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all join us right now reviewing the latest OLPC/Sugar community
projects over IRC Live Chat:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://forum.laptop.org/chat">http://forum.laptop.org/chat</a>
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Then type at bottom:
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AGENDA:
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* Fast Review of the 7 latest (greatest!) HW/Project Proposals --
please
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join us advocating for, and/or reviewing shortcomings of these
proposals:
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1. 3D graphics testing - Ashland, Virginia<br>
2. Peru Rainforest Volunteers<br>
3. CNC milling machine integration - Media Lab, Cambridge,
Massachusetts<br>
4. Prakash Educational Software Package - Patiala/Punjab, India<br>
5. OLPC for Paramaribo, Suriname
/ Peace Corps<br>
6. 6th/7th Grade Mesh Network Tutoring Program - Springfield,
Massachusetts<br>
7. Peace Corps Zambia Project
- Northern Zambia<br>
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* Which projects might you enjoy Mentoring below?!
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects</a>
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<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>
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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>
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1. 3D graphics testing - Ashland, Virginia<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=62754">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=62754</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>
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Requests 1 XO-1.5 over ? months<br>
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Project Objectives:
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Improve usabilty of overall XO usability and 3D graphics testing.<br>
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2. Peru Rainforest Volunteers<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://somosazucar.org">http://somosazucar.org</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dgz5x2t3_1f9qrrtwj">http://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dgz5x2t3_1f9qrrtwj</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=63004">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=63004</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>
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Requests 2 XO-1.5s over ? months<br>
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Project Objectives:<br>
"Malla es un taller itinerante, diseñado para fomentar la apropiación<br>
tecnológica en comunidad."*<br>
"Malla is a travelling workshop, designed to ease technology
appropriation<br>
in community."<br>
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1. contacto con la COMUNIDAD local ( contacting local communities )<br>
2. levantamiento de información BRECHA DIGITAL ( measure digital gap<br>
metrics )<br>
3. sesiones de aprendizaje y práctica AZÚCAR ( learning sessions with<br>
Sugar )<br>
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3. CNC milling machine integration - Media Lab, Cambridge, Massachusetts<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://makeyourbot.org">http://makeyourbot.org</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://makeyourbot.org/mantis9-1">http://makeyourbot.org/mantis9-1</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/curiouslee/sets/72157624026918475/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/curiouslee/sets/72157624026918475/</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=63028">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=63028</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>
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Requests XO over ? months<br>
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Project Objectives:<br>
"David Carr and Henry Holtzman at the Media Lab need an<br>
XO-1.5 so that they can integrate their $87 CNC milling machine with<br>
TurtleArt!" <br>
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4. Prakash Educational Software Package - Patiala/Punjab, India<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://infernotech.co.cc">http://infernotech.co.cc</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=63100">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=63100</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 ? months<br>
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Project Objectives:<br>
Sugarize Prakash Educational Software Package (ESP) to run on XO
laptops.<br>
Educational Software Package (ESP) prototypes have been initially
developed<br>
using Microsoft’s C# and WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) and
the<br>
package includes applications catering to the learning competencies<br>
(reading, writing, listening and speech) of primary school children.<br>
In addition, ESP also has a Multi-Point application that enables
engaging<br>
children in an application using more than once mice input to promote<br>
collaborative learning.<br>
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5. OLPC for Paramaribo, Suriname
/ Peace Corps<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=63211">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=63211</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 1 XO over 8 months<br>
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Project Objectives:<br>
Create a compact printed hand-out that explains the OLPC concept, the<br>
basics of the learning approach, and about the XO machine. The<br>
hand-out will use pictures and several local languages. Background:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.sofos.nl/blog/2008/12/24/olpc-one-laptop-per-child-in-suriname/">http://www.sofos.nl/blog/2008/12/24/olpc-one-laptop-per-child-in-suriname/</a><br>
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6. 6th/7th Grade Mesh Network Tutoring Program - Springfield,
Massachusetts<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.grade6xotutoring.webs.com">http://www.grade6xotutoring.webs.com</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=63233">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=63233</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 6 months<br>
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Project Objectives:
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Our objectives are to help students in a younger grade than us (we
will<br>
be in 7th and helping 6th), do better in school by using computers
and<br>
communicating with each other through mesh networking, while at the
same<br>
time, sharing outcomes; new ways of teaching with the XO, on our
project<br>
website. With this concept, everyone will benefit from our project.<br>
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7. Peace Corps Zambia Project
- Northern Zambia<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=63474">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=63474</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 1-5 XOs over 20 months<br>
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Project Objectives:<br>
Difficulties arise as rural Zambian children strive<br>
for diverse and far-reaching opportunities beyond farming,
carpentry, domestic<br>
house work, or working at the local tuck shop. One of the most
substantial<br>
contributors to this grass-hut ceiling, holding so many rural
Zambian children<br>
back, is a lack of access to both technology and the instruction of
its use. <br>
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This project’s design allows students to learn about<br>
computers, their applications, and computer safety and maintenance.
Through<br>
both the XO laptops and the instruction from myself and local Zambian<br>
co-teachers, who will also be learning from me in order for the
spread of<br>
knowledge to continue even after my departure from Zambia (two years
from now).<br>
<br>
Armed with U.S. graduate-level computer courses, a<br>
lifetime of computer use, and human resources with whom to consult,
I am<br>
qualified to teach computer literacy, and I have seen first hand the
potential<br>
benefits offered by computer literacy courses.<br>
<br>
With their newly acquired computer knowledge and<br>
skills, the 8th and 9th grade children in Kapoko Zone<br>
(includes 5 schools: 4 government and 1 community) will be better
prepared for<br>
secondary school (the point at which many Zambian children are first
exposed to<br>
computers), college (the point at which computer skills are
essential), and the<br>
professional word (opening them up to a plethora of job
opportunities).<br>
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Finally, the Peace Corps computer literacy project for<br>
Kapoko zone schools (62474) serves to provide sustainable knowledge
transfer<br>
and continuing education. In addition to teaching 8th and 9th<br>
grade students computer literacy, I will be training interested
teachers<br>
through allowing them to co-teach the course.<br>
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