[IAEP] The Observer article on OLPC in Rwanda

2010-03-29 Thread Sean DALY
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/mar/28/rwanda-laptop-revolution A well-written article which effectively communicates OLPC's goals in the context of Rwanda's troubled recent hostory. 4-page spread in the print version. However, as is unfortunately often the case with OLPC-F sources,

Re: [IAEP] The Observer article on OLPC in Rwanda

2010-03-29 Thread Christoph Derndorfer
Apart from not mentioning Sugar I think this is a well researched and well written article, definitely one of the best ones I've seen in awhile. Two aspects which I did find quite amusing are the following two comparisons: He hands me one of the computers. A little larger than a box of

[IAEP] PLE conference in Barcelona deadline extension

2010-03-29 Thread Andrea Mangiatordi
Hi everybody, an interesting conference about Personal Learning Environments is going to be held in Barcelona in July [0]. The deadline for submissions was extended to April 9th. As the call for contributions includes the possibility of proposing a Bring Your Own Laptop session, I think it

Re: [IAEP] The Observer article on OLPC in Rwanda

2010-03-29 Thread Peter Robinson
On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 9:06 AM, Sean DALY sdaly...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/mar/28/rwanda-laptop-revolution A well-written article which effectively communicates OLPC's goals in the context of Rwanda's troubled recent hostory. 4-page spread in the print

Re: [IAEP] PLE conference in Barcelona deadline extension

2010-03-29 Thread Christoph Derndorfer
Hi Andrea, thanks a lot for the heads-up, the conference definitely sounds very interesting indeed! I'm almost tempted to submit something just because the organizers seem to be quite open to creative suggestions;-) Maybe some sort of mix of introducing Sugar-on-a-Stick in a Bring your own

Re: [IAEP] PLE conference in Barcelona deadline extension

2010-03-29 Thread Andrea Mangiatordi
Il 29/03/10 11:09, Christoph Derndorfer ha scritto: Hi Andrea, thanks a lot for the heads-up, the conference definitely sounds very interesting indeed! I'm almost tempted to submit something just because the organizers seem to be quite open to creative suggestions;-) Maybe some sort of mix

Re: [IAEP] PLE conference in Barcelona deadline extension

2010-03-29 Thread Christoph Derndorfer
Zitat von Andrea Mangiatordi andrea.mangiato...@gmail.com: Il 29/03/10 11:09, Christoph Derndorfer ha scritto: Hi Andrea, thanks a lot for the heads-up, the conference definitely sounds very interesting indeed! I'm almost tempted to submit something just because the organizers seem to be

Re: [IAEP] [Marketing] The Observer article on OLPC in Rwanda

2010-03-29 Thread Walter Bender
On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 4:52 AM, Peter Robinson pbrobin...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 9:06 AM, Sean DALY sdaly...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/mar/28/rwanda-laptop-revolution A well-written article which effectively communicates OLPC's goals in the