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    All 3 verdicts are in, 2 receiving partial approval, and the other
    needing detail:<br>
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    Thank you to all members of today's FaculTEA a.k.a. all-volunteer
    enthusiastic jury, for your most dedicated peer-mentoring!!<br>
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    Most all shipments should arrive before SF's community summit
    begins, exactly 1 week from today.  Y'all please remember to
    REGISTER if you will join, want one of the remaining shirts -- and
    *new* laptop stickers.  Thanks to some mind-blowingly productive
    volunteers we'll All Soon Meet at the Golden Gate:<br>
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    On 10/15/2010 2:16 PM, Holt wrote:
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                          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 &amp; mentoring
                          relationships--starting right here:<br>
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                          Then type at bottom:<br>
                          /join #olpc-meeting<br>
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                          AGENDA:<br>
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                          * 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 &amp; 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>
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                          * Which projects might you enjoy Mentoring
                          below?!<br>
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                          * New projects &amp; libraries -- teaching
                          them Community Outreach:<br>
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                          1. Testing &amp; Fixing Bugs in Sugar - Purley
                          Surrey, London, England<br>
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                             Requests 1 XO over undetermined months<br>
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                             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>
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                          2. XO laptops as assistive technology -
                          Seattle, Washington<br>
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                             Requests 7 XOs over 21 months<br>
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                             Project Objectives: (IN FULL @ <a
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                             Twenty percent of gifted students are
                          estimated to be "twice-exceptional."<br>
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                             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>
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                          3. Calling San Cristobal Island Community -
                          Galapagos, Ecuador<br>
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                             Requests 100 XOs over 12 months<br>
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                             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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