[SGVLUG] Reminder: SGVLUG this Thursday -- John Slayton's Desknet

[Jess Bermudes]

EHLO SGVLUG Members! (Get it? It's an SMTP joke!)


This month's SGVLUG presentation is rapidly approaching so here's the
details:

Retired schoolteacher John "Juan" Slayton will share his cool
hardware/software project, Desknet, which is aimed at allowing children to
do computer-aided drills using one laptop and multiple wireless keyboards.
We are meeting at Du-Par's on Thursday, August 13 with the usual dinner at
7pm and the presentation at 8pm. Anybody who wants to help with room setup
can show up a few minutes earlier and it would be greatly appreciated.

http://www.meetup.com/SGVTech/events/223669062/

Please spread the word to anybody you think who would be interested in this
meeting as Open Source in Education is always a hot topic at SCaLE and
other Linux conferences. Also, while RSVPing on meetup is not required,
it's greatly appreciated so we can get a good headcount to ensure proper
seating capacity.


You are not required to order a meal, but being a patron of some kind is
probably appreciated by the management. To minimize interruptions during
the presentation, please get your entire order in (including dessert) as
soon as you sit down.  Ask for separate checks and see if you can settle
your bill before 8pm so that you do not have to worry about finding
somebody to settle it during the post-meeting commotion.


Parking is behind the restaurant in a large lot shared by other
shops/restaurants on Lake.  Parking tends to be a bit difficult around 6pm,
but it might ease up after 7pm.  It's not clear if they have a time limit
on parking in the lot, but nobody's reported any problems in parking there
for the duration of the previous meetings.  You are welcome to read the
signs for more info or to ask the restaurant.  You will want to avoid the
stalls closest to the shops, as those might be short-term parking spots.



WEBSITE: http://www.sgvlug.org
MEETUP: http://www.meetup.com/SGVTech/events/223669062/

TOPIC: Desknet -- An open source classroom tool
PRESENTER: John "Juan" Slayton
LOCATION: Du-Par's Restaurant and Bakery

August 13, 7pm
214 S Lake Ave, Pasadena, CA


BIO:


John  Slayton is a native of Kansas City (Missouri side), but mostly grew
up in California.  He received an MA from UCLA in Linguistics.

In the early 80's he became increasingly dissatisfied with his kids'
experience in the public schools and went back to school (Cal Poly Pomona)
to get a California teaching credential.  He tried to get a job with El
Monte City Schools, and wound up spending the next 21 years teaching
bilingual classes at LeGore School.  His class  became his lab in which he
could try new things, not all of which turned out well.  But some worked.
The Desknet project is one of these.
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