<div>Mabuhay Pilipinas!</div>
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<div>I know this marks a new hope for all of us and to our country, having our newly inaugurated President Noynoy (P-Noy). </div>
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<div><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #434343; FONT-FAMILY: inherit"><font face="Times New Roman">"Hindi natin ipagpapaliban ang mga pangangailangan ng ating mga estudyante, kaya’t sisikapin nating punan ang kakulangan sa ating mga silid-aralan."</font></span></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #434343; FONT-FAMILY: inherit"><font face="Times New Roman"></font></span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #434343; FONT-FAMILY: inherit"><font face="Times New Roman">Let's hold on to this and take part on this big change. Go Kindlers!</font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #434343; FONT-FAMILY: inherit"><font face="Times New Roman">Let's start! </font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #434343; FONT-FAMILY: inherit">We're glad to share that our education project is progressing and is on schedule for the initial deployment in Sept, 2010.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt"><br>~~eKindling Half Year Updates~~</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt"><br>1. XS pre-training and installation</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt">Mitchel Seaton of OLPC-Aus is conducting the XS pre-training and visiting Lubang site. He'll be in the Philippines from June 21 - July 22, 2010. Thanks Mitch! Enjoy Siargao!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt"><a href="http://twitter.com/meatrack">http://twitter.com/meatrack</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt">2. Debrief Notes: 5-day eKindling Training of Teachers (TOTs)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt">The training was participated by 3 teachers from Lubang Integrated School (LIS), 1 teacher from Maligaya Elementary School (a satellite school of LIS), Regional Department of Education superintendent, Principal of LIS, 4 incoming 4th graders and their parents, 4 Municipal employees of Lubang, and a handful of eKindling volunteers.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt"><a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/EKindling/TeacherTrainingDebrief">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/EKindling/TeacherTrainingDebrief</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt">Highlights here:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt">Vernacular is spectacular <a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/EKindling/TeacherTrainingDebrief#.22Vernacular_is_spectacular.22">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/EKindling/TeacherTrainingDebrief#.22Vernacular_is_spectacular.22</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt">Curiosity at play<br><a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/EKindling/TeacherTrainingDebrief#.22Curiosity_at_play.22">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/EKindling/TeacherTrainingDebrief#.22Curiosity_at_play.22</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt">This is OUR project<br><a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/EKindling/TeacherTrainingDebrief#.22This_is_OUR_project.22">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/EKindling/TeacherTrainingDebrief#.22This_is_OUR_project.22</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt">Champion Teachers<br><a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/EKindling/TeacherTrainingDebrief#.22Champion_Teachers.22">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/EKindling/TeacherTrainingDebrief#.22Champion_Teachers.22</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt"><br>3. Muzcovado Project - MOA signing with Asia Pacific College</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt">"The Muscovado project aims to develop localized educational content for, and support deployments of, the Sugar Learning Platform in the Philippines. By promoting the innovative use of this technology, we hope to encourage collaborative learning and critical thinking, leading to a quality education for our children."</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt"><a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Muscovado_Project">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Muscovado_Project</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/26xwbpw">http://tinyurl.com/26xwbpw</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt"><br>4. The first 100 XO Laptops were purchased for OLPC/eKindling deployment in the Philippines! </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt"><br>5. eKindling is now officially incorporated in the Philippines!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt"><br>Watch out for the upcoming events. Excited about doing their part on this big change? Be a part of this deployment email us at <a href="mailto:community@ekindling.org">community@ekindling.org</a> .</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt">-- <br>Cheers,<br>@marife<br><br><a href="mailto:mmago@ekindling.org" target="_blank">mmago@ekindling.org</a><br><a href="http://www.ekindling.org/" target="_blank">http://www.ekindling.org</a><br>
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