[Grassroots-l] [Olpc-open] OLPC in Finland?

[Sameer Verma]

Seth Woodworth wrote:
> There isn't anything on the wiki under regional groups or that I can
> find on the wiki:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC:Regional_groups#National_groups
>
> But personally I love the Finnish language and the country.  I'm
> interested in what you can find out while you are there.
>
> Seth
>
Hi Seth,

I spoke with a couple of parents of 5 year olds and an administrator at
a University in Helsinki. I'll keep the dialog going and see if we can
get some traction.

I found this.
http://flosse.dicole.org/?item=olpc-please-some-cultural-respect which
says that Walter was at Univ. of Tampere (Finland) on May 9. He might
know a bit more. Walter?

Sameer

-- 
Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Information Systems
San Francisco State University
San Francisco CA 94132 USA
http://verma.sfsu.edu/
http://opensource.sfsu.edu/


> On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 10:35 AM, Sameer Verma <sverma at sfsu.edu
> <mailto:sverma at sfsu.edu>> wrote:
>
>     Hi,
>
>     I am currently visiting Finland, and had a meeting with some folks who
>     found the project interesting. Is there any activity with respect to a
>     Finnish installation/pilot?
>
>     Any pointers would be great.
>
>     Sameer
>
>     --
>     Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D.
>     Associate Professor of Information Systems
>     San Francisco State University
>     San Francisco CA 94132 USA
>     http://verma.sfsu.edu/
>     http://opensource.sfsu.edu/
>
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