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

Thu Dec 20 12:44:58 EST 2007

(thanks - ben has heard of translingual instant messaging -- not sure it is
a focus area but certainly a rabbit hole that could be followed - hi ben)

On Dec 20, 2007 11:42 AM, Seth Woodworth <seth at isforinsects.com> wrote:

> We could cc: the colingo guys, this trans-language conversation is right
> up their alley.
>
> Seth
>
> On Dec 20, 2007 9:36 AM, Todd Kelsey <tekelsey at gmail.com > wrote:
>
> > 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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> >
> > "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
> >
> >
>

-- 
Todd Kelsey

Save yourself from bloated email: http://www.sentenc.es/

About Me/CFTW | http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=dhbxftbn_35f5b46b&hl=en

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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