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                                to make the best project<br>
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                                * Fast Review of the 6 latest
                                (greatest!) HW/Project Proposals --
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                                reviewing shortcomings of these
                                proposals:<br>
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                                 1. Conectate, Juega Y Aprende / Get
                                Connected, Play &amp; Learn - Ecuador<br>
                                 2. Ubuntu Pace Academy Learning Lab -
                                Atlanta, Georgia / South Africa<br>
                                 3. Planting an OLPC seed in West Papua
                                - Indonesia / United Kingdom<br>
                                 4. Ndoombo Orphanage and widow center -
                                Tanzania / Tonawanda, New York<br>
                                 5. NOAH-Havergal Initiative - South
                                Africa / Toronto, Canada<br>
                                 6. Science in Their Hands, Right
                                Livelihood Practices - Kenya<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. Conectate, Juega Y Aprende / Get
                                Connected, Play &amp; Learn - Ecuador<br>
                                  
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=75970">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=75970</a><br>
                                   SPECIFIC SITE NEEDS TO BE POSTED OFF
                                <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
                                  href="http://olpcMAP.net">http://olpcMAP.net</a>
                                &amp; <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
                                  href="http://j.mp/6UhCtd">http://j.mp/6UhCtd</a><br>
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                                   Requests 30 XOs over 36 months<br>
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                                   Project Objectives: (excerpt)<br>
                                   The main objective of our project
                                consists in introducing the benefits<br>
                                   of computerization, to children
                                between the ages of 8 and 12 years, who<br>
                                   until now, had been deprived of this
                                educational tool (the computer) due<br>
                                   to the lack of financial
                                possibilities of the parents and
                                teachers.<br>
                                   We can assure you that the results of
                                our project will become tangible<br>
                                   in a short period of time, and from
                                these results, not only the children<br>
                                   will become the beneficiaries, but
                                also the community where they belong,<br>
                                   the same, as we expect, will evolve
                                under the influence of the technical<br>
                                   advancement we pretend to introduce
                                to a generation who, in the future,<br>
                                   will dictate the direction of the
                                community.<br>
                                <br>
                                   By educating these children’s minds
                                and providing them with a means of<br>
                                   world integration, we are trying to
                                eradicate poverty, since these<br>
                                   children, when adults, will be
                                willing to establish industries and<br>
                                   activities which will generate
                                employment, therefore improving the way<br>
                                   of living of a region of this planet,
                                that although eager in willingness<br>
                                   for progress, it had been left
                                forgotten by its government always<br>
                                   struggling by financial burdens.<br>
                                   Ignorance and poverty as well as
                                education and progress go hand on hand.<br>
                                <br>
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                                2. Ubuntu Pace Academy Learning Lab -
                                Atlanta, GA / South Africa<br>
                                  
                                <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=76000">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=76000</a><br>
                                   SPECIFIC SITE NEEDS TO BE POSTED OFF
                                <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
                                  href="http://olpcMAP.net">http://olpcMAP.net</a>
                                &amp; <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
                                  href="http://j.mp/6UhCtd">http://j.mp/6UhCtd</a><br>
                                <br>
                                   Requests 100 XOs over 12+ months<br>
                                   <br>
                                   Project Objectives:<br>
                                   The Ubuntu PAL Lab well serve as an
                                educational<br>
                                   resource and high-impact charitable
                                opportunity to transform the lives of<br>
                                   deserving South African students who,
                                despite great hardships are prepared<br>
                                   to use education to create a positive
                                vision of their futures. The Ubuntu<br>
                                   PAL Lab is a response by Pace Academy
                                students to the educational needs<br>
                                   they witnessed first hand in
                                downtrodden Eastern Cape townships of
                                Port<br>
                                   Elizabeth.<br>
                                <br>
                                   The Ubuntu PAL Lab will be used in
                                the spirit of Ubuntu - A person is a<br>
                                   person through other people - to
                                expand Ubuntu&#146;s educational initiatives<br>
                                   to invest in the emerging youth
                                leaders to give them the tools they need<br>
                                   to be successful in the workforce,
                                politics and the opportunity to work in<br>
                                   the field of their own choosing. In
                                addition the latest educational tools,<br>
                                   such as the laptops.<br>
                                <br>
                                <br>
                                3. Planting an OLPC seed in West Papua -
                                Indonesia / United Kingdom<br>
                                  
