[Olpc-open] "adopt a child" type programs in G1G1 OLPC areas??

[Todd Kelsey]

classroom connection seems for sure for sure possible/important - somehow.

if i can find a coder, i do have a research license for TrIM, a multilingual
instant messaging client that could be used to help facilitate such
exchanges -- it could be ported and adapted for the xo -- and for testing a
connection it could tap google's translation api (which google agreed to
give access to). for kids acquiring/learning language, machine translation
would be acceptable.

but there is still enough interest out there that even just practicing
english would be realistic, no multilingual im needed.

may already be happening; but getting a school in the u.s., canada or europe
to raise money and sponsor some self-directed xo machines would seem to be
very possible; something kids and a community could get into -- like "sister
schools" or whatever. very possible.

On Dec 20, 2007 11:14 AM, Seth Woodworth <seth at isforinsects.com> wrote:

> I would really like there to be dialog between XO children in these
> countries and XO children in ours.  People may feel unconnected to a
> massacre or famine in Rwanda if they see it on tv, but not if it's one of
> their children's playmates.
>
> I agree with Todd that direct sponsorships might be pretty hard to set up
> and/or manage.  But some method of communication or hopping over the
> jabber-based remote mesh software would be a great idea.  Unfortunately that
> mesh software is still immature and being worked on very hard, daily.  I
> don't even know what mechanism would be required for this sharing to happen.
>
>
> I wonder if this is documented on the wiki anywhere.  I'll go write up an
> example using starcraft's battlenet... :)
>
> Seth
>
>
> On Dec 20, 2007 6:58 AM, Todd Kelsey < tekelsey at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Tom - don't know personally of any adopt a child type programs; I think
> > one thing to work towards might be a school to school program though. I am
> > not "against" a sponsorship program but I have a friend who runs a number of
> > orphanages in cambodia and other areas of the world, and they specifically
> > choose not to do sponsorships -- they used to, but he said what ends up
> > happening in his experience is that many people lose interest after time and
> > then the children are devastated. The only thing I can think of as a
> > solution that still accepts the gracious intent of sponsorship is some kind
> > of group sponsorship, so that if some lose interest, there are still others.
> > This could be through a school, a community/church group, etc. -- there may
> > also be organizations that have some solution to it.
> >
> > at the same time, if someone does keep up with it, it can be
> > interesting; i think i had a friend who sponsored a child through compassion
> > international, and kept with it, and met the person, who had graduated from
> > school, etc. -- perhaps a group of friends could make a new friend.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Dec 20, 2007 8:07 AM, Tom Stewart <laptop at tastewar.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I see that the donated G1G1 laptops "will reach a child in
> > > Afghanistan, Cambodia, Haiti, Mongolia or Rwanda in early 2008." Does
> > > anyone know of any adopt a child type programs that would target the
> > > areas where the laptops are going? We've been considering doing this,
> > > and it would be a nice connection if my kids would be sharing the XO
> > > experience with someone whom the machine was targeted for.
> > >
> > > BTW, I always thought that the abbreviation for the "Give One Get One"
> > >
> > > program should have been GOGO.
> > >
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Todd Kelsey

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1000 Year Reunion (Poem) | http://welcome.cftw.com

Free Music by Me for You (mp3): http://www.cftw.com/music

"Fascinating for me to sit here and realize the interplay and influence that
music can have -- it is a part of my life, yet I haven't continued as I
could, partly out of thinking "there are more important things". but it has
it's place. i am sitting at olpc offices, and someone is playing pink floyd,
and I think music is a gift of creativity that can inspire an atmosphere of
creativity, and the range of such echoes is infinite." - Me
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