*Install Internet-in-a-Box 3X Faster on Raspberry Pi 4* *F**or Rural Schools, Libraries and Medical Clinics*
When clickbait-driven misinformation puts journalism, human rights (and democracy itself) at risk — where do we turn? Communities around the planet are taking the future into their own hands — crafting their own purpose-built digital libraries to... *Bring essential / endangered / indigenous knowledge and learning rights to life* *Announcing Internet-in-a-Box 7.0 — with offline Wikipedia, offline Khan Academy, RACHEL content packs — and tons more...* - Pick a subset of the Internet Archive Offline <https://github.com/iiab/iiab/tree/master/roles/internetarchive#internet-archive-universal-library--decentralized-web-readme> from some of the greatest libraries around the world. - Install an IIAB Map Pack <https://github.com/iiab/iiab/wiki/IIAB-Maps> 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 like Google Maps, but better for schools especially, as they work offline and avoid the advertising!) - Involve MediaMaking tools like Nextcloud 17's offline collaboratives editor <https://youtu.be/Nr7cGN6ZJM0> (like Google Docs) helping students learn modern/team workflows. - Explore electronics projects with Node-Red 1.0 <https://nodered.org/blog/2019/09/30/version-1-0-released> flow-based / event-driven visual programming. - Set up an "offline GitHub" <https://github.com/iiab/iiab/tree/master/roles/gitea#gitea-readme> to teach coding-with-a-conscience where there's no Internet, nurturing the next generation of free and open developers! DIY'ing your own "Library of Alexandria" is that easy — for any local schools, libraries, health clinics and/or family of your choosing. Simply drag and drop the best of the World Free Knowledge Content Packs, using Internet-in-a-Box installed on any $35 Raspberry Pi 4 computer: *Building your own offline library is now easier than ever* 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 cultural content vitals. You can even update 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! Please read about Internet-in-a-Box 7.0's new capabilities making this all possible: *IIAB 7.0 Release Notes* <https://github.com/iiab/iiab/wiki/IIAB-7.0-Release-Notes> And try it out, asking us <http://wiki.laptop.org/go/IIAB/FAQ#What_are_the_best_places_for_community_support.3F> any questions! Internet-in-a-Box (IIAB) 7.0 represents 7+ months of work since IIAB 6.7 — and we're very proud to offer this to you for free! Thanks to some amazing free/open source work from professional volunteers around the world <https://github.com/iiab/iiab/wiki/IIAB-7.0-Release-Notes#credits>, who are servicing and learning from the more than 20 countries <http://wiki.laptop.org/go/IIAB/FAQ#Where_is_Internet-in-a-Box_used.3F> where IIAB is in use, in partially offline and fully offline environments both. And...if you're not yet familiar with Internet-in-a-Box (IIAB), watch our videos to get acquainted: *http://internet-in-a-box.org <http://internet-in-a-box.org/>* *Last but not least, consider our personal INVITATION...* 1) The Internet-in-a-Box (IIAB) Community Summit will be in Boston November 7-10, in conjunction with Wikipedia North America's http://wikiconference.org at MIT. To attend, please reply privately to this email, so we can help you make arrangements. Building on our 2017 http://OFF.NETWORK <http://off.network/> "med/ucational" content hackathon, we'll demo our new offline versions of https://en.unesco.org/womeninafrica/ inviting all to do similar, learning how easy it is to now *roll your own* environmental/indigenous/etc Content Packs! 2) Whether you're on the technology, humanitarian or field implementation side of learning rights, do consider helping us refine the upcoming IIAB 7.1 <https://github.com/iiab/iiab/milestone/6>. Here's a list of just a few of the advances <https://github.com/iiab/iiab/wiki/IIAB-7.0-Release-Notes#what-might-future-versions-bring> now being considered and worked on, that we'd really love your help architecting and polishing for early 2020! 3) Join any of our Thursday Internet-in-a-Box Live Community Calls ( http://minutes.iiab.io) 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~
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