This post contributed by Ashley Metz Cummings.

Across the globe, the computers used in underfunded schools share similar characteristics. Outdated hardware grumbles to a start each morning to serve classrooms crowded with children. Slow processors and limited storage space confine the possibilities for learning computer skills and using the Internet. The students in these classrooms have never dreamt of owning their own PCs and cannot fathom the world on the other side of an Internet connection – they have enough on their minds at home.