[squeakland] Lino Bessonart and María Mendez presenting Etoys to a sold out crowd today

[kharness at illinois.edu]

Carlos, 
Thank you for the translation of Lino Bessonart . . . " a door to an endless universe of possibilities for learning"
I agree wholeheartedly!
Regards,
Kathleen

---- Original message ----
>Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2010 07:36:00 -0400
>From: Carlos Rabassa <carnen at mac.com>  
>Subject: [squeakland] Lino Bessonart and María Mendez presenting Etoys to a sold out crowd today  
>To: Etoys Education Team <etoys-education-team at googlegroups.com>, "squeakland.org mailing list" <squeakland at squeakland.org>
>Cc: Maria Mendez <mariamendezh at gmail.com>, lino bessonart <linobessonart at gmail.com>
>
>   Lino Bessonart 
>   has been one of the most enthusiast Squeakers in
>   Uruguay.
>   He is the fellow who spoke to us in Porto Alegre
>   while demonstrating,  from Uruguay,  the distance
>   training technique he uses to reach those who live
>   far away from important population centers.
>   He is the one many of us have to thank for his
>   spanish Etoys training videos.
>   He is the one,  together with María Méndez who
>   will be conducting the Etoys sessions today during
>   the event that will take place in Montevideo today.
>   I noticed he became Uruguay´s Squeaker No. 76,
>   leaving our country only 9 squeakers away from
>   becoming No. 1 in the world!
>   Lino wrote a very nice paragraph when signing up as
>   a Squeaker.
>   Unfortunately the automatic English translation
>   didn´t come up well.
>   This is my attempt to improve on it:
>   Original
>   Lino Bessonart de Ciudad de la Costa, Uruguay (desde
>   2008) 2010-oct-14
>
>   Cuando conocí etoys en las primeras xo que llegaron
>   a Uruguay fue como abrir una puerta a un universo
>   inacabable de posibilidades de aprender y ayudar a
>   aprender a los niños de mi país. [GT]
>
>   Translation
>   "When I became acquainted with Etoys, through the
>   first XOs that arrived in Uruguay, it was like
>   opening a door to an endless universe of
>   possibilities for learning for helping the children
>   of my country learn."
>   Thanks Lino.
>   Best wishes to María,  to you and to all
>   participants in today´s event!
>   Received the notification the event is "sold out"-
>   Congratulations!
>   Carlos Rabassa
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