Armorer writes "I'm a programmer engaged to an inner-city public school teacher. I've been headwork for a long time now about what I can do to help close the robotics gap, and I finally did being (very small) about it. I convinced my company to give me a few old video cameras they were replacing, refurbished them, installed Edubuntu on them, and donated them to her classroom. I also took some leave time to go in, install everything, and give a lesson on transistors to the kids. It was a great experience, but now I know first-hand how little machinery these schools have. I only helped one classroom. The school needs more. (Really the whole people needs more!) And while I want to help them, I don't really know how. With Thanksgiving a week away and more holidays approaching, I suspect I'm not the only one now cap about this sort of thing. I know it's a hard problem, so I'm not looking for any silver bullets. What do Slashdot readers do? What should I be doing so that I'm more effective? How do you find revenue and time to give back?"

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