Charity Aims to Increase Technology Education

Charity Aims to Increase Technology Education

iGotITtoo, a charity that works to bring technology education, training, and resources to underprivileged communities, just received a $250,000 donation from Google, Inc. Charitable Giving Fund of the Tides Foundation to assist in expansion and implementation of its mission. The organization is "dedicated to ending digital inequality in economically underserved communities throughout New York."

iGotITtoo means "I've got information technology, too." The charity was founded in Brooklyn in 2007 around the idea that in today's society, one which is largely dependent on technology, socioeconomic status creates a gap among people who have access to technology and the skills to utilize it, and those who do not. Technology has become an important tool used in education, and individuals or even schools and entire communities that do not have access to technology or proper education on how to use it can fall behind and miss opportunities for advancement.

Founders of the charity, Santana Kenner and Claire Chiesa, first began their work by offering free computer classes to Brooklyn community members who expressed concern over their lack of technology education. Now, around thirty trained volunteers work with iGotITtoo. Each volunteer teaches two or three classes and labs per week at the charity's three locationsAtlantic Terminal Community Center, Saratoga Village Community Center, and Lafayette Gardens Community Center.

Santana Kenner, CEO, said that technology can increase education as well as economic opportunities. iGotITtoo plans to expand to the entire city of New York in 2011, in attempt to provide computer access to all city communities and to stress the importance of technology education in the future.

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