[OLPC-GSoC] Congratulations to the winners - and to the rest

[Rafael Enrique Ortiz Guerrero]

Hi all

On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 12:35 PM, Jameson Chema Quinn <jquinn at cs.oberlin.edu>
wrote:

> I am sure that people have by now read the list of accepted GSoC<http://code.google.com/soc/2008/olpc/about.html>projects for OLPC. These are all great projects, and congratulations to
> those who got in. Good job.
>
> However, it is clear that some really great projects were left out. Of my
> own list of 8 great educational ideas, included below, not one of them made
> it. I hope that at least some of these and other good projects end up
> getting done anyway. I also think it would be great if OLPC could find some
> way to officially recognize the top projects. Of course, the automatic dev
> program enrollment and laptop would be great, and if actual internships are
> in the offing that would be great too; but I am talking here about some
> official title/award (words for your resume) for those that complete a
> project off some list of "we agree, this is a great idea, and we have a
> mentor for you". (This is not just a hint for my own benefit - actually, as
> an older student, this would be less important for me than what I imagine it
> would be for the younger students with good projects).
>
> Jameson
>
> On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 2:43 PM, Jameson Chema Quinn <
> jquinn at cs.oberlin.edu> wrote:
>
>>
>>    (speaking as a teacher, the standouts are ANN, Coding Tutor,
>>> Customizing Moodle, DrGeo, Elements, Garden Activity, and Water Wonders;
>>> there are others which might be great but the wiki pages are not clear
>>> enough for me to tell, and several others which are not oriented towards the
>>> classroom or have duplicate applications where I do not comment).
>>>
>>>
>> Oops, I left out OpenSim by mistake, possibly others. That would be at
>> least 8 amazing educational activities at or beyond the state of the art...
>> wow.
>>
>> Jameson
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> Speaking for myself if anyone needs an ''unofficial'' mentoring for their
unaccepted projects...just ask. i'm not an expert but i like to work on team
;).


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Rafael Enrique Ortiz Guerrero
One Laptop Per Child
rafael at laptop.org
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