[Toronto-dev] Fri Sept 21: OLPC BBQ & Community School Server Demo !

[Holt]

Volunteers will be presenting their progress on an exciting new 
Community School Server, a very new/evolving open-source project 
outlined here:

https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1dnhU2F6EntepVXTgN8QpkME8fZVUuPjcCoMUfAVKbcc

This new more modular approach incorporates schools' ongoing feedback 
from Haiti, Jamaica, Madagascar, Australia & beyond -- while building on 
OLPC's original http://wiki.laptop.org/go/School_server

Teachers/hackers/volunteers/principals of all stripe are especially 
welcome to come take a look, exploring the early demo in preparation for 
San Francisco's global summit & hack sprint in a month 
(http://olpcSF.org/summit).  Please ask any early questions to help us 
all get ready:

     * how specifically can an open school server strengthen poor 
schools worldwide?
     * giving them free & open tools to build tight learning communities 
of teachers/parents/admins & kids?
     * where do librarians, curators & scout leaders critically fit in 
to a global culture of DIY learning?
     * must 3rd world schools sit idly by as cloud-computing / iPhoney 
revolutions pass them by?
     * what global culture+institutions will best sustain true 
grassroots learning?

Dinner/Brunch will be somewhere secret between Waterloo/Elora/Guelph and 
downtown Toronto -- stay posted, details to be finalized soon in coming 
days !


/(*) last full day of summer may be moved!  From Fri Sept 21 to Thur 
Sept 20 or Sat Sept 22, ///based on popular demand / divine intervention 
=)  Those who cannot attend are strongly encouraged to post questions at 
http://schoolserver.wordpress.com/blog///THANKS-/

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Help kids everywhere map their world, at http://olpcMAP.net

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