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all join us right now reviewing the latest OLPC/Sugar community
projects over IRC Live Chat:<br>
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Then type at bottom:<br>
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AGENDA:<br>
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* XO-1.5 early production machines now available & shipping:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://blog.laptop.org/2010/02/25/xo-1-5-early-production-laptops-free-to-contributors-worldwide/">http://blog.laptop.org/2010/02/25/xo-1-5-early-production-laptops-free-to-contributors-worldwide/</a><br>
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* Fast Review of the 10 latest (greatest!) HW/Project Proposals --
please<br>
join us advocating for, and/or reviewing shortcomings of these
proposals:<br>
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1. Steppe by Steppe / Side by Side - Kazakhstan, Australia<br>
2. Costa Atlantica - Managua, Nicaragua<br>
3. Sugar Polishing 0.84 - Berlin, Germany<br>
4. Free E-Tutoring in India for the Village Child - Tamilnadu, India<br>
5. Fedora on XO - London, United Kingdom<br>
6. eBook creation and sharing website - Vancouver, British Columbia,
Canada<br>
7. Broken XO-1s/parts Community Repair - Sao Tome & Principe<br>
8. eKindling - OLPC Philippines<br>
9. Collaboration Testing & Documentation - Vienna, Austria<br>
10. XO-1.5 Hardware QA - Indianapolis, Indiana<br>
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* Which projects might you enjoy Mentoring below?!<br>
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* New projects & libraries -- teaching them Community Outreach:<br>
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* Meeting results will be posted here very shortly:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Contributors_program/meetings">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Contributors_program/meetings</a><br>
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1. Steppe by Steppe / Side by Side - Kazakhstan, Australia<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=60323">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=60323</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.steppebysteppe.com.au/schools.html">http://www.steppebysteppe.com.au/schools.html</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=59734"></a>
[SPECIFIC SITE 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>
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Requests 10 XOs over 12 months<br>
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Project Objectives:<br>
...Our aim is that by providing access to [OLPC] resources in remote<br>
villages, will allow the students to expand their educational<br>
prospects without having to leave their village, traditional<br>
lifestyle, village traditions and customs, or family, for the city –<br>
something which the community often finds very damaging in this<br>
rapidly changing and globalised world.<br>
<br>
Throughout our project, we have visited many schools in very remote<br>
rural areas, these schools are often very under resourced – lacking<br>
sporting equipment, proper toilets, libraries and many other<br>
facilities that we ourselves take for granted today. Adequate phone<br>
lines/reception is often non-existent in these areas also – let alone<br>
the internet. Most people in these remote villages have never even<br>
seen a computer, let alone used the internet.<br>
<br>
In these rural areas (where hardly anyone has seen a computer), there<br>
are very limited prospects for further education. We hope that by<br>
providing a few laptops, internet access (along basic training) and<br>
software, to a school, we can increase their chances of continued<br>
higher education. Access to global information will greatly enhance<br>
their awareness, understanding, and knowledge of the larger community<br>
that we are all apart of, resulting in greater empowerment at both a<br>
communal and personal level, thus greatly increasing their<br>
developmental prospects.<br>
<br>
Our other goal is to partner each participating school in Kazakhstan<br>
to a sister school in Australia, it will allow students in these<br>
distant regions of the world to learn and grow together with open<br>
minds. This can only be done however once these schools have access
to<br>
the internet (and thus telephone lines, electricity, and computers).<br>
The partnered schools will then be able to keep in regular contact<br>
with each other, learning about each others traditions, lifestyle,
and<br>
culture...<br>
<br>
<br>
2. Costa Atlantica - Managua, Nicaragua<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=60386">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=60386</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.fundacionzt.org/fzt/index.htm">http://www.fundacionzt.org/fzt/index.htm</a><br>
[SPECIFIC SITE 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>
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Requests 2 XOs over 12 months<br>
<br>
Project Objectives:<br>
Get 2 XO 1.5 for start the training with the new hardware and
software,<br>
and to have the experience to support the proyect at Atlantic Zone.<br>
<br>
<br>
3. Sugar Polishing 0.84 - Berlin, Germany<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://erikos.sweettimez.de">http://erikos.sweettimez.de</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=60509">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=60509</a><br>
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[SPECIFIC SITE 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 1-2 XO-1.5s over undetermined months<br>
<br>
Project Objectives:<br>
Polish Sugar 0.84 on XO 1.5<br>
<br>
Find hardware related issues with Sugar on XO 1.5 hardware (e.g. <br>
keys, camera). Backport 0.86 and 0.88 bugs to 0.84.<br>
<br>
<br>
4. Free E-Tutoring in India for the Village Child - Tamilnadu, India<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=60525">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=60525</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://twitter.com/rajindia_4">http://twitter.com/rajindia_4</a><br>
[SPECIFIC SITE 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>
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Requests 50 XOs over 48 months<br>
<br>
Project Objectives:<br>
Remote area (village) Students can acquire<br>
knowledge of their homework help and curriculum help of the Text
book using<br>
XO’s laptop. They can learn comfortable without any fear in one-one
session<br>
with the teacher in online tutoring. Every child who live in remote
areas<br>
can use the latest technology for the learning purpose using XO’s
Laptop.<br>
They can prepare the different subject topics, projects, taking
notes and<br>
save it into the Laptop and using it day to day life. They will get
more<br>
benefit using XO’s Laptops in their life.<br>
<br>
<br>
