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Reply to holt @ laptop.org for our phone presentation's conf-call
number, and the below speaker's PDF slides expected within ~24hrs.<br>
<br>
Parallel Live
Chat for those who unable to telephone: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://forum.laptop.org/chat">http://forum.laptop.org/chat</a>
(that's <b>#olpc-help</b>
on irc.freenode.net)<br>
<br>
<blockquote><b>Sunday July 11 - Virtual Field Trip Realness (Classrooms
ain't
in
Kansas Nomore)</b><br>
By Laura Susan Bell, Virtual Field Trip Facilitator & OLPC Support
Volunteer.<br>
<br>
Laura will explain how she administers classrooms in Upper NY State,<br>
taking her students on virtual field trips will real-live NASA
engineers etc,<br>
who ship her in-classroom supplies in-advance to dramatically liven
the<br>
experience for all kids.<br>
<br>
<br>
<b>Sunday July 18 - Eleven Years Deploying Computers in South
African
Schools</b><br>
By Alan Field & Donna Wainwright, in person at OLPC in Cambridge,
MA.<br>
<br>
Alan will discuss the many deep lessons he's learned along the way,
over<br>
the 11 years he and his wife Donna have spent teaching &
training
using<br>
Macs across 30 schools 300KM SE of Johannesburg. Towards both<br>
"Creative Learning" and "Drill and K^hThrill" -- come learn some
tough<br>
and vital lessons on where Mandela's post-World Cup nation is
heading:<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="ecxecxmoz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://web.mac.com/donita27/EndumeniLearningMachines/Home.html">http://web.mac.com/donita27/EndumeniLearningMachines/Home.html</a><br>
<br>
<br>
<b>Sunday July 25 NOON - East Africa and West Africa OLPC
Community
Public Brunch</b><br>
NYC/Bronx Location announced hereunder -- plz RSVP now to holt @ laptop
dot org, thx!<br>
<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="ecxecxmoz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_NYC">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_NYC</a><br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="ecxecxmoz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/olpc-nyc/">http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/olpc-nyc/</a><br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="ecxecxmoz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://twitter.com/olpcnyc">http://twitter.com/olpcnyc</a><br>
<br>
<br>
<b>Sunday Aug 1 - From Viet Cong to Venture Capital to Vietnam
Community (TENTATIVE)</b><br>
Location/Parti-Pants to be announced.<br>
<br>
How has OLPC's Vietnam Community progressed so far, so fast, in
just 1 year?<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="ecxecxmoz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://olpc.vn">http://olpc.vn</a><br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="ecxecxmoz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://saigonolpc.wordpress.com">http://saigonolpc.wordpress.com</a><br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="ecxecxmoz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Vietnam">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Vietnam</a><br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="ecxecxmoz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://groups.google.com/group/olpc-vietnam/">http://groups.google.com/group/olpc-vietnam/</a><br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="ecxecxmoz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://web.me.com/seanlaurence/olpc/olpc.html">http://web.me.com/seanlaurence/olpc/olpc.html</a><br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="ecxecxmoz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog/nsevers/4/tpod.html">http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog/nsevers/4/tpod.html</a><br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="ecxecxmoz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects/Vung_Vieng_Fishing_Vietnam">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects/Vung_Vieng_Fishing_Vietnam</a><br>
<b><br>
Sunday Aug 8 - What's Really Happening in India, at the Grassroots
Level? (TENTATIVE)<br>
</b>Locations to be announced.<br>
<br>
The astonishing number of volunteers and informal community projects<br>
in India makes it hard to keep track of them all. Professor Sameer
Verma<br>
in San Francisco will explain how these amazing community volunteers<br>
and corporate professionals scattered across the Indian subcontinent<br>
can now take their contributions to the next level.<br>
</blockquote>
<br>
<i>REMINDER: while meetings are generally for OLPC volunteers/staff
only, accompanying
friends are welcome if personally introduce, and are willing to help
Make
S---^h^h^hUPPORT
Happen!!</i>
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