“Beyond financial support, Mozilla offered connections in the network — a way to meet other people working on the same kind of initiatives.”

But Mozilla offered us not only sponsorship but also connections in the network to meet other people who are doing the same kind of initiatives, so we could grow our spot in the education technology space. That was crazy. It’s been awesome.

Although that’s very specific to social media — that aspect of connecting with people — it’s something that the open internet fosters. It’s a sense of community. Not just a community — a space for people to network and find common ground or debate or just to interact with each other in some way, even if they’re not in the same country or place.

There are also instances where students in our program participate in the programs of other Hive organizations