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Internet-in-a-Box 3X Faster on Raspberry Pi 4</i></b></font></div><div style="text-align:center" dir="auto"><font size="4"><b><i><br></i></b></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font size="4"><b><i>F</i></b></font><b style="font-size:large;font-style:italic">or Rural Schools, Libraries and Medical Clinics</b></div><div><br></div><div>
When clickbait-driven misinformation puts journalism, human rights (and democracy itself) at risk
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where do we turn?</div><div><br></div><div>Communities around the planet are taking the future into their own hands —
crafting their own purpose-built digital libraries to...</div><div><br></div><div style="text-align:center"><i><b><font size="4">Bring essential / endangered / indigenous knowledge and learning rights to life</font></b></i></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><i>Announcing Internet-in-a-Box 7.0
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with offline Wikipedia, offline Khan Academy, RACHEL content packs —
and tons more...</i></div><div><ul><li style="margin-left:15px">Pick a subset of the <a href="https://github.com/iiab/iiab/tree/master/roles/internetarchive#internet-archive-universal-library--decentralized-web-readme" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">Internet Archive Offline</a> from some of the greatest libraries around the world.</li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif">Install an <a href="https://github.com/iiab/iiab/wiki/IIAB-Maps" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">IIAB Map Pack</a> for your favorite continent, with satellite photos across 10 levels of zoom, and natural/human geography visible across 15-to-19 levels of zoom. (OpenStreetMap vector maps are</span><span style="font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif"> like</span><span style="font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif"> </span>Google Maps, but better for schools especially<span style="font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif">, as</span> they work offline and avoid the advertising!)</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Involve MediaMaking tools<span style="font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif"> like Nextcloud 17's <a href="https://youtu.be/Nr7cGN6ZJM0" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">offline collaboratives editor</a></span><span style="font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif"> (like</span><span style="font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif"> Google Docs) helping students learn modern/team workflows.</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif">Explore </span>electronics projects with <a href="https://nodered.org/blog/2019/09/30/version-1-0-released" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">Node-Red 1.0</a> flow-based / event-driven visual programming.</li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-family:roboto,arial,sans-serif">Set up an <a href="https://github.com/iiab/iiab/tree/master/roles/gitea#gitea-readme" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">"offline GitHub"</a> to teach coding-with-a-conscience where there's no Internet, nurturing the next generation of free and open developers!</span></li></ul></div><div>DIY'ing your own "Library of Alexandria" is that easy —<span style="font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif"> f</span><span style="font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif">or any local</span> schools, libraries, health clinics and/or family of your choosing.</div><div><br></div><div>Simply drag and drop the best of the World Free Knowledge Content Packs, using<span style="font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif"> Internet-in-a-Box installed on any</span> $35 Raspberry Pi 4 computer:</div><div><br></div><div style="text-align:center"><font size="4"><b><i>Building your own offline library is now easier than ever</i></b></font></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks Everyone for weaving in the (g)local knowledge ecosystems that matter most — both the Internet's crown jewels (Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap,
Khan Academy,
etc) AND countless lesser-known environmental / indigenous<span style="font-family:sans-serif"> cultural content vitals.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:sans-serif">You can even u</span>pdate to the latest Content Packs, bringing your rural Internet-in-a-Box into the city every semester, using almost any home Internet connection e.g. to download the very latest Wikipedia etc!</div><div><font face="sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="sans-serif">Please read about Internet-in-a-Box</font> 7.0's new capabilities making this all possible: <a href="https://github.com/iiab/iiab/wiki/IIAB-7.0-Release-Notes" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" style="text-align:center" target="_blank"><b><font size="4" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)">IIAB 7.0 Release Notes</font></b></a></div><div><div><br></div><div>And try it out, <a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/IIAB/FAQ#What_are_the_best_places_for_community_support.3F" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">asking us</a> any questions!</div><div><br></div><div>Internet-in-a-Box (IIAB) 7.0 represents 7+ months of work since IIAB 6.7 —<span style="font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif"> </span>and we're very proud to offer this to you for free!</div><div><div><br></div><div>Thanks to some amazing free/open source work from <a href="https://github.com/iiab/iiab/wiki/IIAB-7.0-Release-Notes#credits" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">professional volunteers around the world</a>, who are servicing and learning from the <a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/IIAB/FAQ#Where_is_Internet-in-a-Box_used.3F" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">more than 20 countries</a> where IIAB is in use, in partially <span style="font-family:sans-serif">offline and fully offline environments both.</span></div><div><br></div><div>And...if you're not yet familiar with Internet-in-a-Box (IIAB), watch our videos to get acquainted: <b style="text-align:center"><a href="http://internet-in-a-box.org/" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"><font size="4" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)">http://internet-in-a-box.org</font></a></b></div></div><div><br></div><div style="text-align:center"><i><b><font size="4">Last but not least, consider our personal INVITATION...</font></b></i></div><div><br></div><div>1) The Internet-in-a-Box (IIAB) Community Summit will be in Boston November 7-10, in conjunction with Wikipedia North America's <a href="http://wikiconference.org/" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">http://wikiconference.org</a> at MIT. To attend, please reply privately to this email, so we can help you make arrangements. Building on our 2017 <a href="http://off.network/" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">http://OFF.NETWORK</a> "med/ucational" content hackathon, we'll demo our new offline versions of <a href="https://en.unesco.org/womeninafrica/" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://en.unesco.org/womeninafrica/</a> inviting all to do similar, learning how easy it is to now <b>roll your own</b> environmental/indigenous/etc Content Packs!</div><div><br></div></div><div><div>2) Whether you're on the technology, humanitarian or field implementation side of learning rights, do consider helping us refine the upcoming <a href="https://github.com/iiab/iiab/milestone/6" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">IIAB 7.1</a>. Here's a list of <a href="https://github.com/iiab/iiab/wiki/IIAB-7.0-Release-Notes#what-might-future-versions-bring" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">just a few of the advances</a> now being considered and worked on, that we'd really love your help architecting and polishing for early 2020!</div><div><br></div><div><div><div>3) Join any of our Thursday Internet-in-a-Box Live Community Calls (<a href="http://minutes.iiab.io/" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">http://minutes.iiab.io</a>) to learn about and contribute to everyone's high-quality free and open knowledge ecosystems — typically held 10AM NYC Time — in alliance with Wikipedia, Kiwix, OpenStreetMap, Kolibri (formerly Khan Academy Lite) and amazing others~</div></div></div></div></div></div>
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