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for the late start!<br>
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Please
join us NOW reviewing the latest OLPC/Sugar community projects
over IRC Live Chat: (2PM EDT Boston Time Today/Friday)<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://forum.laptop.org/chat">http://forum.laptop.org/chat</a><br>
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Then type at bottom:<br>
/join #olpc-meeting<br>
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AGENDA:<br>
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* New projects & libraries -- teaching them Community Outreach:
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XO_Laptop_Lending_Libraries">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XO_Laptop_Lending_Libraries</a><br>
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* Which projects might you enjoy Mentoring below?!<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://rt.laptop.org/Search/Results.html?Query=Queue=%27contributors%27">http://rt.laptop.org/Search/Results.html?Query=Queue=%27contributors%27</a><br>
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* Fast Review of the 5 latest (greatest!) HW/Project Proposals --
please<br>
join us advocating for, and/or reviewing shortcomings of these
proposals:<br>
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1. FoodForce2 - New Delhi, India<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=48940">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=48940</a><a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=48455"></a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Food_ForceII">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Food_ForceII</a><br>
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Requests 1-2 XO-1.5 over 3 months<br>
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Project Objectives:<br>
FoodForce2 is both a classroom tool, and an outside classroom
activity. It is a new kind of an educational solution, an “expanded
school” which grows well beyond the walls of the classroom. The game
play has been designed in a way to educate the child about certain key
learning areas. The key learning areas on which the game focuses are:
<ol>
<li> <b>Strategy</b>: FoodForce2 is a strategy game in which
decision-making skills of a player have a high significance in
determining the outcome. The Player is suppose to plan and execute a
strategy in such a way that he can make an optimum use of the resources
available with him, so that the village can become self-sustainable for
a long time. </li>
<li> <b>Sustainable Development</b>: FoodForce2 teaches player
to set limits on the consumption of the present available resources so
that they can be used to address future development issues which are
critical for sustainable development. </li>
<li> <b>Trading</b>: Economic futures of any world community,
particularly developing world, is affected by their present trading
system. FoodForce2 assist player to integrate into the trade system and
multi-lateral trade negotiations. It develops skills for unbiased, rule
based and nondiscriminatory trading system. </li>
<li> <b>Technology and its use</b>: Technology involves the
usage of tools which affects and controls the environment, and the
ability to adapt to it. The basic lifestyle in every aspect of our
daily lives, the kind of housings, our transport, medical facilities,
fashion and entertainment all depend on technology. FoodForce2
demonstrates the effect of using technology in the development of
various facilities like hospitals, housing facilities, education and
training. It teaches player about the importance of technology for
development.
</li>
<li> <b>Crisis Management</b>: A crisis is a major, unpredictable
event that harms human communities and is accompanied by widespread
malnutrition, starvation, epidemic and increased mortality. Crisis
management consisting of understanding, and coping with any serious
situation, especially from the moment it first occurs to the point that
recovery procedures start. FoodForce2 teaches crisis management by
redesigning the village affected by natural calamities. In the game
choices available to players are constrained by economic, social, and
physical realities of life in a village. And their actions are highly
structured by the practices of urban planning
</li>
<li> <b>Collaboration</b>: Collaboration is a recursive process
where different organizations work together for common goal by sharing
knowledge, learning and building consensus. FoodForce2 demonstrate that
a community is not supposed to be building in a closed environment.
Players should be free to interact with the outside environment i.e.
the other villages, which are being developed by his peers.
</li>
</ol>
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2. Playing, it`s serious - Kuujjuaq (Quebec) CANADA<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=49132">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=49132</a><br>
[SITE MISSING - NEEDS TO BE POSTED OFF
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects</a> ]<br>
<br>
Requests 2 XOs over 2 months<br>
<br>
Project Objectives:<br>
We would like to put your laptop in the daycare<br>
for the older group (4-5 years old) because we have a lack in<br>
stimulation for kids, educators don`t know how to motivate. We think
is<br>
a good tool for education, stimulation, to find ideas for
activities.....<br>
<br>
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3. OLPC on Puppy Linux - Bogotá, Colombia<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=49242">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=49242</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=47337">http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=47337</a><br>
[DIRECT SITE MISSING - NEEDS TO BE POSTED OFF
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects</a> ]<br>
<br>
Requests 1 XO over 12 months<br>
<br>
Project Objectives:<br>
The Primary objetive is develop a Puppy Linux Educational derivative,<br>
specially builded to run in the XO hardware.<br>
<br>
Secondary Objetives:<br>
<br>
- Create a Puppy Linux distribution Extremely friendly, with easy to<br>
learn GUI.<br>
- Create a Puppy Linux distribution with a good pack of educative<br>
applications.<br>
- Deploy a good repository of Linux learning documents.<br>
- Develop a small, fast and easy to learn Linux distribution for XO<br>
hardware.<br>
- Distibute Pupy Linux for OLPC freely.<br>
<br>
<br>
4. Kenya OLPC Mathematics: request for more laptops<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=43623">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=43623</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:OLPC_Mathematics">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:OLPC_Mathematics</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://hoclaptop.blog.com">http://hoclaptop.blog.com</a><br>
<br>
Requests 7 XOs over 6 months<br>
<br>
Project Objectives:<br>
The primary goal of this project is to develop a project that will<br>
aid
teachers in Kenyan Primary Schools teach the basic concepts of<br>
Mathematics in sync with the Kenyan Primary School syllabus using<br>
the
XO laptop. The specific objectives of this project are:<br>
<br>
1. To improve the ability of children to memorise and enhance the<br>
use of the basic Mathematical operations, that is +, -, ÷ and ×<br>
using
the XO laptop applications.<br>
<br>
2. To improve children's ability and understanding of the
measurement<br>
and calculation of area, circumference and perimeter of<br>
2-dimensional figures and the Surface Area and Volume of<br>
3-dimansional
objects with the aid of the XO laptop.<br>
<br>
3. To aid the children in the proper understanding of the topics
of<br>
ratios, percentages and proportions according to the Kenyan<br>
Primary
School syllabus.</div>
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