[OLPC-Philippines] eKindling Update 3: eKindling Blog, Y4iT, OLPC.tv

[Cherry Withers]

Esther, you're a breath of fresh air! Thank you for being so proactive
already! Awesome! Now we need 1000 more of you.
:-)

Cheers,
Cherry
cwithers at ekindling.org


On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 12:31 AM, Esther Jeong <estrella.ej at gmail.com>wrote:

> Greetings! My name is Esther Jeong and I am a new eKindling volunteer. Born
> and raised in NYC, I have spent the past year researching in Asia and am
> currently staying in the Philippines. Although I have no ancestral ties with
> the Philippines, I developed a strong affinity for this beautiful and
> diverse country and continue to fall in love with sweet desserts like
> halo-halo. As an advocate for creative education programming and community
> development, I am excited to be a part of this growing community and dynamic
> project! Going forward, I will be sending the eKindling updates. Enjoy!
>
> *
> ~eKindling Community Updates~ * *
> *
>
> *SOFTWARE FREEDOM DAY
> *
>
> On September 19, 2009, Jerome Gotangco and Rowen Iral represented eKindling
> and One Laptop Per Child at the Software Freedom Day event (SFD), which took
> place at the National Computer Center in Quezon City. In addition to
> participating in the global celebration of SFD, the duo increased awareness
> about eKindling’s mission, OLPC and Sugar. Five visitors even requested to
> convert the USBs into SoaS and we were also noticed by a GMA news reporter!
> Check out pictures from this event at:
> http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=125367&id=647446399&l=b65bb97a08
>
> Special thanks to Ray B. of Asia Pacific College, Rommel and Noel Feria of
> University of the Philippines for helping out! Our eKindling community is
> certainly growing!
>
> *Y4iT: YOUTH CONGRESS FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY*
>
> On September 10, 2009,  Sandeep Chandiramani, Jerome Gotangco and Ryan
> Letada represented eKindling at Y4it – an annual IT event that attracted
> more than 20,000 delegates from colleges and private institutions across the
> Philippines. In front of a 100+ audience, members of the core team presented
> Sugar and eKindling’s mission. At this event, we also encouraged students to
> create applications and content for the Sugar Operating System. Luckily, we
> had positive responses from the crowd. We even had two provincial colleges
> express their interest in future collaborations to help create educational
> content for Filipino Children! For pictures, check here:
> http://ekindling.org/news
>
> Special thanks to Sabrina Par (UPIS teacher and Y4iT speaker), Rommel Feria
> (UP Professor and Y4iT speaker), and Jaime Cairo (UP Computer Science Chair
> and organizer) for expressing interest in helping with our OLPC cause!
>
> *eKindling BLOG LAUNCH!*
>
> Everyone else is blogging – we should blog as well! As we continue to work
> on our website, we thought that it would be great to share our success,
> challenges, and experience on our very own blog. So, here it is:
> www.eKindling.org/news <http://www.ekindling.org/news>. Check our blog to
> learn about Cherry Withers and her experience at Squeakfest, as well as our
> Y4iT experience!
>
> Kudos to Marc Robinsone Caballero for transforming our website!  *
> *
>
> *SQUEAKFEST: Etoys – CHILDREN PRODUCING RATHER THAN CONSUMING KNOWLEGE!
> *
>
> We are an education project, not simply a laptop project! Understanding the
> importance of educational content and application is the prerequisite of a
> successful OLPC deployment. With this in mind, Cherry Wither went to
> Squeakfest in Los Angeles and set out to learn about Etoys and how it can be
> applied to the Philippine educational context. Her most important finding:
> Children can not only consume knowledge, but they can produce it as well! To
> learn more about her experience, click here:http://ekindling.org/blogs/lesson-learned-squeakfest-09-part-2-kids-workshop
> .**
>
> *~Learning Buffet~ *
>
> *INTRODUCING OLPC.tv ***
>
> OLPC.tv is a compilation of 362+ videos/documentaries pertaining to
> anything/everything about OLPC and Sugar. Learn more about OLPC deployment,
> sugar developments, etc.
>
>  *~TECH TALK~
> *
>
> *DETAILED XO-1.5 MOTHERBOARD EXAMINATION & EXPLANATION VIDEO: OLPC NEWS
> EXCLUSIVE ***
>
> The XO-1.5 laptop from OLPC will have a whole new motherboard to support
> the new VIA C7-M chipset<http://www.olpcnews.com/laptops/xo15/xo_laptop_gen_15_with_via_c7-m.html>.
> What might it look like? And what's new with the motherboard? Watch as
> Bernie Innocenti diagrams all the components of the XO-1.5 A-Test
> motherboard in this amazing OLPC News exclusive video:
> http://www.olpcnews.com/laptops/xo15/detailed_xo_15_motherboard_vid.html
>
> *~Getting Involved~*
>
> *We need your help!!* Are you into marketing? Business development?
> Fundraising? Application development? Have free time? Volunteer!!!! Get
> Involved!!! Spread the word!!
>
> *DONATE! *Please support our deployment!   **
>
>
>
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