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font-size: 13px;" lang="x-western">Welcome to all those
screwdriving folk who joined our Boston Community Saturday
September 18 (almost 30 of you!) during that singularly amazing
repair fest at OLPC:
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In just 2 weeks, on Saturday October 16, we ask OLPC Bostonians to
take your dedication to learning public -- celebrating the Boston
Book Fest right in Copley Square, Boston.
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One Laptop per Child is contributing a full tent arrangement, and
we could <b class="moz-txt-star"><span class="moz-txt-tag">*</span>very
much<span class="moz-txt-tag">*</span></b> use enthusiastic
book-lovers (in 3 shifts!) explaining the power of OLPC to spark
minds globally -- in Your words:
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8 - 11am Erecting Posters & Tent, earlybird Snacks?!
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11 - 2pm Lunch
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2 - 5pm Afternoon
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Bring vivid proof of your very own OLPC/Sugar learning/artistic
projects to share if you can <span class="moz-smiley-s1"
title=":-)"><span>:-)</span></span>
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We'll have roughly three tables, and 3 posters with great photos,
along with live Internet. The tables will cover:
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= book-readers (the event theme!) such as those from the new <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://olpcCanada.com">http://olpcCanada.com</a>
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or Uruguay/Ceibal, and specific book collections (including
health)
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+ OLPC's global reach (photos! and languages)
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# cool kids websites (including math and games)
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* local projects that Boston OLPC'ers can talk about, such as the
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new OLPC Australia / <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.digiliteracy.org">http://www.digiliteracy.org</a>
project, and
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Sugar on a Stick classroom trials in Somerville, Massachusetts
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% repairs & hardware (someone from Olin College hopefully!)
Showing off a
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brand-new blue Uruguayan High School XO, solar power, new
keyboards, ETC
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Please get in touch if you can hang out / help out any part!
Whether chatting up the friendly general public -- in the very
shadow of one of the world's foundational libraries (bpl.org) --
or better yet sharing your Own dreams. About when & how You
believe "quality universal basic education" will enrich, instead
of deplete, our Mother Earth?
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So long as you also bring along your lifetime favorite book or
e-book...<br>
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