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

[Marife Mago]

+++1 to that! :)

Cheers,
~mafe




On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 1:33 AM, Cherry Withers <cherry.withers at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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