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The weekly zine is an online formatted weekly covering the latest news from around the OLPC and related comunities.
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A trial run was carried out in early 2008:
Currently: [[Weekly zine/proposed urls]]
* [[Weekly zine/0]] | [[Weekly zine/1|later draft]]


''see also: [[OLPC:xoxo]], [[OLPC:News]]''
== XO Magazine ==
Milestones for 2008:
* Jan 20th-Sunday : First edition - Public Announcement and seeing out to the mailing lists.
* Jan 19th-Saturday : pre-final copy to Phil for copy editing.
* Jan 19th-Saturday : All articles and text due to Seth for compilation.
* Jan 15th to 18th : Gathering of community activities and summaries.
* Jan 13th to 15th : [[Talk:Weekly_zine|Discussions]] , [[Weekly_zine/proposed urls|URL/Names]], and gathering input, about [[Talk:Weekly_zine|format, volunteers, and ideas]].


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== Contact info ==
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| style="padding:0px;background:#CCDDFF;border:2px;border-bottom:2px #BBCCEE solid;border-top:2px #BBCCEE solid;text-align:center" colspan=2 | Zine Volunteers - Editorial Board
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Editor-in-feathered-hat: <br/>
Copy-editor/Proof reader: <br/>
Interview/profiles: <br/>
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Media/Press: <br/>
Wiki Summary: <br/>
Software/development: <br/>
Education/research: <br/>
Mailing List/annoucements:<br/>
l10n and support updates: <br/>
Country and trial schools: <br/>
Admins, vandals, whatnot: <br/>
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Translations: <br/>

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[[User:Sethwoodworth|Seth]] (irc:isforinsects)<br/>
[[User:Phil|Phil B.]] (irc : Phil_Bordelon)<br/>
[[User:Sethwoodworth|Seth]] (irc : isforinsects) <br/>
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[[User:Sethwoodworth|Seth]] (irc : isforinsects)<br/>
[[User:IainDavidson|Iain D]] (irc : IainD)<br/>
[[User:Phil|Phil B.]] (irc : Phil_Bordelon)<br/>
[[User:Mchua|Mel]] (irc : mchua)<br/>
[[User:?|vacant]] (irc : ?)<br/>
[[User:Adricnet|Adric]] (irc : adric_work)<br/>
[[User:?|vacant]] (irc : ?)<br/>
[[User:Firefoxman|Firefoxman]] (irc : ffm)<br/>
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?[[User:Sj|SJ Klein]] ?<br/>
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=== Sections ===
* Media/Press updates
* Summarize of various active areas.
** OLPC Mailing lists
** OLPC Wiki updates
** OLPC news
** OLPC forum
** OLPC chat
** Other announcements, Newly formed or active project updates.
* Country/trials/schools - news from XO Laptop siets.
* Personal focus: interview, background
* Education/research projects
* XO photo of the week.
** only 1 or 2
** Sized to fit side-by-side on page)
** Or scattered on the page(s)

(See Discussion page for details on [[Talk:Weekly_zine|what's to come]] !)

== First issue articles ==

== Education/Research ==

* Intro to Papert's work
* Reprint of the canonical "Negroponte + rural kids with laptops" story that inspired OLPC years and years ago
* Reprint (try to get author permission) of the India computer-in-the-wall story
* Introducing grassroots groups (possibly spotlight 1-2)
** India
** Peru(?)
** Nepal
** Philippines
** Austria (case-sewing party)
** Taiwan
** USA
*** SeaXO
*** CMU games
*** MIT media lab (Mako, etc.)
*** Olin?
*** IMSA?
* Quick summary of pilot classroom field reports over the last year
* Teacher comments

Latest revision as of 16:50, 6 May 2008

The weekly zine is an online formatted weekly covering the latest news from around the OLPC and related comunities.

A trial run was carried out in early 2008:

see also: OLPC:xoxo, OLPC:News

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