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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana;">Hi all!<br>
<br>
I have been scanning those emails with lots of curiosity the past week<br>
and yes, today is the day to participate in this vibrant discussion...<br>
<br>
..a few things I would like to 'talk' about<br>
<br>
<b>1 - the PDF</b> ..yes great idea. I agree that it sounds a bit static, old
fashion and not really 'open source', web 2.0...but hey...it is so useful! <br>
<br>
I am a Dutch Architect, living in </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana;">Africa</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana;"> at the moment.....being here I realized how lucky
we are in America/Europe to have a great and fast connection. Here in Africa we
never know if the next 5 minutes will be on or off.....so imagine (using Tom's
-great idea btw- example) of using WPMU with all the info....and the text
doesn't load, the pages don't work and the internet is down....<br>
.....to have a down loadable PDF would be great. <br>
<br>
I have been teaching (art, leadership, photography, blogging) students in the
slums here the past months and experienced that information on the projector is
so much more interesting for them then another hand out...so I would actually
suggest that besides the PDF there be downloadable Powerpoint presentations (al
though the file size -we pay per used bit!- might become a problem) with
specific topics. This could, through slideshare be a little less static then a
link to a PDF.</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana;">Language that is being used in a guide is extremely
important. Students are often so bright about innovation and have their own way
of explaining things to their peers…I would suggest that for example the pieces
for students are made BY students<br>
<br>
<b>2 – Content guide </b>I would definitely want to see a piece on Wordpress
and mobile use in the guide! Mobile technology in </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana;">Africa</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana;"> is the future! In underprivileged
communities…almost nobody has a personal computer…almost everybody has a mobile
phone!<b></b></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font size="2"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana;">3 – Automattic and education</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana;"><br>
regarding your mail, Jim and the speculations around Automattic and the
intention of opening up this list….I can just say…thank you Automattic…I would
have never found that closed education list you are talking about Jim, but I
did find this one! </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font size="2"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana;">4 – Wordpress MU 4 humanity!</span></b></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana;">I need some tips from this clever community! The students
and I keep a blog: <a href="http://lovetotheworld.org/">http://lovetotheworld.org</a>
….</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana;">What's next? The underprivileged students are learning to
blog, we now want to start a WPMU at the domain that I own <a href="http://students4humanity.com">students4humanity.com</a> or <a href="http://blogs4humanity.com">blogs4humanity.com</a> (at the moment
there is nothing there yet!)<span style=""> </span>and make
this site a place where blogging students from Africa can meet blogging
students from all over the world, with the purpose of empowering youth by youth,
creating a sense of connectiveness, awareness, sharing of ideas and creating
actions around transformation in this world, with the end goals….the millennium
goals….eradication of poverty. <span style=""> </span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana;">I am an architect (meaning….an old fashion architect, the
one that designs buildings, not the modern 'information architect') ….technology
is one of my passions… but hey I would need technical help (or time to do it
myself) to set this up in a powerful way.</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font size="2"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana;">Let me start by asking…</span></b></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana;">Would anybody be interested to be involved with this
project? What tips do you have? Would any of your students be interested to get
involved? Does anybody in this community have templates that I can use? </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana;">(also a note regarding funding…we need more computers,
internet or mobile phones to really make this happen here and in different
parts in the developing world…so if you have any ideas on this, let me know…)</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana;">let me know if you want more information about this project..
</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana;">and for now…do tell your students to be inspired by the
stories and photographs of those underprivileged children here in </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana;">Africa</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana;">…and have them leave some comments
behind for the students!</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana;">Cheers!</span></font><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana;"><font size="2"><br></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana;"><b><font style="font-family: verdana,sans-serif;" size="2">Frerieke</font></b></span></p>
-- <br><span style="font-family: verdana,sans-serif;">Frerieke van Bree</span><br style="font-family: verdana,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.lovetotheworld.org">www.lovetotheworld.org</a></span><br style="font-family: verdana,sans-serif;">
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