{"id":1217,"date":"2017-08-30T17:22:17","date_gmt":"2017-08-30T17:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kidlink.net\/?page_id=1217"},"modified":"2025-05-09T01:26:44","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T01:26:44","slug":"the-kidlink-project","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kidlink.net\/index.php\/the-kidlink-project\/","title":{"rendered":"The Kidlink Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #008080;\">Welcome to the Kidlink Project!<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">The Kidlink Project was born in 1990 in Saltoy, Norway, during a cultural event, thanks to the collaboration of a group of teachers from different countries, and is based entirely on voluntary service. We are in the process of building new web pages to show the history of Kidlink.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"line-height: 1.5; font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">The Purpose of the Kidlink Project<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"line-height: 1.5; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-4190 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kidlink.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Logo-300x296-300x296-300x296.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"151\" height=\"149\" \/><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>&#8220;To promote a global dialogue among the youth of the world.&#8221;<\/em><em>The Kidlink Project works to achieve its objectives\/goals using free educational projects. The projects are created and developed through an international collaboration of volunteers and are offered to schools, organizations, and youth around the world for free.&#8221;<\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Collaborating in Kidlink Projects<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">This is described at:<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kidlink.net\/index.php\/about-kidlink\/working-with-kidlink\/\">www.kidlink.net\/index.php\/about-kidlink\/working-with-kidlink\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Online services<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">It is now hosted on a network with several sites and services such as\u00a0 Moodle (installation coming soon to this site), Facebook groups, Padlet, etc) that allow teachers and students to collaborate by providing a wide range of easy-to-use features and functions. The main goal of the Kidlink Project is helping children through the secondary school level, to be involved in a global dialog.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Previous Management<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">The Kidlink Project was previously managed by the non-profit KIDLINK ASSOCIATION originally registered in December 2008 in Goteborg, Sweden<br \/>\nand then registered in 2019, in Lipari, Italy. <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Kidlink Association previously had an international board that met regularly via the Internet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>Current Management<\/strong><\/span> &#8211; We are now a fully volunteer organization managed by Terry Smith (Director, USA) and Lucine Jhangiryan (Co-director, Armenia) with suggestions and donations from Friends of Kidlink.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 18pt;\">To participate in Kidlink Projects<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">To participate, please contact the manager of the project you are interested in and supply the required details about the teacher, school, location, age and number of students. We expect all teachers and students to follow the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kidlink.net\/index.php\/kidlink-netiquette\/\">Kidlink Netiquette. <\/a>This Netiquette explains the courteous expectations of participation by all users of Kidlink online spaces and projects.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #008080;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the Kidlink Project! The Kidlink Project was born in 1990 in Saltoy, Norway, during a cultural event, thanks to the collaboration of a group of teachers from different countries, and is based entirely on voluntary service. 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