[OLPC_Boston] TODAY 5:30pm: OLPC Community Meetup @ Flat Top Johnny's, Cambridge

[jkleider at sonic.net]

Kamp Kleider  will be with you in spirit.
Best to all
June, Alex and Tanya


 TOPIC: great/growing OLPC community projects in Haiti, Jamaica,
> Madagascar & beyond!!
>
> Get to know some amazing opportunities in our very own North American
> CariBEANtown frontyard:
>
>   * how easy it is to fly to Haiti for (for as little as $59+tax) to
>     volunteer with truly great people
>   * how falling prices and increasing reach of 3G-and-better Internet is
>     quickly expanding opportunities in Haiti today
>   * how we organized a Professional Learning Community (PLC) among
>     semi-rural Haiti teachers+school directors
>   * how OpenStreetMap presents entirely new real-world learning project
>     opportunities:
>       o http://tapTapMap.org
>       o http://www.learnOSM.org
>       o http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Ndoiron/OfflineMap
>   * how English's expanding popularity in Haiti is making Creole &
>     French "courseware" even more complex than I imagined
>   * why so many are flying onto OLPC Jamaica next week:
>       o http://wiki.laptop.org/go/ALEARN_Network
>       o
> http://blog.laptop.org/2012/01/11/update-from-olpc-jamaica-in-august-town/
>   * how difficult + insanely valuable running a school and blogging
>     about it can be:
>       o http://BuildingASchool.org
>   * how you too can post to have worldwide impact
>       o http://planet.laptop.org
>       o http://planet.sugarlabs.org
>   * does everyone realize that famous 1980 "USA! USA!" chant really
>     stands for UNBELIEVABLE SUGAR ACTIVITIES? Someone *please* finally
>     fix Wikipedia here:
>       o http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U-S-A!_%28chant%29
>
>
> And everything else you want to ask of special guest OLPC
> implementer/photographer Laura de Reynal in person all the way from
> Madagascar & Paris!
>
> Myself I'm back from Haiti to Boston suddenly *this morning* and very
> much hope to C U/Y'all 5:30pm tonight Wedn Jan 25!
>
>      Flat Top Johnny's
>      1 Kendall Sq, Cambridge
>
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