[Olpc-Haiti] Need in Haiti: inexpensive portable projectors forOLPC/XO classrooms

[John Rigdon]

I have not seen the XO, but I think we should be rather thinking about these new cheap netbooks for these other tasks and use the XO for what it is designed.  I am now evaluating a netbook I bought on Ebay for $79 and another that is priced at $139 on Ebay.  These types of machines can be configured for Administrative use and to do these other things.

John Rigdon



From: Adam Holt 
Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 1:28 PM
To: Support Gangsters ; olpc-haiti at lists.laptop.org ; IAEP ; Devel's in the Details 
Subject: [Olpc-Haiti] Need in Haiti: inexpensive portable projectors forOLPC/XO classrooms


WavePlace and other Haiti Education efforts keep asking me the same thing, in NYC and elsewhere--who can answer:
How can in-classroom (and out-of-classroom?!) cheap portable overhead projectors be rigged to XOs -- by hook or by crook -- and what models/arrangements are best?

Aside from this wonderful home-made prototype, that unfortunately overheats, what's achievable?
http://blog.laptop.org/2008/11/16/hardware-hacking-first-pass-at-an-xo-projector/

Is the following (control/display your XO-computer from a non-XO PC or Mac or Linux box) the most viable approach?
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Remote_display

Could hacking an on-board VGA port realistic for XO-1's (to an external VGA monitor or projector) be made into something more than a gimmick -- with broad(er) classroom potential?
Even if presumably impossible with upcoming XO-1.5 laptops?

What software approaches & preferred Sugar Activities make kids/teachers project presentations shine?  EG. check out Walter Bender's presentation here using TurtleArt:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xaquec_sugar-presentation-for-open-edge-20

Appeal for Past Experiences/Promising Approaches:
Please reply to the olpc-haiti at laptop.org mailing list, digging deeper than the above mostly-2008 pages wherever we can expand "PowerPoint" (and hopefully far superior) options for Haitian classrooms/projects/teachers...THX



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