I am sure that people have by now read the <a href="http://code.google.com/soc/2008/olpc/about.html">list of accepted GSoC</a> projects for OLPC. These are all great projects, and congratulations to those who got in. Good job.<br>
<br>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).<br>
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<div> (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).</div>
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</div><div>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.</div>
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