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== Why ==

== Why ==

The Conozco Uruguay (C U!) community exploration tour will bring South American (and the world's) most passionate edutechnologists and committed teachers/mentors together, to witness Uruguay's and Plan Ceibal's profound journey.  In conjunction with Uruguay's stongest volunteers, from CeibalJAM! to RAP Ceibal to Flor Ceibal and beyond.  As the single country which has done the most with [http://laptop.org One Laptop per Child]'s XO Laptop and [http://sugarlabs.org Sugar Labs'] software (the Sugar Learning Platform) there are few places on earth where humankind's increasing marriage to educational technology is on more vivid display.

The Conozco Uruguay (C U!) community exploration tour will bring South American (and the world's) most passionate edutechnologists and committed teachers/mentors together, to witness Uruguay's and Plan Ceibal's profound journey.  In conjunction with Uruguay's stongest volunteers, from CeibalJAM! to RAP Ceibal to Flor de Ceibo and beyond.  As the single country which has done the most with [http://laptop.org One Laptop per Child]'s XO Laptop and [http://sugarlabs.org Sugar Labs'] software (the Sugar Learning Platform) there are few places on earth where humankind's increasing marriage to educational technology is on more vivid display.

Similar to the famous Sugar Activity [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Conozco_Uruguay Conozco] [http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/addon/4199 Uruguay] itself!

Similar to the famous Sugar Activity [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Conozco_Uruguay Conozco] [http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/addon/4199 Uruguay] itself!

== Itinerary ==

== Itinerary ==

Participants must be independent, able to travel lightly and completely self-sufficiently.  Day trips in and around Montevideo, from Saturday April 30 until Wednesday/Thursday May 4/5. [[Talk:Conozco_Uruguay_Tour|Thanks for posting your feedback]] on our <b><u>DRAFT SCHEDULE</u></b> BELOW! <i>[http://ceibaljam.org/edujam2011_en SEE ALSO THESE SUGGESTIONS]</i>

Participants must be independent, able to travel lightly and completely self-sufficiently.  Day trips in and around Montevideo, from Saturday April 30 until Wednesday/Thursday May 4/5. [[Talk:Conozco_Uruguay_Tour|Thanks for posting your feedback]] on our <b><u>DRAFT SCHEDULE</u></b> BELOW!.

<i>[http://ceibaljam.org/edujam2011_en SEE ALSO THESE SUGGESTIONS]</i>

<i>[http://ceibaljam.org/edujam2011_en SEE ALSO THESE SUGGESTIONS] and this [http://ceibaljam.org/node/1233 APRIL 18 NEAR-FINAL DRAFT!]</i><br>

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|valign="top"|Saturday/Sábado 30 de Abril

|valign="top" rowspan="2"|Saturday/Sábado 30 de Abril

|valign="top"|PM

|valign="top"|9AM - 2PM

|valign="top"|Welcome Dinner in some place: May be Pony Pisador Pocitos. (Martin - ANTEL)

|valign="top"|Welcome Dinner: maybe at pub/restaurant [http://www.elponypisador.com.uy/?page_id=607 Pony Pisador Pocitos] (pay your own way, Martin - ANTEL, dancing optional!)

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|valign="top"|Sunday/Domingo 1 de Mayo<br />(May Day)

|valign="top"|8PM

|valign="top"|Suggested Dinner Location provided later (price not included)

|valign="top"|Visit to a Rural City of Canelones to the "[http://proyecto-aurora.blogspot.com/ Aurora Project]" with volunteers and members of the community  and Barbeque (Local contact: Edinson - RAP Conecta).

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|valign="top" rowspan="3"|Monday/Lunes 2 de Mayo

|valign="top" rowspan="3"|Monday/Lunes 2 de Mayo

|valign="top"|AM

|valign="top"|8AM - 3PM

|valign="top"|Two schools in Las Piedras (Local contacts: Oscar/ RAP Canelones - Paolo/ RAP Montevideo)

|valign="top"|MEET PLAZA INDEPENDENCIA / HOSTEL LAGARTO: 1+ hr travel time. No. 286 School (in the morning and afternoon) in Las Piedras (Local contacts: Oscar/ RAP Canelones - Paolo/ RAP Montevideo). Lunch included. Relax time on your own Late afternoon.

