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<\/a>Jen demonstrates the KA-Lite software<\/p><\/div>\n
We spent the rest of the day installing KA-Lite on the computers in their computer lab. KA-Lite is a way for communities without internet access to utilize content created as part of the Khan Academy. For more information on that, take a look at our volunteering page<\/a>.<\/p>\n We got the software installed without too much trouble, and Doris started putting out the word that there was something new on the computer to see. In part, this involved shouting over to the kids riding in the nearby skate park. Quite convenient!<\/p>\n The next afternoon we got about 8 boys into the center, aged from about 8 \u2013 12. Jen put together a few short demonstrations of some of the Khan Academy videos, including one particularly pertinent about why the sun never sets in the summertime above the arctic circle!<\/p>\n To the extent that you can keep pre-teen boys\u2019 attention with educational videos, the demonstrations went quite well. About a half an hour later it was the girls\u2019 turn \u2013 the \u201cDelta Girls\u201d in particular, referring the Mackenzie River delta. We felt that the whole exercise turned out very well. Our hope is that we\u2019ve made something available that will help a few people out, if and when they decide they need it.<\/p>\n While there, we met the group of four who had biked all the way from Vancouver to Inuvik (including through the mud up the Dempster). They were also at the youth center to give a workshop on environmental sustainability. While Jen was working with the Delta Girls, I took Graham, one of the bikers, to the hardware store to pick up boxes to ship their bikes home, and dropped the boxes off at the airport in preparation for their flight back home.<\/p>\n The next morning after meeting with Doris over breakfast to say goodbye, it was time to head back down the Dempster.<\/p>\n