

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'''Belinda Lopez'''
'''Director'''
Belinda Lopez has fifteen years of experience in creating innovative learning environments. From pre-school settings to the highest levels of corporate management and even astronauts, her goal is to use technology in new and innovative ways to make learning an enjoyable experience for both learners and teachers. She is currently responsible for education at Canonical, Ltd and is always looking to expand her knowledge of the Open Source world and particularly Ubuntu Linux.

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'''Alex Mayorga Adame'''
'''Director'''
Alex Mayorga Adame works as a consultant with Softtek as an open source subject matter expert for the world's largest financial services network, Citi. Previously he worked in IT at UNID Zacatecas.
He received a BSc in Information Systems Engineering at ITESM Campus Zacatecas.  
He is interested in the transformation power of open source technologies and as a hobby, he tests development builds and contributes bug reports to Mozilla's Firefox and Canonical's Ubuntu.

----
'''Thomas Peters'''
'''Director'''
Thomas Peters has over thirty years of experience teaching English as a second language to people all over the world. He's lived and taught in places around the world from small villages north of the Artic Circle to international locations like Japan and Europe. Thomas has also taught all ages and walks of life from kids to college students to business people. He also has experience teaching English in developing countries.
Thomas has a Masters degree in Spanish from the University of Iowa. He matches his love for languages with a passion for travel and enjoys meeting interesting people.

Grants: Bios

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'''Robin "Stormy" Peters'''
'''Director, President'''
Robin "Stormy" Peters is an information technology industry analyst and prominent free and open source software (FOSS) advocate, promoting business use of FOSS. She advocates as a consultant and conference speaker. She co-founded, and was later appointed as executive director of the GNOME Foundation. She is currently head of Developer Engagement at Mozilla.

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'''Ragavan Srinivasan'''
'''Director, Vice President'''
Ragavan Srinivasan works as a Product Manager at Mozilla building a better web. He manages Mozilla's Services initiatives including the Firefox Sync project. Prior to Mozilla, Ragavan worked on various open source initiatives at VMware Inc. and Hewlett-Packard.

----
'''Robin Kimzey'''
'''Director, Secretary'''
Robin Kimzey is currently working as a technology technician at a K-12 public school in Colorado Springs, CO. Before that he was a staff consultant at a Denver based consulting corporation.
Robin has a Bachelor's of Science in Computer Science degree that he received from Hawaii Pacific University in 1999 and is currently finishing up a Master's of Engineering in Information Assurance degree at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.

----
'''Mary "Serena" Thomas Robb'''
'''Director, Treasurer'''
Serena Robb invests a lot of her time in the non-profit world. She helped start Kids On Computers, and is a board member for Steppin' Out, Inc, a non-profit that assists youth who have emancipated while in foster care. She is also an advocate, through CASA, Inc., for children who are in the court system due to neglect and abuse. Prior to this, she was an engineering manager at Hewlett-Packard.

----
'''Kees DenHartigh'''
'''Director'''
Kees DenHartigh worked as a Systems and Network Administrator and Supervisor at the University of Alberta Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. He has been a Linux and Open Source advocate since 1996 and has spent many years building Linux Computer labs.
He is also active in his own community and other international organizations with IT management and social media as a volunteer.
After retiring in 2009 he made 2 trips to Huajuapan Mexico to assist Hermes and Thomas with the 18 deMarzo lab.

----
'''Belinda Lopez'''
'''Director'''
Belinda Lopez has fifteen years of experience in creating innovative learning environments. From pre-school settings to the highest levels of corporate management and even astronauts, her goal is to use technology in new and innovative ways to make learning an enjoyable experience for both learners and teachers. She is currently responsible for education at Canonical, Ltd and is always looking to expand her knowledge of the Open Source world and particularly Ubuntu Linux.

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'''Alex Mayorga Adame'''
'''Director'''
Alex Mayorga Adame works as a consultant with Softtek as an open source subject matter expert for the world's largest financial services network, Citi. Previously he worked in IT at UNID Zacatecas.
He received a BSc in Information Systems Engineering at ITESM Campus Zacatecas.  
He is interested in the transformation power of open source technologies and as a hobby, he tests development builds and contributes bug reports to Mozilla's Firefox and Canonical's Ubuntu.

