The Kidlink Project

Purpose
and participating
History online services Management Participate

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The purpose of the Kidlink Project

“to promote a global dialogue among the youth of the world. The Association supports the dialog with communication on the Internet and also supports communications in other media.

The Association works to achieve its objectives/goals through several educational projects belonging to the “The Kidlink Project”. 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.”
(Read article 3 and more in Kidlink Association Articles of Association)

Working/collaborating in the Kidlink Project

 This is described in detail in
www.kidlink.net/index.php/about-kidlink/working-with-kidlink/

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History of 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 essentially on voluntary service. Read more in www.kidlink.org/history/index.html 

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Online services

It is now hosted on a network with several sites and services – Moodle, Facebook groups, Padlet, etc) that allow teachers and students to collaborate in 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. 

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Management

THE KIDLINK PROJECT was previously managed by the non-profit KIDLINK ASSOCIATION originally registered in December 2008 in Goteborg, Sweden
and then in 2019, was registered in Italy.

The Board
Kidlink Association had an international board that met regularly via the Internet. Read more at http://www.kidlink.net/index.php/ka-board-chair-description/

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To participate in Kidlink Projects

To participate you must contact the manager of the project and supply the required details about the teacher, school, location, age and number of students.

We expect all teachers and students to follow the Kidlink Netiquette. This Netiquette explains the courteous expectations of participation by all users of Kidlink online spaces and projects.

register for a New Account with Kidlink.
Teachers do this one time so that their students can participate in Kidlink Projects.
This is different than being a KA member, which has a fee that varies per country and gives voting rights in the association.

Welcome to the Kidlink Project!