On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 11:57 AM, Timothy Falconer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Last week, Waveplace finished our pilot in Immokalee, Florida. We'll > be posting student storybooks soon, but for now you can watch our > first Florida video, which gives a taste of our "improv theater" > teaching style: > > http://waveplace.com/locations/florida/movie.jsp?id=79 > > There are also several newspaper and radio reports on our press page: > > http://waveplace.com/news/press/ > > as well as a few articles in our latest newsletter: > > http://waveplace.com/news/newsletter/web.jsp?id=8 > > Today we start our pilot near Rivas, Nicaragua. We're using Spanish- > keyboard XOs and solar panels this time, since the school has no > electricity.
Can you provide details of your solar installations? We want to understand cost per user, how reliable solar power is (depending on weather), and other issues. > Our three Waveplace mentors flew in last night and will > begin teaching the teachers today. The kids get their laptops tomorrow. You say you use an improv style, but I assume you also have training materials. Where are they, and can others use them? > We've also created a Waveplace channel on YouTube, where you can find > all of our videos: > > http://www.youtube.com/waveplace > > Please leave comments and rank us, as we can use all the publicity we > can get. > > Take care, > Tim > > -- > Timothy Falconer > Waveplace Foundation > http://waveplace.com > 610-797-3100 > > _______________________________________________ > Etoys mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/etoys > -- Silent Thunder [ 默雷 / शब्दगर्ज ] is my name, And Children are my nation. The Cosmos is my dwelling place, And Truth my destination. _______________________________________________ Olpc-open mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-open
