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all join NOW!<br>
Reviewing the latest OLPC/Sugar community projects
over IRC Live Chat:<br>
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href="http://forum.laptop.org/chat">http://forum.laptop.org/chat</a>
(2PM EST Boston Time TUESDAY)<br>
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Then type at bottom:<br>
/join #olpc-meeting<br>
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AGENDA:<br>
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* Fast Review of the 4 latest (greatest!) HW/Project Proposals --
please<br>
join us advocating for, and/or reviewing shortcomings of these
proposals:<br>
<br>
1. Project OLPC in British Columbia, Canada<br>
2. Undercover UXO: Mine risk education game for deployment in
Cambodia - Michigan State Univ, USA<br>
3. Westview XO Computer Club and Lending Library - North
York/Toronto, Canada<br>
4. Amagezi Gemaanyi Youth Association - Uganda / Univ of S.
California, Los Angeles, USA<br>
<br>
* Which projects might you enjoy Mentoring below?!<br>
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href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects</a><br>
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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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* New projects & libraries -- teaching them Community Outreach:<br>
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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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1. Project OLPC in British Columbia, Canada<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=52418">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=52418</a><br>
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href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects</a>
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<br>
Requests 5 XOs over 12 months<br>
<br>
Project Objectives:<br>
In BC there are approximately 300,000 elementary students.
Statistics says<br>
19% of these kids live in poor families or under standards status.
This can<br>
lead us to the fact that another 50% are middle class families who
could not<br>
afford to buy 500$ laptops or computers for their kids, So
hypothetically<br>
between 150,000 students can benefit from this project and their
OLPCs can<br>
be acquired in mass quantities thru the school districts.<br>
<br>
In two largest cities of BC, i.e. Surrey and Vancouver, there are at
least<br>
100,000 students which optimistically most of their families are
able to pay<br>
250$ for a laptop, if a program provides and facilitate the job.<br>
<br>
So I have started a campaign to promote OLPC awareness in BC. It is<br>
important to assert that this is an independent 100% non-profit
personal<br>
activity. Once it was successful I will turn it to an Organization. <br>
<br>
The project objectives are Presenting and Promoting and Providing
OLPC as an<br>
option to school districts for families and children of 6-12 years
in these<br>
communities: <br>
<br>
1- Surrey District SD36 (67,000 students with 40,000 of them
elementary<br>
students) : Short term (1 yr)<br>
<br>
2- Greater Vancouver (200,000 students) : Mid Term (2 yr)<br>
<br>
3- Province of British Columbia Canada (300,000 students): Long Term
(3 yr)<br>
<br>
<br>
2. Undercover UXO: Mine risk education game for the $100 Laptop for
deployment in Cambodia - Michigan State Univ, USA<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://coreybohil.wordpress.com/projects/uxo/">http://coreybohil.wordpress.com/projects/uxo/</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=52504">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=52504</a><br>
[SPECIFIC SITE NEEDS TO BE POSTED OFF
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href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects</a>
]<br>
<br>
Requests 5 XOs over 12 months<br>
<br>
Project Objectives:<br>
We propose an innovative new approach to mine-risk education that<br>
capitalizes on the increasing availability of mobile digital devices
such as<br>
laptops and smart phones. Specifically, we intend to create a video
game to<br>
be played on platforms appropriate for developing countries such as
the $100<br>
Laptop. In the first phase of a multi-country effort we propose to
build<br>
upon and finalize an existing M.I.N.D. Lab prototype of the mine
detection<br>
game, and conduct a field test in Cambodia with our partners on this
project<br>
(Golden West Humanitarian Foundation). This will allow us to create a<br>
finalized version of the game that is ready for worldwide deployment
on the<br>
$100 laptop and a wide range of other portable devices. The game is<br>
customized to training sites by making use of images from native
locales.<br>
<br>
The repeated usage, competition, and addictive nature of game play
holds<br>
great potential for training children to avoid landmines and other<br>
unexploded remnants of war in their home country. The game offers an<br>
unprecedented level of immersion, repetition and engagement in mine
risk<br>
education. These features of digital media make this approach
potentially<br>
very valuable in the toolset for teaching and transferring
recognition and<br>
avoidance behaviors to the real world.<br>
<br>
The central goal of this project will be to take our existing game<br>
prototype, which garnered extremely favorable responses at a recent
game<br>
conference (Meaningful Play 2008), and develop it further so that it
can be<br>
deployed widely and effectively by GWHF. The game needs additional
features,<br>
revisions to improve usability, substantial code optimization to
improve<br>
performance within the constraints of the OLPC laptop, and image<br>
customization work to support delivery to the first planned testing
site in<br>
Cambodia.<br>
<br>
<br>
3. Westview XO Computer Club and Lending Library - North York/Toronto,
Canada<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://bforsyth.wikispaces.com">http://bforsyth.wikispaces.com</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=52523">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=52523</a><br>
[SPECIFIC SITE NEEDS TO BE POSTED OFF
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href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects</a>
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<br>
Requests 8 XOs over 12 months<br>
<br>
Project Objectives:<br>
We would like to start a computer club which would focus on
promoting the<br>
use and development of open-source software and educational projects
such as<br>
the creation of wikispaces and online collaborations with
international<br>
students. The lending of XO laptops to the students would enable
them to<br>
pursue their projects outside of school hours and promote meaningful<br>
engagement in the process. Bill and I would assist by providing
direction on<br>
projects and assisting students when required.<br>
<br>
Students will be encouraged to organize occasional fundraising
events at<br>
school (e.g., Computer Club Open House, bake sale, etc) in order to
support<br>
the OLPC project.<br>
<br>
<br>
4. Amagezi Gemaanyi Youth Association - Uganda / Univ of S. California,
Los Angeles, USA<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=52549">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=52549</a><br>
[SPECIFIC SITE NEEDS TO BE POSTED OFF
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href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects</a>
]<br>
<br>
Requests 10 XOs over 20 months<br>
<br>
Project Objectives:<br>
The primary objective is to promote the Amagezi Gemaanyi Computer
Lab as<br>
a safe learning space for children (ages 6-11) and youth (ages
12-20) by<br>
implementing a project that will supplement the Ugandan Primary and<br>
Secondary School reading, writing, and mathematics syllabus using the<br>
interactive games and applications within the XO laptop as a fun,<br>
innovative teaching aid.<br>
<br>
1. To enhance the functionality of the Amagezi Gemaanyi Computer Lab<br>
<br>
2. To improve the performance of 100 children/youth (ages 6-20) in<br>
English reading and writing proficiency<br>
<br>
3. To improve the performance of 50 children (ages 6-11) in basic<br>
Mathematical operations (including addition, subtraction,
division,<br>
multiplication, and ratios)<br>
<br>
4. To provide a safe, nurturing, personalized learning environment<br>
<br>
5. To teach 100 children/youth how to utilize basic typing programs<br>
<br>
6. To enhance the digital literacy and technological communication<br>
skills of all project participants
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