[OLPC-Chicago] Don't tempt me to unleash the one-legged space chickens!
Rebecca Rubio
tacotaxi26 at yahoo.com
Fri Apr 11 14:40:17 EDT 2008
Ms. Rubio,
Senator Raoul as signed on as a Chief Co-Sponsor to HB5000. His
colleague, Senator Michael Bond is the Chief Sponsor in the Senate.
Thank you for bringing this bill to the Senator's attention. He greatly
appreciates his constituents offering their voices to their district.
Sincerely,
Laurie Bonnett
Legislative Assistant
Senator Kwame Raoul
13th District
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Today's Topics:
1. Fwd: [Bytesfree-discuss] Voter Information Project - Call For
Help (Edward Cherlin)
2. Fwd: Media Advisory: House Members Introduce Res. 1078 in
support of the Global Marshall Plan (Edward Cherlin)
3. Re: OLPC-Chicago Digest, Vol 9, Issue 12 (kayiwa fred)
4. Re: [OLPC library] Lieutenant Governor Pat Quinn on HB5000
(Edward Cherlin)
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Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:50:41 -0700
From: "Edward Cherlin" <echerlin at gmail.com>
Subject: [OLPC-Chicago] Fwd: [Bytesfree-discuss] Voter Information
Project - Call For Help
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We should be able to use this to datamine the Illinois Legislature on
HB5000, and on education more generally. Where can we put the pages?
Shall we start a Wiki?
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From: Ilan Rabinovitch <ilan at socallinuxexpo.org>
Date: Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 4:40 PM
Subject: Re: [Bytesfree-discuss] Voter Information Project - Call For Help
To: Edward Cherlin <echerlin at gmail.com>
Cc: bytesfree-discuss <bytesfree-discuss at bytesfree.org>
Edward Cherlin wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 3:39 AM, Ilan Rabinovitch
> <ilan at socallinuxexpo.org> wrote:
>
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > One of the pieces we have been working on for our booth at LUG Radio
> > Live is the release of an voter information project.
> > Using dapper, deki and several other technologies we have been able to
> > pull in a wealth of data from other services to auto-populate some basic
> > profile pages for each elected official.
> >
> >
>
> I'm interested in how you did that. I have two projects that would
> like to be able to do much the same thing. Impeachment, and HB5000,
> the Children's Low-Cost Laptop Act, in Illinois--OLPC XOs and other
> laptops for 300 schools.
>
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Illinois
>
>
>
Most of the project we've done so far is available here:
http://deki.bytesfree.org/
We currently pull in data using the following APIs:
- FollowTheMoney.org
- Sunlight Labs API
- Govtrack.US
I would greatly appreciate any feedback on content that should be
added. Right now the piece we are working on is campaign
contributions, but that might have to wait until post LRL due to lack
of APIs at the federal level. (ie I'm pulling the FEC database into
mysql at the moment).
Ilan
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:11:30 -0700
From: "Edward Cherlin" <echerlin at gmail.com>
Subject: [OLPC-Chicago] Fwd: Media Advisory: House Members Introduce
Res. 1078 in support of the Global Marshall Plan
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Another initiative that we need to inform. Education at home and
abroad is central to this plan.
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From: Will Pasley <Tikkun at mail.democracyinaction.org>
Date: Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 4:05 PM
Subject: Media Advisory: House Members Introduce Res. 1078 in support
of the Global Marshall Plan
To: echerlin at gmail.com
Tikkun to heal, repair and transform the world
A note from Rabbi Michael Lerner
Media Advisory: Global Marshall Plan resolution introduced in
Congress-H.Res. 1078 by Congressmen Keith Ellison, Emanuel Cleaver and
Jim Moran March 10, 2008
H.Res. 1078 calls for a return of the Marshall Plan. That plan was
used by the U.S. in the post World War II years to rebuild Europe. It
was celebrated as America's most successful foreign policy program
because it convinced Europeans that the U.S. was a reliable ally and
friend.
This time, however, the target is both domestic and global. H. Res.
1078 calls for the U.S. to provide enough funding to eliminate global
poverty, homelessness, hunger, inadequate education, inadequate
health care, and repair of the environment.
Congressman Keith Ellison of Minnesota, the resolution's sponsor,
explained his introduction of the measure as a natural outgrowth of
his concern for peace, prosperity for working families, environmental
sustainability, and human rights.
