[Toronto-dev] Sat Sept 22: 11AM BBQ/Brunch & Community School Server Demo !

[Holt]

BBQ/Brunch Location/Time Finalized:

   11AM SATURDAY SEP 22 (autumn begins!)
   Elora, Ontario -- 1+ hr West of Toronto
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/RSVP for directions and/or if you need a ride from Toronto, Thanks !


On 9/15/2012 3:07 PM, Holt wrote:
> 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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