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The following are [http://identi.ca/olpc dents]/[http://twitter.com/olpc tweets] suggested for the OLPC microblog. Please assist [[Brenda Wallace]] volunteering/editing here! |
The following are [http://identi.ca/olpc dents]/[http://twitter.com/olpc tweets] suggested for the OLPC microblog. Please assist [[Brenda Wallace]] volunteering/editing here! |
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If you can help with long-form writing, please help the [[Blog preview|similar effort is now underway]] to give [http://blog.laptop.org OLPC's official blog] a far stronger voice. |
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== Tweets / Dents == |
== Tweets / Dents == |
Revision as of 22:50, 4 October 2009
The following are dents/tweets suggested for the OLPC microblog. Please assist Brenda Wallace volunteering/editing here!
If you can help with long-form writing, please help the similar effort is now underway to give OLPC's official blog a far stronger voice.
Tweets / Dents
These are ready to go (pending approval)
- Sugar - Not necessarily unhealthy! German Master Thesis on the Sugar Learning Environment: http://dimeb.informatik.uni-bremen.de/content/view/567/188/
- Rwanda forges ahead with IT goals (BBC) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/click_online/8285496.stm (video: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/click_online/8286918.stm )
- Bold Rwanda takes broadband leap: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8266290.stm
- New Zealand #OLPC volunteers will be at #kiwipycon (Python programmers conference) in Christchurch November 7th & 8th http://nz.pycon.org/
- The Innovator's Opportunity - Interview with Mary Lou Jepsen on Screen technologies, including #OLPC XOs http://www.olpcnews.com/hardware/screen/the_innovators_opportunity.html
- #OLPC Pilot in Sri Lanka (Sunday Times lk) http://www.sundaytimes.lk/091004/Plus/plus_01.html
- NYC OLPC/Sugar Event, Sun Oct 18! Details forthcoming @ http://bit.ly/olpcny
- San Diego is giving a laptop to every 3rd Grader: http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/special-reports/special-reports-articles/index.cfm?i=60608&page=1 (subscription required)
- XO 1.5 pre-release review: http://www.siliconmadness.com/2009/10/olpc-xo-15-beta-2-version-available-for.html
Proposed Topics/Stories
need shortening or more info
- Curling Up With Hybrid Books, Videos Included--Book publishers looking to embrace the age of the iPhone, Kindle and YouTube are creating “vooks,” which intersperse videos throughout electronic text that can be read — and viewed — online: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/01/books/01book.html
- Uruguay's Plan Ceibal: The world's most ambitious roll-out of educational technologies? http://blogs.worldbank.org/edutech/videos/uruguays-plan-ceibal-the-worlds-most-ambitious-roll-out-of-educational-technologies
- Impressive Public PowerPoint converted to PDF and posted to the bottom of: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/ClassActs/Resources
- Education in Uruguay: Laptops for all (Economist, Oct 1 -- not the most profound article, but interesting) http://www.economist.com/world/americas/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14558609
- OLPC in Bhutan? http://www.kuenselonline.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=13608
Sent
- Can a laptop change the world? (BBC - 22 Sept) http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/technology/2009/09/can_a_laptop_change_the_world.html #OLPC Shiny 22:16, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
- XO 1.5: Create, Collaborate, Contribute: http://blog.laptop.org/2009/09/28/xo-1-5-create-collaborate-contribute/ #OLPC Shiny 04:02, 3 October 2009 (UTC)
- Technology & One Laptop Per Child movement key factors in Rwanda's economic growth (UK Telegraph): http://ur1.ca/csit #olpc Shiny 21:31, 3 October 2009 (UTC)
- #OLPC in Uruguay - 380,000 laptops delivered for children and their teachers http://youtube.com/watch?v=glz2I84JafA Shiny 23:44, 3 October 2009 (UTC)
- Wired Science: Teen’s DIY Energy Hacking Gives African Village New Hope http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/10/kamwamba-windmill/ Shiny 01:20, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
- #OLPC will be at "Teaching Open Source Summit" Oct 29-30 in Toronto. http://teachingopensource.org/index.php/TOSS09 Shiny 04:24, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
- Kenyan Children Receive Their #OLPC Laptops http://olpc.tv/2009/09/23/kenyan-children-receive-their-olpc-laptops/ !olpc Shiny 08:37, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
- OLPC XO 1.5 Beta 2 Version Available For Contributors: http://www.siliconmadness.com/2009/10/olpc-xo-15-beta-2-version-available-for.html Shiny 20:47, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
- Aussie Northern Territory: Computer dream sees light of day (1 Oct) http://ur1.ca/cswx #OLPC Shiny 22:42, 4 October 2009 (UTC)