"I believe a Global Marshall Plan offers a compelling framework for
the Congress to consider reform and revitalization of our
international public diplomacy and foreign aid," Ellison said.
"America is at its best when it demonstrates its generosity.
"When we see reminders everywhere of the costs of spending $12
billion per month on war in Iraq, I look forward to the conversations
about changes in principles and priorities that this resolution will
bring," Ellison concluded.
"At a moment when General Petraeus is asking for another $110
billion for a deeply unpopular war, the Global Marshall Plan provides
an alternative strategy for homeland security," said Rabbi Michael
Lerner, editor of Tikkun and chair of the Network of Spiritual
Progressives, an organization that developed the Global Marshall Plan
and which will now be launching a nationwide campaign to get the
presidential candidates to support the idea.
"In the 21st century," Rabbi Lerner pointed out, "our security and
well-being depend on the well-being of everyone else on this planet,
and on the well-being of the planet itself."
"Our caring for all people can be manifested through a Global
Marshall Plan that would dedicate 1-2% of our annual Gross Domestic
Product each year for the next twenty years to eliminate once and for
all domestic and global poverty, homelessness, hunger, inadequate
education, and inadequate health care and to repair damage done to the
environment."
Such a program needs the participation of the other advanced
industrial countries and the recipient countries' most talented
leaders, as well as local communities representing the poor and
outstanding figures in the ethical, cultural, religious and non-profit
sectors of the relevant societies who can ensure the best use of the
resources, as well as to ensure that the monies are used in
environmentally sustainable and culturally sensitive ways, and to
guarantee that the monies are not siphoned off by governments or local
elites but actually reach the people in need. This program, initiated
by the Network of Spiritual Progressives also calls for amending all
existing and future trade agreements to ensure that they serve the
economic well-being of the poor and not just the interests of the
wealthy nations or local elites in countries with high levels of
poverty. We want the United States to take the leadership in starting
this effort.
"We approach this initiative with a spirit of humility," said Rabbi
Lerner, "not only because of the legacy of colonialism, but because we
can learn much from societies whose economic poverty does not signify
a poverty of wisdom. Generosity of spirit as well as financial
generosity are an integral part of our Global Marshall Plan, which we
affirm not only because it is a central component in any plan to
achieve "homeland security," but also because it reflects our
commitment to recognize every human being on this planet as equally
valuable and deserving of care." HR 1078 expresses the need for a
similar humility in delivering support for the world's poor.
Rabbi Lerner has called upon religious liberals and progressives
(what the media calls "the Religious Left") to call their
Congressional representatives to explain why they should support the
ideas behind the Global Marshall Plan.
The full text of H.Res. 1078 is available through the website of
Congressman Keith Ellison, http://ellison.house.gov, and further
comment can be obtained by calling 202-225-4755. Congressmen
Ellison, Cleaver and Moran are all available for interviews on this
topic. Rabbi Michael Lerner, who is directing the Network of Spiritual
Progressives' nation-wide campaign for the Global Marshall Plan, is
also available for interviews. Call 1 510 644 1200 during business
hours Pacific Daylight Time. Or by email: His scheduler Will Pasley:
Will at Tikkun.org. You can also email RabbiLerner at Tikkun.org for media
interviews, and David Hart for information about how churches,
synagogues, mosques, ashrams, colleges, NGOs, civic organizations,
social change movements, professional organizations and elected
officials can be involved in this campaign:
David at SpiritualProgressives.org. And you can endorse the GMP on line
at www.tikkun.org (left-hand column) or read the full version at that
same website, by clicking the GMP button in the Current Thinking
section of the Home Page.
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:24:36 -0700
From: "kayiwa fred" <kayiwafred at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [OLPC-Chicago] OLPC-Chicago Digest, Vol 9, Issue 12
To: olpc-chicago at lists.laptop.org
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Hi Edward and all yes i can see and read the way forward to the laptop
developments in Illinois
writing to the senate involves even those outside USA? to vote for?
On 10/04/2008, olpc-chicago-request at lists.laptop.org
<olpc-chicago-request at lists.laptop.org> wrote:
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> Today's Topics:
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> 1. The Children's Low-cost Laptop Act passes the Illinois House!
