• Education for all children is the cornerstone for all efforts and it is important to always think about technology solutions in respect to the educational opportunities they can provide.

• Leadership is an essential element for providing visionary goals as well as implementation guidance for all projects involving education and technology.

• Public-private partnerships are an often-untapped resource for schools and communities to leverage for greater success.

• Volunteers provide the spirit to get amazing things accomplished within our schools and communities and projects should involve people from every community sector with a wide range of skills and talents.

• Technology is always evolving and so, the work of providing enhanced educational opportunities for all children through technology is never really completed or finished.

The following case studies capture the camaraderie and spirit of NetDay events over the past 5 years, in the both U.S. and abroad. They offer a thumbnail sketch of the types of community-driven activities that have wired thousands of classrooms to the Internet and provided opportunities for students to have enriched educational opportunities through technology access. These stories of connections are meant to provide you, our reader, with new insights into the many ways that communities can continue to work together to connect every child to a brighter future through education and technology.