Hello everyone, My name is Michael (MephistoM on IRC) and I am currently an intern at K-NET, a First-Nations run computer communications company that serves the North-Western remote and rural communities in Ontario. Part of my project here is to help compile, install, and promote open-source Linux distributions and educational programs, including Sugar on a Stick, for educators, parents and students in the different communities to learn from and enjoy.
I'm not technically part of The Belinda Stronach Foundation (TBSF) and its partners for the OLPC Canada project, but I have been in contact with its director Wendy Johnson ([email protected]) during its development over the summer. I would suggest that the best way to get more information and the wiki up to date is to get in touch with her. I don't know if the laptops are there already or if they will arrive Jan 2011, but I will try my best to get in touch with the Chiefs and teachers in the communities to see if they know more, as K-NETs coverage should include that area. I also sincerely hope that the programs and the OS on the new XOs will be open source, so that others can contribute to it as well! Kind regards, Michael Mak BHSc III Global Health Specialization K-NET Intern Michael Mak BHSc III Global Health Specialization OLPC Intern www.mikemakele.blogspot.com -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Holt Sent: September-29-10 9:59 PM To: [email protected] Cc: Support Gangsters; [email protected] Subject: [support-gang] OLPC Canada appears! I don't know many of the details, but all I can say is Wow... http://olpccanada.com http://twitter.com/olpccanada Beauty map of participating schools across Canada here: http://olpccanada.com/doc/OLPC_Canada_Schools_Map.pdf Does anyone know any of the organizers/participants above? If so, do encourage their best+brightest to join OLPC's Global Community in its largest ever contributors summit, in San Francisco Oct 22-24 less than a month from now: http://olpcSF.org/CommunitySummit2010 Tremendous news Canadians are suddenly getting organized, to give marginalized kids such thoughtful 21st century opportunities, 3 years after the launch of OLPC! OLPC itself wrote the tiniest blog post welcoming OLPC Canada to the global community earlier today: http://blog.laptop.org Anybody have concrete ideas on how we all might genuinely support OLPC Canada's work? (Beyond just cleaning up http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Canada clicking "EDIT" if you can there!!) _______________________________________________ support-gang mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang _______________________________________________ Grassroots mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/grassroots
