[PD] [PD-announce] Fwd: Pd workshops + open source symposium in Los Angeles

Hans-Christoph Steiner hans at eds.org
Wed Jan 24 04:43:18 CET 2007


Begin forwarded message:

> From: reas / ucla <reas at ucla.edu>
> Date: January 23, 2007 7:41:38 AM EST
> Subject: O P E N  @ UCLA
>
>
> Hello!
>
> The schedule for OPEN is locked and the website promoting the event
> is now live. Please help get the word out. Please send the  
> announcement (below) to your internal department email lists,  
> friends, and other
> relevant lists.
>
> The event is free and open for all. We're encouraging people to  
> register so we can judge attendance and provide wireless access. UC  
> faculty and graduate students will have priority for the workshops  
> because space is
> limited.
>
> I'm very excited about the program and I look forward to seeing you  
> soon. I'll be sending an email about tech checks, parking, and  
> other details on the week of the event.
>
> If you have any questions or concerns about the event, please let me
> know via email or phone (+1 310 382 6007).
>
> Regards,
> Casey
>
>
> -- 
>
> O P E N
>
> UC Digital Arts Research Network
> Open Source Sound, Image, and Electronics
>
> 9,10 February 2007
> @ EDA, Broad Arts Center, UCLA
>
> A gathering for open source users, advocates, and developers.
>
> Symposium (Friday):
> Cory Doctorow - USC, Boing Boing
> Greg Niemeyer - UC Berkeley
> David Cuartielles - Arduino.cc, K3 Malmo
> Beatriz da Costa - UC Irvine
> Xavier Amatriain - UC Santa Barbara, MATi, CREATE
> Michael Zbyszynski - UC Berkeley, CNMAT
> Ben Fry - Processing.org, Carnegie Mellon
> Robert Nideffer - UC Irvine
>
> Workshops (Saturday):
> Processing - Ben Fry
> Arduino - David Cuartielles
> PD - August Black
>
>
> The event is free and open to the public.
>
> For more information visit:
> http://ucdarnet.org/projects/OPEN/
>
> Please register here:
> http://ucdarnet.org/projects/OPEN/registration.php
>
>
> All lectures take place in the EDA, Broad Art Center, 240 Charles E.
> Young Drive, Room 1250 Los Angeles, CA 90095
> Directions: http://dma.ucla.edu/info/directions.php
>
> -- 
>
> Also, in association with O P E N:
>
> Regents' Lecturer: Nicholas Negroponte
> Eliminating Poverty by Learning Learning
>
> February 8, 2007, 6:00pm
>
> Common practice in bridging the so-called "digital divide" in  
> developing
> nations is to build computer labs in schools and teach children  
> WORD and
> EXCEL thirty minutes a week. This is misguided. Children should not  
> learn productivity software suited for office workers. They should  
> make things, they should communicate, they should explore the  
> Internet. In short, they should learn learning, which includes the  
> passion to learn.
>
> The One Laptop per Child project is guided by the belief that you can
> eliminate poverty with education. It aims to engage children in  
> their own education as well as peer-to-peer learning, by equipping  
> every child with a connected laptop with features you have never  
> dreamed of. By doing this globally, at a very large scale, and as a  
> non-profit association, the birth of the $100 laptop is feasible.  
> At least six countries, three continents and five million children  
> will be involved in the launch.
>
> -- 
>
> O P E N  is a joint program of the UC Digital Arts Research
> Network and the Design | Media Arts department at UCLA.
>
>
>
>
>
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