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