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<div class="moz-text-html" lang="x-western">Can we give the world's
poorest schools "Solar-powered micro-clouds" ? Join our early
demo BBQ/Brunch to find out:<br>
<br>
11AM SATURDAY SEP 22 (autumn begins!)<br>
Elora, Ontario -- 1+ hr West of Toronto<br>
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</i>RSVP for directions and/or if you need a ride from Toronto,
Thanks ! Volunteers will be presenting their progress on an
exciting new Community School Server, evolving out of OLPC's
open-source XS project:<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1dnhU2F6EntepVXTgN8QpkME8fZVUuPjcCoMUfAVKbcc">https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1dnhU2F6EntepVXTgN8QpkME8fZVUuPjcCoMUfAVKbcc</a><br>
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This new more modular approach incorporates schools' ongoing
feedback from Haiti, Philippines, Jamaica, Madagascar, Australia
& beyond -- while building on OLPC's original <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/School_server">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/School_server</a><br>
<br>
<b>Teachers/hackers/volunteers/principals/educators especially
welcome</b> to come take a look, exploring the early demo en
route to San Francisco's global summit & hack sprint in a
month (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://olpcSF.org/summit">http://olpcSF.org/summit</a>).
Please ask questions to help us all get ready!<br>
<br>
* how specifically can an open school server strengthen poor
schools worldwide?<br>
* giving them free & open tools to build tight learning
communities of teachers/parents/admins & kids?<br>
* where do librarians, curators & scout leaders critically
fit in to a global culture of DIY learning?<br>
* must 3rd world schools sit idly by as cloud-computing /
iPhoney revolutions pass them by?<br>
* what global culture+institutions will best sustain true
grassroots learning?<br>
<br>
<b>Technical/Red Hat/Fedora folks</b> are invited to join our
efforts and meet developers providing a firsthand look at our
early Community School Server Demo:<br>
<br>
* breaking apart OLPC's monolithic XS install into its core
component / separate feature sets<br>
* porting XS 0.7 from CentOS to the faster-moving Fedora 17
(which also runs on super-low power ARM processors like the 4-Watt
XO-1.75 !)<br>
* permitting easy migration to i386 and 64-bit platforms, and
trivially to new versions of Fedora (so we won't again be stuck on
Fedora 9 for 2+ yrs, etc)<br>
* encouraging flexible features your school can add without
harming the rest, EG:<br>
- WebDAV: <i>permits teachers to share files with students
& one another</i><br>
- client-server user interface: <i>GUI administration by
regular teachers, across network</i><br>
- book server: <i>easier integration of Pathagar-like
libraries of free ebooks</i><br>
- Moodle's LMS: <i>proven free source (e)Learning
Management System</i><i>, keep classes organized!</i><br>
<i><br>
</i>Remember to RSVP for directions and/or if you need a ride from
Toronto. Those who cannot attend are strongly encouraged to post
questions at <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://schoolserver.wordpress.com/blog">http://schoolserver.wordpress.com/blog</a>
and on <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel">http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel</a> where we'll
be documenting our progress soon, THANKS<i>!</i><i><br>
</i><br>
--<br>
Help kids everywhere map their world, at <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://olpcMAP.net">http://olpcMAP.net</a><br>
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