----
'''Thomas Peters'''
'''Director'''
Thomas Peters has over thirty years of experience teaching English as a second language to people all over the world. He's lived and taught in places around the world from small villages north of the Artic Circle to international locations like Japan and Europe. Thomas has also taught all ages and walks of life from kids to college students to business people. He also has experience teaching English in developing countries.
Thomas has a Masters degree in Spanish from the University of Iowa. He matches his love for languages with a passion for travel and enjoys meeting interesting people.

Grants: Bios

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'''Robin "Stormy" Peters'''
'''Director, President'''
Robin "Stormy" Peters is an information technology industry analyst and prominent free and open source software (FOSS) advocate, promoting business use of FOSS. She advocates as a consultant and conference speaker. She co-founded, and was later appointed as executive director of the GNOME Foundation. She is currently head of Developer Engagement at Mozilla.

'''Ragavan Srinivasan'''
'''Director, Vice President'''
Ragavan Srinivasan works as a Product Manager at Mozilla building a better web. He manages Mozilla's Services initiatives including the Firefox Sync project. Prior to Mozilla, Ragavan worked on various open source initiatives at VMware Inc. and Hewlett-Packard.

'''Robin Kimzey'''
'''Director, Secretary'''
Robin Kimzey is currently working as a technology technician at a K-12 public school in Colorado Springs, CO. Before that he was a staff consultant at a Denver based consulting corporation.
Robin has a Bachelor's of Science in Computer Science degree that he received from Hawaii Pacific University in 1999 and is currently finishing up a Master's of Engineering in Information Assurance degree at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.

'''Mary "Serena" Thomas Robb'''
'''Director, Treasurer'''
Serena Robb invests a lot of her time in the non-profit world. She helped start Kids On Computers, and is a board member for Steppin' Out, Inc, a non-profit that assists youth who have emancipated while in foster care. She is also an advocate, through CASA, Inc., for children who are in the court system due to neglect and abuse. Prior to this, she was an engineering manager at Hewlett-Packard.

'''Kees DenHartigh'''
'''Director'''
Kees DenHartigh worked as a Systems and Network Administrator and Supervisor at the University of Alberta Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. He has been a Linux and Open Source advocate since 1996 and has spent many years building Linux Computer labs.
He is also active in his own community and other international organizations with IT management and social media as a volunteer.
After retiring in 2009 he made 2 trips to Huajuapan Mexico to assist Hermes and Thomas with the 18 deMarzo lab.

'''Belinda Lopez'''
'''Director'''
Belinda Lopez has fifteen years of experience in creating innovative learning environments. From pre-school settings to the highest levels of corporate management and even astronauts, her goal is to use technology in new and innovative ways to make learning an enjoyable experience for both learners and teachers. She is currently responsible for education at Canonical, Ltd and is always looking to expand her knowledge of the Open Source world and particularly Ubuntu Linux.

'''Alex Mayorga Adame'''
'''Director'''
Alex Mayorga Adame works as a consultant with Softtek as an open source subject matter expert for the world's largest financial services network, Citi. Previously he worked in IT at UNID Zacatecas.
He received a BSc in Information Systems Engineering at ITESM Campus Zacatecas.  
He is interested in the transformation power of open source technologies and as a hobby, he tests development builds and contributes bug reports to Mozilla's Firefox and Canonical's Ubuntu.

'''Thomas Peters'''
'''Director'''
Thomas Peters has over thirty years of experience teaching English as a second language to people all over the world. He's lived and taught in places around the world from small villages north of the Artic Circle to international locations like Japan and Europe. Thomas has also taught all ages and walks of life from kids to college students to business people. He also has experience teaching English in developing countries.
Thomas has a Masters degree in Spanish from the University of Iowa. He matches his love for languages with a passion for travel and enjoys meeting interesting people.

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