Hello community, Join us for an exciting community update<http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/2011-March/012683.html>this Sunday, March 6th at 9pm (EST) via conference call (details below). Learn about our progress in the Philippines, cool projects and insights into our community building approach! This would also be a wonderful opportunity for the eKindling team to answer any of your questions.
Lastly, did I mention participants will also get a chance to win an oh-so-cool, rare RED XO laptop? You have to be present at the meeting and be prepared to answer our soon-to-be released Philippines trivia question. Stay posted! Below is a message from OLPC HQ's Community Organizer, Adam Holt! So excited, Ryan Organic community edutech growth is not a mere slogan in the Philippines, thanks to Ryan Letada (Exec Director of eKindling) bringing an exciting update for us this Sunday, explaining the exceptional progress this community organization is building out. Remember: the Philippines practically invented the term "people power" in 1986, during the Marcos-to-Aquino nonviolent revolution -- exactly 25 years prior to the Arab World discovering the same: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People_Power_Revolution Volunteers/projects globally will learn important insights from these devoted Filipinos' experiences -- and directly get involved if you too want to help them build civil society, starting right here: http://olpcmap.net/?go=southeast_asia Beyond eKindling's strongest volunteer successes you may already know about: http://educationkindling.wordpress.com http://twitter.com/ekindling Not to give away Ryan's entire talk (and "Filipino Factoids" you will be asked to answer if you want to win a Red XO!) but going forward, eKindling is in fact looking at integrating mapping into its actual core curriculum, expanding upon the innovation in Uganda's http://mapuganda.blogspot.com How refreshing that an entire country might take seriously the idea we "Help kids everywhere map their world, at http://olpcMAP.net <http://olpcmap.net/>!" interweaving deep in-school learning across an entire country's cultural fabric./ Please join us Sunday March 6th, 9PM EST on the usual number to find out more -- RSVP if possible! +1 866 213-2185 or +1 609 454-9914 Access Code: 1671650# Live Chat Backchannel: http://forum.laptop.org/chat (that's #olpc-help on irc.freenode.net) -- Ryan Letada Executive Director Education Kindling (eKindling) FB <http://www.facebook.com/#%21/pages/eKindling/124104424149?ref=ts> | TW<http://www.twitter.com/ekindling> |
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