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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>My wife was Computer
Coordinator for Gallup Public Schools.1984-1993.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>This school district covers an area the
size of NJ.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>She managed 28 schools in 1990. They have
added a new school a year since.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>It is mainly composed of Navajo
children.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>We could have used the OLPC
then.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Today networks are available in all
schools.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>However curriculum is still
lacking.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>The digital divide continues. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>They have basic health care and no
physics in High School at BLM schools.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>They live on the largest and poorest Indian
reservation and largest radioactive waste dump.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Many Navajos live in
nuclear tailings:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><A
href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-navajo22nov22,0,7024230.story?page=1"
target=_blank>http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-navajo22nov22,0,7024230.story?page=1</A></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>They also own the largest coal reserves in
America.</DIV></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="http://dinecare.org/">http://dinecare.org/</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dine Care is working on Scratch cartoon to
educate kids about coal power on Navajo res. and global warming.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>They are cannibalizing my fusion and power
grid cartoons: (How about a Peruvian Mining cartoon?)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><A href="http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/RangerRick/11273"
target=_blank>http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/RangerRick/11273</A></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/GeneMachine/34906"
target=_blank>http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/GeneMachine/34906</A><BR><A
href="http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/GeneMachine/77493"
target=_blank>http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/GeneMachine/77493</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>Now we can add MATLAB/Linear Algebra global warming sim for
high school kids.</DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>For Navajo/Hispanic kids with
Algebra:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2><A
href="http://www.mathworks.com/academia/student_center/tutorials/mltutorial_launchpad.html"
target=_blank>http://www.mathworks.com/academia/student_center/tutorials/mltutorial_launchpad.html</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>MATLAB for Problem Solving (Global
Warming)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Excellent tutorial on MATLAB and data
management on global warming.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Contact:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><A href="mailto:Eul-Shik.Hong@mathworks.com"
target=_blank>Eul-Shik.Hong@mathworks.com</A></DIV>
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size=2></FONT> </DIV></DIV></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>Can we create math/global warming cartoons for lower
grades?</DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>Ask any kid in 6th grade in US what is their main concern (Global
Warming).</DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>Ask kids on Navajo reservation? Ask kids in Peru?</DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Now Peru is OLPC biggest
customer.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><A
href="http://www.olpcnews.com/sales_talk/countries/olpc_in_south_america.html">http://www.olpcnews.com/sales_talk/countries/olpc_in_south_america.html</A></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>They need software for kids on dangers of smelters and mining for
kids.</DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><A
href="http://ncronline.org/NCR_Online/archives2/2008a/012508/012508j.htm">http://ncronline.org/NCR_Online/archives2/2008a/012508/012508j.htm</A></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>How do we write software to educate and motivate these kids?</DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>Political backlash? A cartoon can change minds?</DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>Example:</DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>My son went through defunct silver mines in Colorado on a
tour.</DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>He lost his ticket and the mine tour guide gave him a hammer and
chisel and said he would come back for him.(as a joke)</DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>Then he turned off the lights to let us see what mining was like in
1880's and that children did the work.</DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>Peru still does this today. How does OLPC give kids an education in
mine safety and math?</DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><A
href="http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/peru404/">http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/peru404/</A></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><A
href="http://www.worldlearning.org/wlid/news/2005/peru_mining_story.html">http://www.worldlearning.org/wlid/news/2005/peru_mining_story.html</A></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><A
href="http://bmi.state.nm.us/msab.htm">http://bmi.state.nm.us/msab.htm</A></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Henry Brown</FONT></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> katie
[mailto:katie@belisle.org]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wed 1/30/2008 8:56 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
Brown, Henry, DoIT<BR><B>Cc:</B> Ivan Krstic; Edward Cherlin;
arjunsarwal@gmail.com; library@lists.laptop.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [OLPC
library] Curriculum for developing world OLPC - 3D Maya -> Scratch ->
3DOrbiter - Application based learning<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2>Greetings,<BR><BR>I have created a wiki template Mathematics
that simply adds the<BR>Mathematics category to a page. This can be expanded in
the future.<BR><BR><A
href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Category:Mathematics">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Category:Mathematics</A><BR><BR>Meanwhile,
I will attempt to add the salient points of this thread to<BR>the talk
page.<BR><BR>I am a professional mathematician and a long time school volunteer
with<BR>enrichment maths (my daughter tells her friends that her Mamma is
a<BR>Mathemagician!). Children learn to fear the subject of Mathematics
at<BR>about Middle School, and if they don't learn to love Mathematics
during<BR>elementary school, we've lost them.<BR><BR>When I became involved with
OLPC as a volunteer my primary goal was to<BR>bring some of the best maths
software to the XO, either as a complete<BR>Sugar port, Browse activity access
or other thin client, and help young<BR>children understand the beauty and
importance of Mathematics, which is<BR>the fundamental language of the
universe.<BR><BR>Right now I am helping Adam and Kim with the G1G1 support
queue, but I<BR>want to capture these ideas for near-future development. These
are<BR>fantastic
ideas.<BR><BR>-Kate<BR><BR><BR><BR>______________________________________________________________________<BR>This
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