5. Fedora on XO - London, United Kingdom<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=60565">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=60565</a><br>
[SPECIFIC SITE 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 undetermined months<br>
<br>
Project Objectives:<br>
Working on getting the XO-1.5 supported in Fedora mainline. Sugar<br>
is already and will continue to be well supported in Fedora mainline.<br>
Fedora is supported pretty well on on the XO-1. The aim is to test<br>
and improve the support of Fedora on the XO-1.5.<br>
<br>
<br>
6. eBook creation and sharing website - Vancouver, British Columbia,
Canada<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=60582">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=60582</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=59906"></a>
[SPECIFIC SITE 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 0 XOs<br>
<br>
Project Objectives:<br>
The purpose of the project is to support the development of a
creative and compassionate young people to fight and win the war of
poverty.<br>
<br>
(1) To allow children (6-12) in developing countries to freely
express themselves in the form of creative writing. The website
provides a space for creative expressions to be shared by anyone
anywhere. No cost for posting. All submission will be copyright free.<br>
<br>
(2) To allow children in developed countries to listen to what
children with other cultures have to say. Readers from outside the
developing world can download the ebook to their
ipad/ipod/iphone/laptop/desktop etc. The books will be sold for $0.99
per download. Once downloaded, it is free to distribute to friends,
classmates and families.<br>
<br>
(3) All proceeds, after expenses, will be directed to OLPC project
to send more laptops to children in LDC. No money will be forwarded to
the children to avoid abuse.<br>
<br>
Note: The creative writing of a 6-12 years old will not be a "full
book" as what we usually understood. It will be something like a
bedtime reading to your kids with stories and pictures. When editing, a
web link can be added to show more contents. Therefore, keep in mind
that ebook here refers to creative writing from a 6-12 years old. <br>
<br>
Measurement of objectives:<br>
<br>
(1) Against objective #1, the number of creations posted in the
website. The source and diversity of the creation will also be a good
indicator of depth of the project.<br>
<br>
(2) Against objective #2, the number of downloads is primary
indicator. Since there is no copyright and transfer restrictions, the
download figure will be an underestimate of true circulation.<br>
<br>
(3) Against objective #3, the amount of contributions from the
project to OLPC will be used.<br>
<br>
<br>
7. Broken XO-1s/parts Community Repair - Sao Tome & Principe<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=60628">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=60628</a><br>
[SPECIFIC SITE 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 5+ XOs over indefinite months<br>
<br>
Project Objectives:<br>
Looking to develop a summer program for the students at the São João
School<br>
so that they can continue using their laptops during the summer
months.<br>
This program will focus on teaching the Etoys activity, providing
computer<br>
repair classes, providing ebooks in Portuguese, and evaluating the
academic<br>
year and its use of XO laptops with teachers. Breakfast or lunch
will be<br>
provided to students as well.<br>
<br>
The goals of the computer repairs portion of the summer program<br>
include:<br>
<br>
- Teaching children and teachers how to fix their own computers
using limited<br>
supplies<br>
- Seeding the development and expansion of a community repair center
in São<br>
Tomé e Príncipe, hopefully serving as a potential repairs hub for
future<br>
OLPC programs around the country<br>
- Allowing for the current program to be even more sustainable and
not<br>
reliant on overseas help, especially when teachers do not speak
English<br>
and are unable to seek live assistance online in their native
language<br>
(Portuguese)<br>
- Putting more emphasis on the OLPC wiki as an educational resource
for<br>
students and teachers, not just for computer repair but for other<br>
questions and procedures.<br>
<br>
<br>
8. eKindling - OLPC Philippines<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=60787">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=60787</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects/Grassroots_PH_Developers">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects/Grassroots_PH_Developers</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Remote_Pilot_Deployment_in_Lubang">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Remote_Pilot_Deployment_in_Lubang</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://ekindling.org/news">http://ekindling.org/news</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://twitter.com/ekindling">http://twitter.com/ekindling</a><br>
[SPECIFIC SITE 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 7 XOs over 4
months<br>
<br>
Project Objectives:<br>
The goal is utilize the XO laptops to pilot a training program
designed<br>
to build the capacity of educators, tech squad (comprised of 4th
grade<br>
students) and support team – key stakeholders that will be
participating<br>
in the first OLPC deployment (100 XO Laptops) in the Philippines.<br>
Deployment is projected to start in July. <br>
<br>
The Key objectives are as follows:<br>
<br>
• Train educators and local technical support team on using the XO,<br>
making integrated lesson plans, basic maintenance and repair,
classroom<br>
arrangement and management, overview of available digital content,
etc. <br>
<br>
• Train Tech Squad - a team comprised of 4th grade students that will<br>
assist educators in facilitating learning with the XO laptop – very<br>
important feature of our program design.<br>
<br>
• We will create a shareable blueprint on effectively training “Tech
Squads”<br>
<br>
• Create a shareable blueprint/manual for future training programs
that<br>
can be replicated inside and outside the Philippines.<br>
<br>
<br>
9. Collaboration Testing & Documentation - Vienna, Austria<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=61054">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=61054</a> <br>
[SPECIFIC SITE 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 XO-1.5s over undetermined months<br>
<br>
Project Objectives:<br>
Sugar 0.84 Activity-Sharing, Collaboration, Testing &
Documention with<br>
OLPC Austria.<br>
<br>
<br>
10. XO-1.5 Hardware QA - Indianapolis, Indiana<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=61058">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=61058</a><br>
[SPECIFIC SITE 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-1.5 over undetermined months<br>
<br>
Project Objectives:<br>
[Requestor is experienced & enthusiastic hardware/kernel hacker]<br>
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