Tennessee

Tennessee Grassroots Organization

Goals

To organize citizens of Tennessee to help bring educational material and tools to Tennessee's poorest communities. We hope to improve computer literacy and increase access to a wide assortment of educational curriculum.

Get Involved

You can sign up for our mailing list at (TO BE DETERMINED)

News

• Several members from Memphis City Schools' Educational Technology Group have been posting articles to their blogs about Springdale's grant proposal. Feel free to read up on it:
  • Cindy's article about the XO
  • Linda has written 1 2 articles about the XO at Springdale Elementary
  • Jason has a good article about the Classmate PC

Regions in Tennessee

Though we are working on a state-wide initiative for OLPC in Tennessee, it may be more helpful to break-down Tennessee into 3 distinct regions, revolving around Tennessee's major cities and school districts.

• Eastern Tennessee/Mid-South (Memphis)
• Central Tennessee (Nashville)
• Western Tennessee (Knoxville)

Grants

• BEP Innovative Programs and Planning Grants was denied