> (Larry Langellier)
> 2. Re: The Children's Low-cost Laptop Act passes the Illinois
> House! (Edward Cherlin)
>
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> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2008 16:05:33 +0000
> From: Larry Langellier <llangellier at hotmail.com>
> Subject: [OLPC-Chicago] The Children's Low-cost Laptop Act passes the
> Illinois House!
> To: <olpc-chicago at lists.laptop.org>
> Cc: swoodard at showingtime.com, fhoch at illinoistech.org
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>
> House Bill 5000, The Children?s Low-cost Laptop Act, passed unanimously
> (110-0) through the Illinois House of Representatives yesterday! It now
> needs a strong push to move through the Senate. Please email me if you would
> like an information sheet on the bill - it is too large to send through the
> olpc-chicago listserve.
>
> Huge thanks to all 9 of the bill's House Sponsors:
>
> Cynthia Soto (D-Chicago)
> Constance A. Howard (D-Chicago)
> LaShawn K. Ford (D-Chicago)
> Ruth Munson (R-Elgin)
> Jack D. Franks (D-Woodstock)
> Patrick J Verschoore (D-Rock Island)
> Karen A. Yarbrough (D-Broadview)
> Elizabeth Hernandez (D-Cicero)
> Esther Golar (D-Chicago)
>
> Now, to the Senate.
>
> List of 59 IL State Senators: http://www.ilga.gov/senate/
>
> Identify *your* Senator:
> http://www.elections.illinois.gov/districtlocator/SelectSearchType.aspx
>
> Email your Senator:
> http://blogs.chicagotribune.com/news_columnists_ezorn/2007/08/heres-where-to-.html
>
> --------------------------------
> ***HOW YOU CAN HELP -- BELOW***
> --------------------------------
> Here's a template you can use to write State Senators. Modify it to suit
> your style. :) I also urge you to call their office and encourage them to
> sign on as co-sponsors when they have the chance.
>
> Dear Senator _____________,
>
> I believe that laptop computers can help improve, and maybe even transform,
> elementary school education in Illinois.
>
> When you have the chance to vote on the Illinois Children's Low-cost Laptop
> Act (House Bill 5000), I hope you will think about the kids in our
> community, whose future social, economic and educational opportunities will
> be tied to their command of technology.
>
> The Children's Low Cost Laptop Act calls on the Illinois State Board of
> Education to administer a pilot project that would allow up to 300
> elementary schools in Illinois to receive grant funding for low-cost (under
> $400) laptops. Support for professional development (teacher training),
> school building readiness and laptop repair are accounted for in the bill.
> Elementary schools like ______________________________ in our community
> could benefit if this bill becomes law.
>
> But make no mistake. I know that laptops alone will not fix all the problems
> in our schools.
>
> The fundamentals -- reading, writing, math, history, science, art and music,
> too -- can all be learned and reinforced with computer technology. We must
> make it a priority in Illinois to produce a generation of young people who
> can compete with kids in other states and other parts of the globe. House
> Bill 5000 is a real step in this direction. Thank you for considering my
> letter, and for your work on behalf of the people of ________________.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> YOUR NAME
> YOUR ADDRESS
> YOUR PHONE NUMBER
> YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS
>
> _________________________________________________________________
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> Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2008 12:52:56 -0700
> From: "Edward Cherlin" <echerlin at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [OLPC-Chicago] The Children's Low-cost Laptop Act passes
> the Illinois House!
> To: "Larry Langellier" <llangellier at hotmail.com>
> Cc: swoodard at showingtime.com, olpc-chicago at lists.laptop.org,
> fhoch at illinoistech.org
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>
> On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 9:05 AM, Larry Langellier
> <llangellier at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > House Bill 5000, The Children's Low-cost Laptop Act, passed unanimously
> > (110-0) through the Illinois House of Representatives yesterday! It now
> > needs a strong push to move through the Senate. Please email me if you
> would
> > like an information sheet on the bill - it is too large to send through
> the
> > olpc-chicago listserve.
>
> I have made a page for Illinois on the laptop Wiki.
>
> > Huge thanks to all 9 of the bill's House Sponsors:
>
> I put links to the sponsors in the Wiki also.
