Will there be an online participation option for those that can't travel that far? Can you video stream it? Thanks Tabitha
On 8 December 2010 04:17, Holt <[email protected]> wrote: > Beyond Boston's olpcMAP Sprint / Summit itself (previewed below, > beautifying the 2-month old http://olpcMAP.net built entirely by > volunteers) also watch for: > > * How to Mash Up olpcMAP(s) into Your Own site/app > * Integrating OLPC/Sugar service learning volunteers into Your Own > community > * 20-30 confirmed participants (RSVP required) from around the US and > beyond: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OlpcMAP#Attendees > * Connecting with the actual OLPC/Sugar volunteers who coordinate in > over 50 countries, each doing "God's Work" in their own way > * Deployments' facts+photos you've never seen, and how CMU Nick Doiron > created this map now unleashing them > * New API & Data Model evolving: > http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OlpcMAP/data-api > * Web 2.0 interfaces emerging: http://olpcMAP.net/community > * Marina Dzobnova's professional survey asking deployments, children, > parents and teachers how THEY want themselves & their schools visually > getting to know each others' accomplishments, on http://olpcMAP.net > > > Subject: OLPC hosting global mapmaking event Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 > 00:38:48 -0800 (PST) From: Nick Doiron > <[email protected]><[email protected]> To: > CrisisCampBoston > <[email protected]><[email protected]> > > One Laptop Per Child's office in Cambridge is hosting an olpcMAP > Sprint / Summit from December 27th-31st. > > [ http://saigonolpc.wordpress.com ] > [ http://wiki.laptop.org/go/olpcMAP ] > > Topics will include: > > * Digital mapping with the OLPC laptop, including offline maps > platform supporting GeoRSS and KML (formats of Ushahidi and Google > Earth) http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Ndoiron/OfflineMap > > * Use of http://olpcMAP.net to map and network schools which use OLPC > laptops and the Sugar operating system. The website and the laptops' > software are free and open source. > > * Using the online map as a medium for photos, storytelling, and > updates from local communities around the world > > OLPC has shipped two million laptops to schools around the world, > including Haiti, Afghanistan, and other crisis-stricken regions. > Educating students about the power of mapmaking and creating a > communications / content portal serve the long-term interests of > CrisisCommons. There has also been discussion of adults using the > laptops to run Ushahidi and Sahana on a low-cost, low-power, and > resilient system. > > Please RSVP if you would like to attend part of our map sprint. > Content-creation is going to be a major focus of December 28-29 > events, so it would be great if some of the crisis mapping community > could be there. > > Regards, > Nick Doiron > Civil Engineering Class of 2011 > Carnegie Mellon University > > -- > Help kids everywhere map their world, at http://olpcMAP.net ! > > Or change your options / unsubscribe here: > http://groups.google.com/group/olpcMAPmakers >
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