yesterday kevin and colleen and i led a group of kids at ascot high in freerice competition. all agreed we all learned and had fun, every one of us, just as in the experiment we did in cyberone with thwartpoker. put this together with the open university model and a training for tutors for scalable internet mediated public education, a network world for schools to use as they choose, with a curriculum of learning games geared to cxc.<\/p>\n
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\nof jamaican companies that would like to support and be seen to support the effort<\/p>\n
i’d like you to meet sonya and shamika and jamal<\/p>\n
Dear Charlie:<\/p>\n
A little over a year ago we sat in beautiful Dubrovnik (iSummit 07)
\nand spoke about running a course on “Poker and Democracy” as part of a
\nPeer 2 Peer University. Since then, we have developed the concept for
\nthe P2PU, signed up a great advisory group, received letters of
\nsupport from Larry Lessig and Mark Surman, and are now preparing to
\nlaunch the pilot phase of the P2PU in early 2009.<\/p>\n
We would love to work with you to create an entirely free and open
\ncourse on Poker. Such a course would bring together small groups of
\nstudents (8-14) who work together for 6 weeks. Courses are open to
\nanyone. A tutor, typically a graduate student in the field, provides
\nsupport and facilitation. The course materials can easily be
\nduplicated so that one set of course materials can spawn many
\ninstances of learning groups.<\/p>\n
I’d like to schedule a call to tell you more about the P2PU, and
\ndiscuss how P2PU could link to your interest in Poker and learning. It
\nwould be great if you could suggest a date\/time (I am 7 hours ahead)
\nand send me a number where I can call you. If you prefer, we can also
\nhave that conversation by email.<\/p>\n
The basic concept of the P2PU is here: www.peer2peeruniversity.org<\/p>\n
Our advisory Group: www.peer2peeruniversity.org\/advisory-group<\/p>\n