>
> > Cynthia Soto (D-Chicago)
> >
> > Constance A. Howard (D-Chicago)
> >
> > LaShawn K. Ford (D-Chicago)
> >
> > Ruth Munson (R-Elgin)
> >
> > Jack D. Franks (D-Woodstock)
> >
> > Patrick J Verschoore (D-Rock Island)
> >
> > Karen A. Yarbrough (D-Broadview)
> >
> > Elizabeth Hernandez (D-Cicero)
> >
> > Esther Golar (D-Chicago)
> >
> >
> >
> > Now, to the Senate.
> >
> >
> >
> > List of 59 IL State Senators: http://www.ilga.gov/senate/
> >
> >
> >
> > Identify *your* Senator:
> >
> > http://www.elections.illinois.gov/districtlocator/SelectSearchType.aspx
> >
> >
> >
> > Email your Senator:
> >
> >
> http://blogs.chicagotribune.com/news_columnists_ezorn/2007/08/heres-where-to-.html
> >
> >
> >
> > --------------------------------
> >
> > ***HOW YOU CAN HELP -- BELOW***
> >
> > --------------------------------
> >
> > Here's a template you can use to write State Senators. Modify it to suit
> > your style. :) I also urge you to call their office and encourage them to
> > sign on as co-sponsors when they have the chance.
> >
> >
> >
> > Dear Senator _____________,
> >
> >
> >
> > I believe that laptop computers can help improve, and maybe even
> transform,
> > elementary school education in Illinois.
> >
> >
> >
> > When you have the chance to vote on the Illinois Children's Low-cost
> Laptop
> > Act (House Bill 5000), I hope you will think about the kids in our
> > community, whose future social, economic and educational opportunities
> will
> > be tied to their command of technology.
> >
> >
> >
> > The Children's Low Cost Laptop Act calls on the Illinois State Board of
> > Education to administer a pilot project that would allow up to 300
> > elementary schools in Illinois to receive grant funding for low-cost
> (under
> > $400) laptops. Support for professional development (teacher training),
> > school building readiness and laptop repair are accounted for in the bill.
> > Elementary schools like ______________________________ in our community
> > could benefit if this bill becomes law.
> >
> >
> >
> > But make no mistake. I know that laptops alone will not fix all the
> problems
> > in our schools.
> >
> >
> >
> > The fundamentals -- reading, writing, math, history, science, art and
> music,
> > too -- can all be learned and reinforced with computer technology. We must
> > make it a priority in Illinois to produce a generation of young people who
> > can compete with kids in other states and other parts of the globe. House
> > Bill 5000 is a real step in this direction. Thank you for considering my
> > letter, and for your work on behalf of the people of ________________.
> >
> >
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> >
> >
> > YOUR NAME
> >
> > YOUR ADDRESS
> >
> > YOUR PHONE NUMBER
> >
> > YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > Going green? See the top 12 foods to eat organic.
> > _______________________________________________
> > OLPC-Chicago mailing list
> > OLPC-Chicago at lists.laptop.org
> > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-chicago
> >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Edward Cherlin
> End Poverty at a Profit by teaching children business
> http://www.EarthTreasury.org/
> "The best way to predict the future is to invent it."--Alan Kay
>
>
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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:10:45 -0700
From: "Edward Cherlin" <echerlin at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [OLPC-Chicago] [OLPC library] Lieutenant Governor Pat
Quinn on HB5000
To: "Yoshiki Ohshima" <yoshiki at vpri.org>
Cc: OLPC Library list <library at lists.laptop.org>, OLPC Devel
<Devel at lists.laptop.org>, olpc-chicago at lists.laptop.org, OLPC-Open
<Olpc-open at laptop.org>
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On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 9:04 PM, Yoshiki Ohshima <yoshiki at vpri.org> wrote:
> There was been strong Etoys experiment going in Illinois, especially
> at Columbia College and UIUC.
Excellent. Can you point us to some groups or individuals, or
published documents, or whatever?
> I don't know how much olpc-chicago
> overlaps with that group, but it would be nice to be able to say that
> "we already have been doing the test of (a part of) software long time
> in the state."
Indeed. Thanks.
