After an appeal from the municipality of Rotterdam, Stichting De Verre Bergen and Coolblue donated three thousand laptops. The brand-new Chromebooks still had to be installed before they could go to different schools. To this end, the municipality enlisted the help of IT Campus Rotterdam, a network organisation that is committed to more and better IT talent in and for Rotterdam.
Installing thousands of laptops
IT Campus Rotterdam summoned its network to help prepare the laptops. The organisation works closely with schools and companies. Immediately after the appeal, the offers poured in and the IT Campus Support Team was a fact. Most Chromebooks have now been registered and the school’s teaching software has been installed. IT Campus Rotterdam also found volunteers to deliver the Chromebooks to the schools.
Preventing falling behind
Many children from poor families don’t have a laptop or tablet available at home. Now that schools are teaching online, this is causing problems. The children cannot participate and are falling behind their classmates. The Rotterdam Municipality made an appeal for material to be made available. Because the Chromebooks have now been delivered to various schools, this group of children can also participate in digital home education.