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|valign="top"|PM

|valign="top"|5:30 - 7:30PM

|valign="top"|<i>wine tour "Bodega Joanicó" likely moving to Thur May 5 AM</i>

|valign="top"|Meeting with as many as 25 professors from [http://www.flordeceibo.edu.uy/ "Flor de Ceibo"].

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|valign="top"|17:30 hs

|valign="top"|8PM

|valign="top"|Meeting with as many as 25 professors from [http://www.flordeceibo.edu.uy/ "Flor de Ceibo"]

|valign="top"|Suggested Dinner Location provided later (price not included)

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|valign="top" rowspan="2"|Tuesday/Martes 3 de Mayo

|valign="top" rowspan="2"|Tuesday/Martes 3 de Mayo

|valign="top"|AM

|valign="top"|6AM

|valign="top"|No. 33 School "La Paloma" (Local Contact: Rosamel Ramirez - RAP Durazno)---  on site they have a person that can translate all the day

|valign="top"|MEET PLAZA INDEPENDENCIA / HOSTEL LAGARTO: 3+ HR TRAVEL TIME!  No. 33 School "La Paloma" with 30 teachers, incl ASADO LUNCH! (Local Contact: Rosamel Ramirez - RAP Durazno)---  on site they have a person that can translate all the day

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|valign="top"|PM

|valign="top"|PM

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|valign="top" rowspan="2"|Wednesday/Miércoles 4 de Mayo

|valign="top" rowspan="2"|Wednesday/Miércoles 4 de Mayo

|valign="top"|AM

|valign="top"|11 AM to 3 PM

|valign="top"|City Tour Montevideo (Organizer: Micaela CeibalJAM)

|valign="top"|Wine Tour (Optional, 10 people minimum quota. Includes Lunch) (Organizer: Micaela CeibalJAM!)

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|valign="top"|PM

|valign="top"|2:30 PM to 7 PM  

|valign="top"|visit the School of Euskal Erria and after that, the [http://www.mediagala.com/rap/foro/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=196 "Help Center" RAP Montevideo] in order to interact with volunteers (Local contact: Rocío / RAP Montevideo)

|valign="top"|visit the School of Euskal Erria and after that, the [http://www.mediagala.com/rap/foro/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=196 "Help Center" RAP Montevideo] in order to interact with volunteers (Local contact: Rocío / RAP Montevideo)

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|valign="top"|Thursday/Jueves 5 de Mayo

|valign="top" rowspan="3"|Thursday/Jueves 5 de Mayo

|valign="top"|AM

|valign="top"|Option 1

|valign="top"|Wine Tour in "Bodega Joanicó" nearby countryside? (Organizer: Micaela CeibalJAM - Gustavo Ochoa / Joanicó)

|valign="top"|Option 2 (10 AM to 4 PM)

|valign="top"|[[City Tour Montevideo]] (Optional, 7 people minimum quota. Includes Lunch) (Organizer: Micaela CeibalJAM!)

|valign="top"|~6:30 PM

 

|valign="top"|Wine Tour (Optional, 10 people minimum quota. Includes Lunch) (Organizer: Micaela CeibalJAM!)

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== Cost ==

== Cost ==

Expect to pay $500 or higher for housing/food/bus etc to cover your 6 days, from Saturday April 30 to Thursday May 5 inclusive.  Homestays may reduce this cost if we are so lucky to build strong local relationships.

Expect to pay $300-500 or higher for housing/food/bus etc to cover your 6 days, from Saturday April 30 to Thursday May 5 inclusive.  Homestays may reduce this cost if we are so lucky to build strong local relationships.

== Pre-Registration ==

== Pre-Registration ==

THANKS everyone for [http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1054.html mindfully preparing] together today, for a trip more rewarding than money can buy.

THANKS everyone for [http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1054.html mindfully preparing] together today, for a trip more rewarding than money can buy.

