[Server-devel] It's An Etoys Project! [LIVE, Monday 12 Noon NYC Time]

[Adam Holt]

*Live in 40min:* thanks all for bringing serious questions to Rita & Bert
Freudenberg's "kids-are-my-career" experience !


On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 10:16 AM, Adam Holt <holt at laptop.org> wrote:

> Who can remember the early years of OLPC, when Etoys was considered as the
> "kids' operating system" for all XO laptops, prior to Sugar?  Come learn
> the true story behind this powerful ongoing adventure, that arose from Alan
> Kay's infamous 1972 "Dynabook" demo, and whose legacy continues as Etoys
> today turns kids into visual programmers fast --- in Haiti, Philippines,
> Zambia, Uruguay, and far beyond.  What have WE learned on this
> extraordinary chautauqua, and consequently what's the future of Etoys?
>
> Please come meet the husband and wife dream team so instrumental in making
> this happen, Rita & Bert Freudenberg, bringing them your questions to our
> live video Hangout On Air, Monday August 19, at Noon EDT/NYC Time: (1600UTC)
>
>    http://youtube.com/unleashkids
>
> Details:
>
>    http://blog.unleashkids.org/hangouts
>    https://plus.google.com/events/cmf0d8lh6338it860ogfnjaits4
>
> Live questions can help us all seize the day: please Tweet using the
> hashtag #unleashkids --- or email questions privately to the all-volunteer
> team making this possible: contact at unleashkids.org.
>
> Finally, THANKS to the silent "humanitarian soldiers" bringing this untold
> grassroots learning transformation increasingly out into the open, *unleashing
> one kid at a time,* in the most unforeseen circumstances.  E.G. in the
> immediate aftermath of Haiti's 2010 earthquake, where Bill Stelzer worked
> with kids unlocking their XOs and Etoys, needing authentic digital
> expression as one very spiritual way out of the misery.  Thanks all for
> joining this trenchant conversation, and mark your calendars for the Alan
> Kay Demo(cracies) of 2022 and 2072, humbly prep'ing our species for the
> next earthquakes-in-learning where you can:
>
>    "If children are to keep alive their inborn sense of wonder, they need
> the
>    companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with
>    them the joy, excitement, and mystery of the world we live in." Rachel
> Carson
>
> --
> Unsung Heroes of OLPC, interviewed live @ http://unleashkids.org !
>



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Unsung Heroes of OLPC, interviewed live @ http://unleashkids.org !
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