Free Laptops and Free Classes!

Cori Horton

Do you know someone who needs a new laptop? Or maybe needs some help learning basic computer skills? If yes, then we have you covered. KTI, in partnership with AARP, is offering free Digital Skills Workshops and free laptops! All you have to do is sign up for one workshop, attend both classes (two days, 4 hours total), and you get to go home with a new laptop and the confidence to use it! Provided laptops are certified refurbished and run Windows 10. Contact Cori Horton at 218.666.8604 to sign up or if you have questions. Cori Horton is an ACC AmeriCorps Member serving Koochiching County.

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Some exciting news to share!

Jaci Nagle

🎉We are thrilled to share that we are one of 343 grantees selected to receive a 2024 AARP Community Challenge grant from @AARPLivableCommunities and @AARPMinnesota ! We are incredibly proud that AARP selected us for this investment to make Koochiching County more livable for residents of all ages. Through this grant we will partner with ConnectedNation, PCs for People and local teens to offer digital skills training and laptops to help bridge the digital divide.

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Bridging the divide: Digital Inclusion Week

Jaci Nagle

The internet may have become as critical to our modern life as electricity was to earlier generations. Improving online access for county residents was the aim of an Oct. 5 event hosted by KOOTASCA Community Action and led by Koochiching County and the Koochiching Technology Initiative, KTI. The event was one of 325 held nationwide during National Digital Inclusion Week, which was Oct. 2-6. All organizations involved seek to bridge the digital divide: the gap between those who have affordable online access, skills, and support and those who do not. About a dozen area households were provided refurbished computers that included webcams, sound bars, and Wi-Fi adapters. The pre-owned components… Read More

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G2G Digital Navigators

Jaci Nagle

The future looks bright It’s easy to get cynical about the future. It’s not unique, as we can probably all recall earlier generations denouncing the quality of life that will be brought on by “modern” products and proposals, such as… cell phones, sewer and garbage collection systems, computers, disposable diapers, TV remotes, women working outside their home, gas powered vehicles, etc. It helps to fight that generational cynicism by getting to know what our future generations are doing. On this end, we see hardworking, forward thinking, and kind individuals who are setting goals and achieving them and seeing needs in the community and filling them. We try to feature them… Read More

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