== Potential Participants ==

== Participants ==

 

 

* [http://twitter.com/adborden Aaron Borden], San Francisco

* [http://twitter.com/adborden Aaron Borden,] San Francisco (Apr 29 - May 9)

* [[User:Holt|Adam Holt]], Boston

* [[User:Holt|Adam Holt]], Boston (Apr 30 - May 13)

* [[User:Bernie|Bernie Innocenti]], Italy

* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Ruth_Silver Carol Ruth Silver], San Francisco (arriving late)

* [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Roadshow_in_a_Box Caryl] [http://olpcmap.net/?id=614001&km-distance=100 Bigenho], Los Angeles

* [http://paraguayeduca.org Cecilia Alcala?] Paraguay

* [[User:Bernie|Bernie Innocenti,]] Italy/Boston (May 5 - 10/11)

* [http://derndorfer.eu Christoph Derndorfer], Vienna/Madrid

* [http://www.freudenbergs.de/bert/ Bert Freudenberg,] Germany (Apr 29 - May 11)

* Carlos Rabassa, Montevideo (UNCONFIRMED)

* [http://www.outofindia.net/intro/harriet_webresume.htm Harriet Vidyasagar], India

* [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Roadshow_in_a_Box Caryl Bigenho] [https://granniesbetterblog.wordpress.com/][https://famliolpcsocalaudubonms.wordpress.com/][http://olpcmap.net/?id=614001&km-distance=100 Bigenho], Los Angeles (Apr 30 - May 8/10)

* [http://franXOphonie.org Kacandre Bourdelais?] Gabon/Canada

* [http://printf.net Chris Ball,] Boston (May 2 - 9)

* [http://twitter.com/lluigil Luis Galindo], Santa Cruz, Bolivia

* [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:CScott C. Scott Ananian], Boston (May 2 - 9)

* [http://paraguayeduca.org Cecilia Alcala,] Paraguay (Apr 26 - May 4)

* [http://derndorfer.eu Christoph Derndorfer,] Vienna/Madrid (Apr 29 - May 8)

* [http://activitycentral.com David Farning,] Wisconsin/Paraguay (Apr 28 - May 11)

* Martin Langhoff, Miami (UNCONFIRMED, arriving 1-2 days before summit?)

* [http://www.linkedin.com/in/lediroca Leticia Romero], Uruguay

* [http://www.linkedin.com/in/lediroca Leticia Romero], Uruguay

* [http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~ndoiron/ Nick Doiron], New Hampshire/Montevideo (May 2 only? then Summit)

* [http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~ndoiron/ Nick Doiron], New Hampshire

* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=IY7w3USXF0w Pablo Flores], Montevideo

* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=IY7w3USXF0w Pablo Flores], Montevideo

* [http://www.olenepal.org/core_team.html Rabi Karmacharya], Nepal

* [http://one.laptop.org/about/people/reuben-caron Reuben Caron,] Boston (May 5 - 8)

* [http://verma.sfsu.edu/ Sameer Verma], San Francisco (arriving late)

* [http://plg.uwaterloo.ca/~holt Ric Holt,] Canada (May 4 late afternoon - May 13)

* Suzanne Adatto, Ann Arbor, Michigan

* Samuel Seidenberg, Buenos Aires (Apr 30 - May 7)

* [http://erikos.sweettimez.de/ Simon Schampijer], Germany

* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Sj SJ Klein,] Boston (UNCONFIRMED, arriving 1-2 days before summit?)

* [http://ole.org Tony Anderson], Texas/Rwanda

* [http://ole.org Tony Anderson], Texas/Rwanda (Apr 28 - May 8)

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== Volunteer Organizers ==

== Volunteer Organizers ==

* Leticia Romero

* Leticia Romero

* Rocío Medina?

* Rocío Medina?

* Pablo Flores?

* Pablo Flores

* Caryl Bigenho

* Caryl Bigenho

* [[User:Holt|Adam Holt]]

* [[User:Holt|Adam Holt]]

* [[User:Nano Nano|Paolo Benini]]

* [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/User:Nano_Nano Paolo Benini]

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