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all join us now, voting
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AGENDA:<br>
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* Fast Review of the 3
latest (greatest!)
HW/Project Proposals.<br>
Plz join us advocating
for & reviewing
shortcomings of these
proposals:<br>
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1. Repair center /
Union Tech Coop -
Madison, Wisconsin<br>
2. Childrens Learning
Club: Organic Farming -
Goa, India<br>
3. OLPC Librarian
Ambassadors - Jamaica<br>
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* Which projects might
you enjoy Mentoring
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* New projects &
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1. Repair center / Union
Tech Coop - Madison,
Wisconsin<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=97171">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=97171</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://uniontechcoop.blogspot.com">http://uniontechcoop.blogspot.com</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.uniontechcoop.com">http://www.uniontechcoop.com</a><br>
SPECIFIC SITE NEEDS
TO BE POSTED OFF <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://olpcMAP.net">http://olpcMAP.net</a> & <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://j.mp/6UhCtd">http://j.mp/6UhCtd</a><br>
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Requests 2 XO-1s and
2 more recent XOs over
undetermined months<br>
<br>
Project Objectives:<br>
To keep as many OLPC
devices working and in
the field as possible!<br>
Also providing
training and increasing
awareness and support of
the<br>
project by the local
community.<br>
<br>
Plan of Action:<br>
1. Become a repair
center and perform
repairs to keep OLPC
hardware alive.<br>
2. Train people on
the hardware and the
benefits of the project<br>
<br>
<br>
2. Childrens Learning
Club: Organic Farming -
Goa, India<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=97421">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=97421</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://Elearningindia.org">http://Elearningindia.org</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://Moonsoongrey.com">http://Moonsoongrey.com</a><br>
SPECIFIC SITE NEEDS
TO BE POSTED OFF <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://olpcMAP.net">http://olpcMAP.net</a> & <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://j.mp/6UhCtd">http://j.mp/6UhCtd</a><br>
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Requests 10 XO-1s
over 18 months<br>
<br>
Project Objectives:<br>
To develop a
curriculum using Sugar
on the XO for youg
children to learn<br>
organic farming. To
create an awareness in
them to think about what
they<br>
eat and learn how to
grow some of it in a fun
filled way.<br>
<br>
Plan of Action:<br>
Develop a curriculum
of Sugar activities on
the XO: To address the
larger<br>
problem of
malnutrition amongst
economically
disadvantaged primary
school<br>
going kids in India.<br>
<br>
Help children
understand their
nutritional needs and
get them to think<br>
about the quality of
food they eat, the water
they drink and the air
they<br>
breathe.<br>
<br>
Help them to learn to
grow and harvest their
own vegetables
organically,<br>
reduce waste and
re-cycle and re-use
whatever little they
produce.<br>
<br>
Involve the parents
and encourage them learn
the skills form the
children<br>
to grow vegetables in
their own homes.<br>
<br>
Enable them to
understand the
consequences of
contamination of the<br>
environment, the soil
and food by pesticides
and chemical fertilizer
and<br>
point/move them in
the direction of
learning about growing
and consuming<br>
healthy organic
vegetables.<br>
<br>
In the process of
participating in this
children will learn some
of the<br>
topics in their basic
science curriculum.
[Continues, see full
proposal]<br>
<br>
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3. OLPC Librarian
Ambassadors - Jamaica<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=97003">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=97003</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.olpcjamaica.org.jm">http://www.olpcjamaica.org.jm</a><br>
SPECIFIC SITE NEEDS
TO BE POSTED OFF <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://olpcMAP.net">http://olpcMAP.net</a> & <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://j.mp/6UhCtd">http://j.mp/6UhCtd</a><br>
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Requests 10 XO-1s
over 24 months<br>
<br>
Project Objectives:<br>
1. Develop a program
of activities around
Librarians using the XOs
in<br>
primary schools in
Kingston and St Andrew.
<br>
2. Develop a program
of activities for
educating students in
teachers’<br>
colleges preparing
to become primary school
librarians to use the
XOs in<br>
school libraries.<br>
<br>
Plan and Procedure
for Achieving the Stated
Objectives:<br>
1. OLPC Jamaica will
train Mary Bewaji and
other members of the
Jamaica<br>
Library Service to
use the XOs and Sugar.<br>
2. Together we will
identify how the XOs can
be integrated into the<br>
Librarians’
practices with their
schools and how it can
be used to<br>
improve their
practices.<br>
3. We will work with
Mico University College
to upgrade their<br>
educational
technology workshops for
educating
teacher-librarians on<br>
using educational
technology in schools to
include Sugar and the
XOs.<br>
4. We will develop
indigenous ebooks as
open educational
resources and<br>
select other open
resources to use with
the Jamaican primary
school<br>
curriculum.<br>
5. We will develop a
XS image to be installed
on commodity PC hardware<br>
in primary school
libraries.<br>
6. We will develop
custom sugar-on-a-stick
versions for parents and<br>
children to use
with their computers at
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