[OLPC-Philippines] Community update this Sunday, 9pm (EST) and win a red XO Laptop!

[Dr. Gerald Ardito]

Ryan,

I was so sorry that I could not participate in the meeting tonight.
Did anyone record it? Can I have a listen?

Your work is amazing and inspiring.

Be well.
Gerald

On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 8:48 PM, Ryan Onell Letada <rletada at ekindling.org>wrote:

> Hello community,
>
> Join us for an exciting community update<http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/2011-March/012683.html>this Sunday, March 6th at 9pm (EST) via conference call (details below).
> Learn about our progress in the Philippines, cool projects and insights into
> our community building approach! This would also be a wonderful opportunity
> for the eKindling team to answer any of your questions.
>
> Lastly, did I mention participants will also get a chance to win an
> oh-so-cool, rare RED XO laptop? You have to be present at the meeting and be
> prepared to answer our soon-to-be released Philippines trivia question. Stay
> posted!
>
> Below is a message from OLPC HQ's Community Organizer, Adam Holt!
>
> So excited,
>
> Ryan
>
>
>
>
> Organic community edutech growth is not a mere slogan in the Philippines,
> thanks to Ryan Letada (Exec Director of eKindling) bringing an exciting
> update for us this Sunday, explaining the exceptional progress this
> community organization is building out.  Remember: the Philippines
> practically invented the term "people power" in 1986, during the
> Marcos-to-Aquino nonviolent revolution -- exactly 25 years prior to the Arab
> World discovering the same:
>
>
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People_Power_Revolution
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> Volunteers/projects globally will learn important insights from these
> devoted Filipinos' experiences -- and directly get involved if you too want
> to help them build civil society, starting right here:
>
>
>
> http://olpcmap.net/?go=southeast_asia
>
>
>
> Beyond eKindling's strongest volunteer successes you may already know
> about:
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>
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> http://educationkindling.wordpress.com
>
> http://twitter.com/ekindling
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>
>
> Not to give away Ryan's entire talk (and "Filipino Factoids" you will be
> asked to answer if you want to win a Red XO!) but going forward, eKindling
> is in fact looking at integrating mapping into its actual core curriculum,
> expanding upon the innovation in Uganda's http://mapuganda.blogspot.com
>
>
>
> How refreshing that an entire country might take seriously the idea we
> "Help kids everywhere map their world, at http://olpcMAP.net<http://olpcmap.net/>!" interweaving deep in-school learning across an entire country's cultural
>
> fabric./
>
>
>
> Please join us Sunday March 6th, 9PM EST on the usual number to find out
> more -- RSVP if possible!
>
>
>
> +1 866 213-2185    or    +1 609 454-9914
>
>  Access Code: 1671650#
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>
>
> Live Chat Backchannel:
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> http://forum.laptop.org/chat
>
> (that's #olpc-help on irc.freenode.net)
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>
>
> --
> Ryan Letada
> Executive Director
> Education Kindling (eKindling)
> FB <http://www.facebook.com/#%21/pages/eKindling/124104424149?ref=ts> | TW<http://www.twitter.com/ekindling>
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