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-moz-fixed; font-size: 13px;" lang="x-western">Even
though OLPC's Contributors Program has a bit of
a temporary inventory<br>
shortage this month, please all join us voting
for the latest OLPC/Sugar<br>
community projects over IRC Live Chat, even as I
apologize certain<br>
shipments may be somewhat delayed! Please join
us live now, to make the<br>
best project allocations & mentoring
relationships--starting right here:<br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://forum.laptop.org/chat">http://forum.laptop.org/chat</a><br>
<br>
Then type at bottom:<br>
/join #olpc-meeting<br>
<br>
<br>
AGENDA:<br>
<br>
* Fast Review of the 3 latest (greatest!)
HW/Project Proposals -- please<br>
join us advocating for, and/or reviewing
shortcomings of these proposals:<br>
<br>
1. Testing & Fixing Bugs in Sugar - Purley
Surrey, London, England<br>
2. XO laptops as assistive technology -
Seattle, Washington<br>
3. Calling San Cristobal Island Community -
Galapagos, Ecuador<br>
<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>
<br>
* 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. Testing & Fixing Bugs in Sugar - Purley
Surrey, London, England<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=68448">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=68448</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 over undetermined months<br>
<br>
Project Background/Objectives:<br>
I've join the sugar labs community and I want
to help test current and<br>
new releases of sugar labs. I asked the
question on the sugar irc channel<br>
on freenode about obtaining an XO laptop to
help with testing. And was<br>
suggested I apply with the contributor
programme, I also want to write<br>
new activties for X-O platform to achieve
this I need the use of XO laptop.<br>
<br>
<br>
2. XO laptops as assistive technology - Seattle,
Washington<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=68467">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=68467</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://adhdxo.wordpress.com">http://adhdxo.wordpress.com</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 21 months<br>
<br>
Project Objectives: (IN FULL @
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://adhdxo.wordpress.com">http://adhdxo.wordpress.com</a>)<br>
Twenty percent of gifted students are
estimated to be "twice-exceptional."<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://education.families.com/blog/educating-twice-exceptional-students">http://education.families.com/blog/educating-twice-exceptional-students</a><br>
School system tracking, which assigns
high-scoring students to attend<br>
certain classes at a certain school, results
in a higher-than-average<br>
concentration of 2E students in these
classes. The 2E diagnosis is<br>
used in education to describe people who are
gifted academically, but<br>
have learning disabilities. These people tend
to fall through the<br>
cracks in the school system--they are
extremely intelligent but tend<br>
to not show up on tests because of certain
deficiencies in brain<br>
development, learning style, behavior, etc.
They are often diagnosed<br>
with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
(ADHD), Asperger's<br>
syndrome, and other things along the autism
spectrum. Significant<br>
among their challenges are dysgraphia
(physical problems that impede<br>
handwriting), disorganization (including
misplacing completed<br>
assignments before they can turn them in,
losing track of due dates,<br>
misfiling their work), short-term memory
issues (this most notably<br>
shows up in math), and a host of other
obstacles...<br>
<br>
The grades of 2E students trend toward a
reverse Bell curve:<br>
they get mostly A and F grades. The failing
grades are primarily<br>
because of things that individual laptops
could address:<br>
* daily planners are missing entries<br>
* daily planners are not legible, and work
isn't done<br>
* work gets completed but not turned in<br>
* work is illegible or misread as being
incorrect<br>
* homework assignments and/or materials get
left at school<br>
* attention drifts during class and key
concepts are missed<br>
<br>
We propose to measure the effect on grades
and outcomes of the<br>
following:<br>
* daily planners on computer<br>
* teachers simply share out the assignment
information instead<br>
of relying on each student to write it down<br>
* teachers can more easily check the planners
for accuracy and<br>
completeness<br>
* parents have access to complete, current,
legible planner<br>
* alarms, reminders, etc. are in place so
milestones don't<br>
pass unnoticed<br>
* the rate of completed work not getting
turned in should near zero<br>
* loose papers will not get misplaced if the
work's not on paper<br>
* even if it's misfiled on a computer, work
can be found via search<br>
* undesirable outcomes caused by legibility
of handwriting<br>
should be improved<br>
* the OLPC camera can be used to photograph
worksheets,<br>
drawings, and other things that are not in
electronic form, thus<br>
keeping these things from being lost or
misplaced<br>
* quality of notes should improve since the
computer can be<br>
used to record vital lectures so they can
be checked against the<br>
notes, thus helping fill in gaps in notes
caused by inattention<br>
(grades from notes and grades from tests
should improve)<br>
<br>
<br>
3. Calling San Cristobal Island Community -
Galapagos, Ecuador<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=67265"></a><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=68822">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=68822</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 100 XOs over 12 months<br>
<br>
Project Objectives:<br>
1. Developing kindergarten childrenīs use of
computers, using existing<br>
websites, e.g. BBC, British Council<br>
2. Developing primary and secondary
childrenīs ability to use internet,<br>
research topics, prepare blogs, have
e-pals and keep in touch with world<br>
outside the Galapagos. Raise knowledge of
Galapagos fauna and flora in<br>
outside world by creating videos of
animals on island, e.g. seals and<br>
iguanas. Develop resources about history
of island by interviewing<br>
older people about life in islands in
past.<br>
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