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all join us 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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* Fast Review of the 8 latest (greatest!) HW/Project Proposals --
please<br>
join us advocating for, and/or reviewing shortcomings of these
proposals:<br>
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1. Improving School Attendance Rate and Performance - Kenya and Uganda<br>
2. University Class & Repair Center - Rochester Institute of
Technology, New York<br>
3. Wings Over Haiti - Port Jefferson Station, New York<br>
4. Open 1-to-1 + XO1.5 + Sugar - Needham/Arlington, Massachusetts
& Maine<br>
5. Support Volunteer & School Server Development - Buenos Aires,
Argentina<br>
6. XO 1.5 Testing & Outreach in Portugal - Aveiro, Portugal<br>
7. OLPC Developer Lab and Repair Center - Bangalore, India<br>
8. Support Volunteer @ Rural School: XO Integration+Outreach - La
Romana, Dominican Republic<br>
<br>
* 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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* New projects & libraries -- teaching them Community Outreach:<br>
<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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<br>
1. Improving School Attendance Rate and Performance - Kenya and Uganda<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=66013">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=66013</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://e4nfoundation.blogspot.com">http://e4nfoundation.blogspot.com</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=65375"></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 18 XO-1s over undetermined months<br>
<br>
Project Objectives:<br>
Concrete proposals with defined, measurable outcomes are much more
likely to <br>
result in a laptop than it would be cool to play with these and demo
them.<br>
<br>
1. Equip teachers and pupils with basic computer skills using the XO
laptop.<br>
<br>
2. Improve understanding and performance of science subjects.<br>
<br>
3. Actively engaging children in their learning process.<br>
<br>
4. Increase school attendance rate in rural schools.<br>
<br>
5. Introducing another medium of learning and communication using XO
laptop.<br>
<br>
<br>
2. University Class & Repair Center - Rochester Institute of
Technology, New York<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://foss.rit.edu/blog">http://foss.rit.edu/blog</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://fedorahosted.org/OpenVideoChat/">https://fedorahosted.org/OpenVideoChat/</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Math4Team/RIT">http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Math4Team/RIT</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=66041">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=66041</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=65377"></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 25 XO-1.5s incl 10 additional (possibly carcasses) for
repair center.<br>
<br>
Project Objectives:<br>
On-going Course participation in Sugar Labs Math4 project via
classes <br>
at RIT, Co-Op and Summer Research Programs<br>
<br>
Addtionally hoping to become a repair center.<br>
<br>
<br>
3. Wings Over Haiti - Port Jefferson Station, New York<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.WingsOverHaiti.org">http://www.WingsOverHaiti.org</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=66053">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=66053</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=wall&viewas=0&ref=mf&gid=267976059380">http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=wall&viewas=0&ref=mf&gid=267976059380</a><br>
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href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects</a>
] <br>
<br>
Requests 6 XOs over 12 months<br>
<br>
Project Objectives:<br>
Open a K-8 School in Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti, in collaboration with<br>
students and teachers at JFK Middle School in Port Jefferson Station,<br>
NY, to meet the following goals:<br>
1. Teach children in French and English, maintaining Creole as a<br>
language of honor with Haiti’s people.<br>
2. Foster the development of critical thinking skills via an
emphasis on<br>
problem based learning (PBL) – minimizing rote memorization.<br>
3. Instill a sense of responsibility for humankind in student body<br>
through cultural exchange and local service to the community.<br>
<br>
<br>
4. Open 1-to-1 + XO1.5 + Sugar - Needham/Arlington, Massachusetts &
Maine<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://itd-usr.blogspot.com">http://itd-usr.blogspot.com</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=66253">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=66253</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 3 XO-1.5s over 6 months<br>
<br>
Project Objectives:<br>
Explore running Open1to1 (from Maine Open Netbook Initiative) on
XO-1.5<br>
hardware, develop software solutions to encountered problems, demo<br>
machines to FOSS/ED crowd.<br>
<br>
<br>
5. Support Volunteer & School Server Development - Buenos Aires,
Argentina<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://olpc.nicolascorrarello.com">http://olpc.nicolascorrarello.com</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=66320">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=66320</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 (and Active Antenna if avail?) over 24 months<br>
<br>
Project Objectives:<br>
* Deliver consistent support for the OLPC platform.<br>
Work on the School server distrubution to stabilize the platform,
and add<br>
resources for teachers and students such as:<br>
* "Proyecto ALBA" or schooltool , which is a platform for School<br>
Administration (Managing students, grades, courses, grade reports,
subjects,<br>
teachers, etc. ...)<br>
* Review and Improve 3G modem support<br>
* Find and adapt a tool to manage centrally a big XS deployement
(and maybe<br>
even XO's)<br>
<br>
<br>
6. XO 1.5 Testing & Outreach in Portugal - Aveiro, Portugal<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.tmarques.com">http://www.tmarques.com</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=66329">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=66329</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 and over 12 months<br>
<br>
Project Objectives:<br>
Showing among political parties that have strongly opposed the<br>
distribution of the Classmate PC from Intel, sold as the "Magalhães"<br>
laptop (please see <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://iniciativa-magalhaes.com/">http://iniciativa-magalhaes.com/</a>). The Classmate
was<br>
attributed to a national computer builder without a public contest
and<br>
has gathered much criticism from the media and the political
opposition.<br>
The XO 1.5 would be a viable alternative and a cheaper one. No<br>
alternatives have been show up till now and 500k laptops have been<br>
deployed. I'm unsure of the success of this due to the current
economical<br>
climate in the country, but if there's will to continue with the
initiative,<br>
the XO 1.5 would be very well positioned to replace the Classmate. I
have<br>
some extra XO-1s but they are too slow to provide an impact given the<br>
classmate's superior performance compared to the old unit.<br>
<br>
<br>
7. OLPC Developer Lab and Repair Center - Bangalore, India<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://olpcsouthasia.org">http://olpcsouthasia.org</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://youthforseva.org/our-focus-areas/education/computers-for-schools/">http://youthforseva.org/our-focus-areas/education/computers-for-schools/</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=66334">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=66334</a><br>
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]<br>
<br>
Requests 10 XO-1.5s and 10 salvaged/damaged XOs over 12 months<br>
<br>
Project Objectives:<br>
· To create a dedicated developer and volunteer community<br>
<br>
· To establish a XO lending library and repair center in Bangalore<br>
to help community in adopting XO as a learning platform<br>
<br>
· To train teachers in the Sugar Learning environment to enable them<br>
to make effective use of it in their classrooms<br>
<br>
· To prepare and implement a new curriculum for the students in<br>
coordination with teachers(For example: Development of various
mathematical<br>
models for understanding effectiveness of current curriculum and
what steps<br>
can be taken to enhance them and decipher the insights from such<br>
implementation)<br>
<br>
· To spread awareness among the youth of colleges and schools<br>
<br>
· To raise funds for atleast 1 large scale deployment in 6 months<br>
<br>
<br>
8. Support Volunteer @ Rural School: XO Integration+Outreach - La
Romana, Dominican Republic<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://sites.google.com/site/laromanaxo/">https://sites.google.com/site/laromanaxo/</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=66344">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=66344</a><br>
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]<br>
<br>
Requests 2 XO-1.5s and 3 months<br>
<br>
Project Objectives:<br>
Our project will serve to integrate the use of computers in the
learning<br>
and discovery process of young children in rural and depressed areas
of<br>
La Romana, Dominican Republic.<br>
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