Dear all,<br><br><a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Jams/TextbookRevolutionJam" target="_blank">Help us</a>
raise the new <a href="http://www.textbookrevolution.org" target="_blank">TextbookRevolution</a> wiki! <br><br>We need your help to raise the walls on the new site and to get it ready for the public for its May 24th launch. We are having a barnraising for the new wiki (<a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Jams/TextbookRevolutionJam" target="_blank">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Jams/TextbookRevolutionJam</a>)
on Saturday, May 17th from 12 to 4 EST. We will also be meeting in person at 1 Cambridge Center (OLPC hq -- come at 11:30 if you'd like to join us for lunch) as well as on IRC on #textbookrevolution on <a href="http://irc.freenode.net" target="_blank">irc.freenode.net</a> . We will be putting together the components, pages, and design needed to relaunch a new
MediaWiki-based, community-oriented TextbookRevolution.org site. <br><br>TextbookRevolution is dedicated to facilitating existing free textbook projects by sharing
metadata, using
distributed annotation/review tools, and opening broader
conversations among authors, artists, reviewers, students, and other educators. <br><br>This is a step forward for the world of free textbooks, and we need the help of:<br><br> * Data entry construction workers to build the site up!<br>
* Artists and designers willing to help make our templates and pages look great!<br>
* Wiki and IRC friends to help communicate about the project so we don't leave friendly communities out of the conversation<br>
* A multilingual community to help localize the project so we can make this a worldwide effort!<br>
* Masters of Ontology to help us make sure our semantic metadata is well formed!<br> * Systems Administrators to make sure our server continues to hum speedily along!<br> * Comedians and jokers to help keep things lively!<br>
<br>Please pass this on to
others who may be interested, or just link to our wiki page and facebook event:<br> <a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Jams/TextbookRevolutionJam" target="_blank">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Jams/TextbookRevolutionJam</a> <br>
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/n/?event.php&eid=17696355094" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/n/?event.php&eid=17696355094</a><br><br>Some of us will be attending the Boston Bar Camp later Saturday eveningand will hold a session there on the new wiki and how to contribute (<a href="http://barcampboston.org" target="_blank">barcampboston.org</a>).<br>
<br>Feel free to drop either of us a line if you have questions.<br><br>--SJ Klein and Josh Gay<br><a href="mailto:sj@laptop.org" target="_blank">sj@laptop.org</a> | <a href="mailto:joshuagay@gmail.com" target="_blank">joshuagay@gmail.com</a><br>
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