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  • Squeakfest 2010

    cwithers | 1 year 1 week ago
    Come join us in the picturesque town of Wilmington North Carolina for Squeakfest 2010. This year we are gathering at the home of National Science Foundation's project USeIT (Using Squeak to Infuse Technology). Learn how Squeak Etoys is used in the K...
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  • "I'm taking these little guys to the Philippines!"
    cwithers | 1 year 1 week ago
    I guess I should have been clearer when I said "I'm taking these little guys to the Philippines." I wish I can take my little munchkins along with the little green wonders - XO Laptops courtesy of donors and OLPC's contributors program. But I think...
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  • OLPC and eKindling Philippines Rural Deployment: Birthplace of Something Special

    Ryan Letada | 43 weeks 2 days ago
    Serene. Full-of-Life. Promising. Words to describe the community of Lubang, Mindoro. This small, and remote island is home to approximately 28,000 thousand people or Lubanguenos. It is also the birthplace of something special - the first OLPC and...
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  • Can the XO Laptop Survive a typhoon?
    Ryan Letada | 43 weeks 2 days ago
    Can the XO Laptop survive a typhoon? The answer is YES! Ask Harv Viray, a faculty member of the University of the Philippines Diliman. His home in Pasig was flooded as Typhoon Ondoy battered Luzon. Although he made an attempt to save the XO laptop...
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  • eKindling presentation of Sugar and OLPC at Y4iT
    jgotangco | 1 year 1 week ago
    eKindling was invited to speak about the Sugar Learning Platform, One Laptop per Child project and eKindling at Y4iT 2009. Y4iT is an annual event spearheaded by the UP ITTC ( UP Information Technology Training Center), and is the premiere youth...
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  • Lesson learned from Squeakfest '09 Part 2 - "Kids Workshop"
    cwithers | 1 year 1 week ago
    Truth be told, I have an ego the size of Manhattan. Children have a way of giving you a reality check and make you realize that you don’t know jack. I found this out when I had my girls. They don’t even have to do anything but be themselves and ask...
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  • Lessons from Squeakfest 2009 - Part 1
    cwithers | 1 year 1 week ago
    This entry is long overdue. The delay is due in part to a week long vacation that I took. Another reason it took me this long to write this is because it was too hard to summarize the experience with just one blog entry, nor would it give justice to...
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