                                <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=76313">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=76313</a><br>
                                   SPECIFIC SITE NEEDS TO BE POSTED OFF
                                <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
                                  href="http://olpcMAP.net">http://olpcMAP.net</a>
                                &amp; <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
                                  href="http://j.mp/6UhCtd">http://j.mp/6UhCtd</a><br>
                                <br>
                                   Requests 35 XOs over undetermined
                                months<br>
                                <br>
                                   Project Objectives:<br>
                                   This project will introduce OLPC to
                                West Papua. After an intense 6-week<br>
                                   introduction it will be sustained by
                                local inhabitants and support via<br>
                                   the Internet. In addition to planting
                                and nurturing an OLPC seed in a<br>
                                   part of the world with no prior
                                exposure to OLPC, our project will<br>
                                   explore the challenges of building a
                                sustained pilot after only six<br>
                                   weeks of face-to-face interactions
                                with an expert.<br>
                                <br>
                                   Another objective is to explore the
                                ideas for projects described in<br>
                                   Marvin Minsky’s essay OLPC Memo 5:
                                Education and Psychology. He<br>
                                   describes many possible projects that
                                “provide our children with ideas<br>
                                   they could use to invent their own
                                theories about themselves”. He<br>
                                   suggests that cybernetic thinking
                                (i.e. understanding complex processes,<br>
                                   for example, feedback loops) can
                                provide children with productive ways<br>
                                   of thinking about their own thinking
                                and learning. Learning a good<br>
                                   programming language can lead to
                                understanding computational concepts<br>
                                   that are otherwise difficult to
                                learn.<br>
                                <br>
                                <br>
                                4. Ndoombo Orphanage and widow center -
                                Tanzania / Tonawanda, New York<br>
                                  
                                <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=76960">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=76960</a><br>
                                   SPECIFIC SITE NEEDS TO BE POSTED OFF
                                <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
                                  href="http://olpcMAP.net">http://olpcMAP.net</a>
                                &amp; <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
                                  href="http://j.mp/6UhCtd">http://j.mp/6UhCtd</a><br>
                                <br>
                                   Requests 10 XOs over 21 months<br>
                                   <br>
                                   Project Objectives:<br>
                                   To provide learning opportunities for
                                children and training<br>
                                   opportunities teachers • To provide
                                low cost access to information<br>
                                   for news, weather, school projects
                                and to web conference with schools<br>
                                   that have olpc <br>
                                <br>
                                   Our local partners Participating
                                institutions are: Jane Orphange<br>
                                   Ngarmtoni, Arusha School, Braubaern
                                School, Children for Children<br>
                                   Future (orphanage for street
                                children), Olepolos Children’s Centre,<br>
                                   Ngaramtoni orphanage (90% girls) and
                                Ndoombo Orphan Centre Primary<br>
                                   School, Duluti, Arusha. <br>
                                <br>
                                   PROPOSAL Target group<br>
                                   Our target group is underserved
                                children aged 4 – 15 years mostly<br>
                                   attending rural schools, in urban
                                slums and orphanages. Family of the<br>
                                   students selected to participate in
                                this project will also be<br>
                                   indirectly impacted by this project.
                                The indirect impact has been<br>
                                   explained in detail in an earlier
                                section.<br>
                                <br>
                                <br>
                                5. NOAH-Havergal Initiative - South
                                Africa / Toronto, Canada<br>
                                   <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://noah-xo.blogspot.com">http://noah-xo.blogspot.com</a><br>
                                  
                                <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://olpcMAP.net?id=791001&amp;km-distance=600">http://olpcMAP.net?id=791001&amp;km-distance=600</a><br>
                                  
                                <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=76986">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=76986</a><br>
                                   SPECIFIC SITE NEEDS TO BE POSTED OFF
                                <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
                                  href="http://olpcMAP.net">http://olpcMAP.net</a>
                                &amp; <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
                                  href="http://j.mp/6UhCtd">http://j.mp/6UhCtd</a><br>
                                <br>
                                   Requests 10 XOs over 18 months<br>
                                <br>
                                   Project Objectives:<br>
                                   Our objective is to begin our pilot
                                project with the students at Havergal<br>
                                   College. The students are to learn xo
                                software to then introduce the laptop<br>
                                   to an Ark(NOAH's name for
                                communities) during their visit to South
                                Africa in<br>
                                   August. Long term objective is to
                                have one laptop per child for each of
                                the<br>
                                   arks.<br>
                                <br>
                                <br>
                                6. Science in Their Hands, Right
                                Livelihood Practices - Kenya<br>
                                  
                                <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=67167">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=67167</a><br>
                                   SPECIFIC SITE NEEDS TO BE POSTED OFF
                                <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
                                  href="http://olpcMAP.net">http://olpcMAP.net</a>
                                &amp; <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
                                  href="http://j.mp/6UhCtd">http://j.mp/6UhCtd</a><br>
                                <br>
                                   Requests 9 Xos for 2-3 months<br>
                                <br>
                                   Project Objectives:<br>
                                   To overcome the teacher’s resistance
                                to a technology, and a new way of<br>
                                   learning. To help them see the
                                co-learning, exploratory process and<br>
                                   guidance role they can play in well
                                structured XO science learning<br>
                                   projects. <br>
                                <br>
                                   To overcome their fear of using a
                                computer, and begin to see it as a way<br>
                                   to alleviate some of their teaching
                                challenges (big classes, varying<br>
                                   needs of students, engaging students
                                in activities, hands–on experiences). </div>
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