Internet-in-a-Box Summit 2019 and WikiConference North America

Kids on Computers (KOC) partnered with Internet-in-a-Box (IIAB) to host the 2019 IIAB Summit from November 6th-10th, 2019 northwest of Boston in Stow, MA. Attendees included representatives from six different organizations including the Free E-Book Foundation, IIAB, Kiwix, KOC, the UN, and UVA.  The summit coincided with the 2019 WikiConference North …

Oaxaca 6 Months Later

April’s week-long Kids on Computers effort to rebuild computer labs at more than a dozen schools around Oaxaca City and Huajuapan (both in Oaxaca State, Mexico) was an extremely powerful life lesson across many fronts, still teaching us all new things 6 months later. Oaxacans’ committed resourcefulness stands out above …

This Week in KoC – SCALE Prep and Consolidating Organizational Knowledge

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! With volunteers all around the world it is really important that everyone has a place to consolidate their notes and knowledge. Over the course of time, we’ve used several tools to do this. Unfortunately that has resulted in the information being scattered around …

Open Source and Education at Ohio Linux Fest

I got the opportunity to meet with a bunch of enthusiastic Linux users recently at Ohio Linux Fest. It was really great to see so many people get together to discuss the ways they are contributing to Open Source software and seeing the ways it is impacting people’s lives. While …

End of Year Campaign

Kids on Computers is running an end of year campaign to raise money for our existing and potential labs. Please consider donating to as we continue to improve education in rural areas by providing access to technology! $35 provides one child access to a computer, educational software, and internet (where accessible). …

India: t = 0

Kids on Computers received a Yahoo! Employee Foundation grant to set up computer labs in Assam, India. We have a local volunteer, Vedanta Barooah, who is from this area and found two schools in the Morigaon region for us to work with. Three of us are in India now and working …