RES: [squeakland] greetings from porto alegre!
Marta Voelcker
marta at pensamentodigital.org.br
Thu Jul 23 20:24:49 EDT 2009
Dear squeakers!
We had such a great Day here in Porto Alegre!
It is so wonderful to meet people that share the same dreams and are so
happy to get together and learn from each other.
About 240 people at least showed up today!
During the morning we were all in the main room ( auditorium), after lunch,
the three extra rooms, each one with 20 laptops, hosted several activities.
The conference got very interactive ( just the way we wanted!).
I am so happy that among participants there are many teachers and
coordinators form several cities, who had never heard about etoys before,
it is wonderful to have the possibility to get them immersed in this magic
squeakfest atmosphere !
Well, there is so much to tell but I am so tired!
I would like to thank form the bottom of my hart to all those that helped us
to make this happen and especially for Kim Rose that has encouraged us to
believe in this dream, go for it, and made it happen!
Here are some pictures:
http://www.indicefoto.com/modules/sala_imprensa_novo/index.php?evento=fest33
6
type the password fest336
and then click in ACEITO
more to come!
Kind regards,
marta
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De: squeakland-bounces at squeakland.org
[mailto:squeakland-bounces at squeakland.org] Em nome de Timothy Falconer
Enviada em: quinta-feira, 23 de julho de 2009 07:39
Para: squeakland at squeakland.org
Assunto: [squeakland] greetings from porto alegre!
Greetings from Porto Alegre, Brasil!
As I write this from breakfast, the sun is coming up over the city.
I'll soon be joined by the ten of us who have traveled here to
represent Squeakland Foundation and our respective Etoys
organizations. Most of us flew in yesterday, then met last night for a
wonderful dinner hosted by Intel, one of the conference sponsors.
It was very nice seeing everyone last night. While we speak frequently
together through Skype and Qwaq, there's nothing quite like meeting in
person. At dinner we had time to discuss ours lives outside Etoys,
getting to know each other in a way that's much harder to do through
the Internet.
Today should be quite a day. At this point, more than 280 people have
registered for the conference. Given that the main conference room
seats 250, it might be standing room only.
We plan to chat throughout the conference on Etoys chat channel
(http://chat.squeakland.org
), which you can read later at the chat log
(http://squeakland.org/sm/storybot
). Stop by and say hello so you can be part of the event, from
wherever you happen to be now. Have a look at the schedule
(http://squeakland.org/squeakfest/brasil/schedule/
) to follow along. We'll be getting the English translation of the
schedule up soon.
And remember, we're following up this conference in a few weeks with
another at UCLA in Los Angeles. Please come join us there. You can
register (http://squeakland.org/squeakfest/usa/register/) on the
Squeakfest USA website.
Special thanks to Marta Voelcker and the rest of her team for
organizing this event. Their hard work really shows.
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