[IAEP] O(LPC) Canada! Saturday Community Brunch in Toronto!

Holt holt at laptop.org
Tue Nov 23 21:19:13 EST 2010


One Laptop per Child / Sugar Community Brunch!

All are invited to come join us Saturday morning, if you believe you can 
have an impact unleashing 21st century education, to discuss the very 
latest on:

     * OLPC San Francisco's global community summit recapped: 
http://saigonolpc.wordpress.com/2010/11/16/happy-birthday-olpc-project/
     * Belinda Stronach's highly impressive "Trans Canada" launch, not 
yet 2 months old: http://olpcCanada.com
     * Upper Canada College's brave volunteers, managing their exemplar 
relationship with Kenya's http://ntugiSchool.com -- who can Canadians 
everywhere emulate these real-world heroes?
     * Our Global OLPC/Sugar Community's Mapmaking Sprint, coming Dec 
27-31 in Boston, shining deeply inspiring light on all deployments 
globally: http://olpcMAP.net
     * OLPC Consultant Jennifer Martino will summarize her very 
impressive Nicaragua and Argentina accomplishments, and exciting new 
Canadian opportunities: http://olpcSF.org/CommunitySummit2010/people.php
     * How can we Each better support the Sugar Learning Environment, 
and its possible evolution towards iPad-like tablets: 
http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/sugar-devel/2010-November/thread.html#28601
     * What's really going on in that Little Mosque on the Pairie :)  
Beyond that Friendly Manitoba gossip: 
http://olpcnews.com/hardware/keyboard/olpc_winnipeg_joyous_xo_laptop.html
     * At what point will the educational-industrial complex start to 
take us seriously?  Strategically, beyond core Canadian innovators like: 
http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/toronto-dev
     * What do Each of US want to take from (and Make of) Canada's 
premier open source educational movement, in the decade to come: 
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Canada

Downtown Toronto (or nearby) Restaurant to be announced shortly -- 
likely around 11AM Saturday November 27 -- see you there and bring those 
who take exploratory learning at all ages seriously!!!


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