> -- Yoshiki
>
> At Tue, 8 Apr 2008 20:42:36 -0700,
>
>
> Edward Cherlin wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 7:59 PM, Jameson Chema Quinn
> > <jquinn at cs.oberlin.edu> wrote:
> > > This is fascinating. I would say that the first triaging you should do to
> > > make this a reality for September is to reduce the number of grade levels
> > > you target to an absolute minimum. More than 3 would be crazy, two is
> > > better.
> >
> > This is presently set up to be the choice of the schools or school
> > districts. But we can of course inform them of the resources currently
> > available, and what might become available.
> >
> > > Possibilities:
> > > 6/7: pros: 2/3 of the students in a junior high, yet you can count on
> > > having most of them there for 2 or 3 years. cons: late grade = lots of
> > > testing; jealous 8th graders.
> > >
> > > 3/4 or 4/5 : good ages, but not good saturation.
> > >
> > > 3/6 : good variety, more logistics.
> > >
> > > Once you decide this, a lot more will follow.
> >
> > I want to do K-2. The laptop works well for illiterate users. It has a
> > minimum of text and a maximum of icons in the Sugar User Interface,
> > and we will have literacy software built in. I also want to do 3-5,
> > the ages where we know we can have the maximum impact with programming
> > in Smalltalk. We will have to have the whole discussion, and not try
> > to optimize beforehand.
> >
> > "Premature optimization is the root of all evil."--Donald Knuth,
> > quoting C. A. R. Hoare
> >
> > > Also I had a link for you: http://www.ck12.org/ <-- just starting up but has
> > > some funding and possibly an inside track to getting more, trying to make
> > > open-source textbooks attractive to public schools, worth giving them a call
> > > to see if they are interested in (ready to) collaborating with you. Illinois
> > > would definitely be a feather in their cap. You need all the help you can
> > > get with can get with content.
> >
> > Excellent. They are just up the road from me. I'll go see them right away.
> >
> > > Good luck!
> > >
> > > Jameson
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 4:49 PM, Edward Cherlin <echerlin at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I talked with Ryan Croke of Illinois Lieutenant Governor Pat Quinn's
> > > > office today. They are keen on this project, and would like to arrange
> > > > for us to assist in getting the program designed for the best possible
> > > > outcome. HB5000 is moving rapidly through the House, and will then go
> > > > to the Senate, which is likely to turn it over to the Education
> > > > Committee for public hearings. We should organize to bring our XOs and
> > > > our children to Springfield for the hearings.
> > > >
> > > > Among the questions:
> > > >
> > > > Schools will be allowed to choose from among the available laptops.
> > > > The program should capture the differences in outcomes between schools
> > > > using different hardware and software, using appropriate measures LG
> > > > Quinn's office agrees. Nicholas Negroponte is strongly opposed to
> > > > "bake-offs", but the world doesn't work the way he wants.
> > > >
> > > > We need to work with the legislature, the Education authority, and
> > > > with schools on appropriate integration of laptops into curricula, and
> > > > provide at least draft versions of electronic textbooks on all
> > > > requested subjects. Much of what we want to do has yet to be designed.
> > > > In fact, the software that we want to build the textbooks on has in
> > > > some major cases yet to be designed. How much can we promise for the
> > > > start of the next school year in September? That depends very strongly
> > > > on who steps up to do it.
> > > >
> > > > It is very important in pilot projects to do good experimental design
> > > > before hand so that the results contain usable information, not merely
> > > > data. We need to talk to people who know something about these issues,
> > > > who also understand what we are trying to measure.
> > > >
> > > > What training can be put together for the summer before? We need to
> > > > demonstrate the meaning and value of learning by doing through
> > > > collaborative discovery, aka Constructionism. Then we need to provide
> > > > the toolkit for teachers to apply it, and provide feedback mechanisms
> > > > so that their experience and insights steadily improve the process.
> > > >
> > > > This program requires dedicated resources, and management, on our side
> > > > and several others. That means that we need to look for funding.
> > > > Anybody know a good grant writer?
> > > >
> > > > No Child Left Behind creates perverse incentives that can interfere
> > > > with the program. Can we get waivers from the Federal Government for
> > > > the trials?
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Edward Cherlin
> > > > End Poverty at a Profit by teaching children business
> > > > http://www.EarthTreasury.org/
> > > > "The best way to predict the future is to invent it."--Alan Kay
> > > > _______________________________________________
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