Am 01.05.2011 08:20, schrieb Bert Freudenberg: > > On 01.05.2011, at 07:22, David Farning wrote: > >> Yesterday was have picture perfect start to eduJAM! >> >> The day was planned by the Ceibal-volunteer associations as part of their >> annual (sometime biannual) meeting. For lack of a better word, my Spanish is >> still rather fuzzy, I will use the term Ceibal-volunteer associations to >> describe Ceibal-Jam, Rap-Ceibal, and Flordeceibo. >> >> Many of us in Sugar Labs are familiar with Ceibal-Jam, the software-arm of >> the project, from the public work at http://ceibaljam.org/ . Particularly >> interesting is their work on Sugar activities at >> http://ceibaljam.org/drupal/?q=lista_proyectos . >> >> Rap-Ceibal is the volunteer support organization. There public work is at >> http://rapceibal.blogspot.com/ . They are doing really interesting work >> creating regional centers. Basic service and support happens in the schools, >> while more complicated or specialized service and support happen in the >> regional centers. It is a great model. >> >> Thirdly, Flordeceibo, is the education arm that builds on the technical work >> of Ceibal-Jam, Rap-Ceibal, and other organization to enable a efficient and >> effective education for student in Uruguay. http://www.flordeceibo.edu.uy/ >> >> The morning started with the groups giving status reports of current >> projects and roadmaps for next year. It was a great example of people >> saying, 'we see a problem and we are trying to fix it.' >> >> The afternoon was a series of videoconferences with distant schools. Groups >> from various school shared their experiences and concern. This was followed >> by an open discussion on how to meet their needs. >> >> Midafternoon we broke up and shared a meal, ( The proper translation for the >> dish was 'delicious heart attack on a plate' ) with others planning on >> attending the Tour of Uruguay. >> >> Overall two thumbs up to everyone involved. As special shout out to Antel, a >> Uruguayan telecommunications firm, for providing the facilities -- which >> included an video conferencing system that would make any hacker want to get >> in there and take in apart to figure out how it works :) The moderator, >> Latise (sp?) did an outstanding job of keeping the program running smoothly >> and on schedule. Which can be harder than it appeared when you have a room >> full of smart, curious, and passionate people. >> >> david > > Second that. It was very refreshing to see all these different volunteer > groups doing great stuff, even if my missing Spanish skills did not allow me > to understand much ;) > > Also, when we left the building, we were greeted by an awesome drum-and-dance > performance: > > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9643745/2011-UY-Dance1.mp4
Caryl also set up a blog at http://olpcuruguay2011.wordpress.com where a couple of us are documenting the experiences and impressions we make at the tour and summit. Christoph -- Christoph Derndorfer co-editor, www.olpcnews.com e-mail: christ...@olpcnews.com _______________________________________________ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel