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                                          1. OLPC Training, Math and
                                        Secondary Students, Peace Corps
                                        Masters Intl - Calif State Univ
                                        Northridge<br>
                                          2. OLPC Tanzania Rural Cancer
                                        Prevention Initiative - Dallas,
                                        TX<br>
                                          3. GPS navigator for bicycle
                                        (with modified charger for
                                        bicycle) - Beijing, China<br>
                                          4. Marysville Rotary Literacy
                                        XO Repair Facility - Guatemala
                                        &amp; Marysville, WA<br>
                                          5. SWAG for Upcoming LUG
                                        Meeting - Los Angeles, CA<br>
                                          6. Turning Slumdogs into
                                        Millionaires/Vocational Skills
                                        Transfer - Kolkata, India<br>
                                          7. OLPC Paktika, with
                                        Paiwastoon - Afghanistan<br>
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                                        1. OLPC Training, Math and
                                        Secondary Students - Peace Corps
                                        Masters Intl, Calif State Univ
                                        Northridge<br>
                                          
                                        <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=81518">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=81518</a><br>
                                          
                                        <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.csun.edu/~vcmth014/peacecorps/PCMI_10_2010.html">http://www.csun.edu/~vcmth014/peacecorps/PCMI_10_2010.html</a><br>
                                           SPECIFIC SITE NEEDS TO BE
                                        POSTED OFF <a
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                                          href="http://olpcMAP.net">http://olpcMAP.net</a>
                                        &amp; <a
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                                          href="http://j.mp/6UhCtd">http://j.mp/6UhCtd</a><br>
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                                           Requests 10 XOs over 36
                                        months<br>
                                        <br>
                                           Project Objectives:<br>
                                           California State University,
                                        Northridge (CSUN) requests 10
                                        OLPC<br>
                                           computers for instruction of
                                        Math and Secondary Education
                                        CSUN Peace<br>
                                           Corps Master's International
                                        students. CSUN students will
                                        learn to use<br>
                                           existing educational software
                                        and develop new projects
                                        appropriate for<br>
                                           middle and high school level
                                        students. We will also teach
                                        CSUN<br>
                                           students use to some tools
                                        developed by CSUN faculty for
                                        Mathematics. <br>
                                        <br>
                                        <br>
                                        2. OLPC Tanzania Rural Cancer
                                        Prevention Initiative - Dallas,
                                        TX<br>
                                          
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                                           SPECIFIC SITE NEEDS TO BE
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                                           Requests 4 XOs and 12 months<br>
                                           <br>
                                           Project Objectives:<br>
                                           The Healthnovations
                                        International-UT Dallas Chapter
                                        aims to utilize<br>
                                           the OLPC laptops in order to
                                        establish a thorough curriculum
                                        to promote<br>
                                           cancer awareness to the
                                        Tanzanian community. The goal of
                                        the project is<br>
                                           to empower pediatric cancer
                                        victims in the region to access
                                        information<br>
                                           about the causes and
                                        consequences of the disease and
                                        to assist their<br>
                                           communities in combating
                                        pediatric cancer with access to
                                        primary<br>
                                           healthcare, education,
                                        counseling, emotional support,
                                        and medical care.<br>
                                        <br>
                                        <br>
                                        3. GPS navigator for bicycle
                                        (with modified charger for
                                        bicycle) - Beijing, China<br>
                                          
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                                           SPECIFIC SITE NEEDS TO BE
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                                          href="http://j.mp/6UhCtd">http://j.mp/6UhCtd</a><br>
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                                           Requests 1 XOs over 9 months<br>
                                           <br>
                                           Project Objectives:<br>
                                           1. Since I will be a
                                        volunteer to teach some students
                                        in Qinghai<br>
                                           Province(a very poor province
                                        of china) late July, if I can
                                        get one before<br>
                                           July, I can take it to these
                                        children to find out how favor
                                        do them<br>
                                           like this , and what do they
                                        want and so on. 2. Help with
                                        some translate<br>
                                           projects although my english
                                        is also very poor... 3. Since
                                        the olpc<br>
                                           1.75 works only 2W, so we can
                                        use the hand-shake charger to
                                        charge it for<br>
                                           all the use.<br>
                                        <br>
                                           But it will do us a favor if
                                        we can charge the battery while<br>
                                           riding bicycles! 4. With a
                                        usb gps receiver connected to
                                        our olpc<br>
                                           laptop , and bind it to the
                                        bicycle , we can use it as a
                                        good navigator.<br>
                                           We can develop a program
                                        using google map api, providing
                                        some<br>
                                           history and culture
                                        information arround where you
                                        are, and you can<br>
                                           also select anywhere to learn
                                        something about the place you
                                        select. I<br>
                                           think I can develop it using
                                        Qt.<br>
                                        <br>
                                        <br>
                                        4. Marysville Rotary Literacy XO
                                        Repair Facility - Guatemala
                                        &amp; Marysville, WA<br>
                                          
                                        <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=82243">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=82243</a><br>
                                          
                                        <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.clubrunner.ca/Portal/SitePages/SitePage.aspx?cid=275">http://www.clubrunner.ca/Portal/SitePages/SitePage.aspx?cid=275</a><br>
                                           SPECIFIC SITE NEEDS TO BE
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                                           Requests 10-15 brickes XOs
                                        over undetermined months<br>
                                        <br>
                                           Project Objectives:<br>
                                           This is a project that is
                                        being lead and developed by High
                                        School <br>
                                           students with supervision
                                        from adult school staff and with
                                        the support <br>
                                           of outside community computer
                                        professionals. Students will
                                        learn <br>
                                           technology troubleshooting
                                        skills, which will be used
                                        during the <br>
                                           project. Skills include but
                                        are not limited to: using a
                                        multi-meter, <br>
                                           oscilloscope, audio equipment
                                        and soldering equipment. Also
                                        students <br>
                                           will create a working
                                        business model on the proper
                                        manner of receiving, <br>
                                           processing, repairing,
                                        packaging and shipping of the XO
                                        systems.<br>
                                        <br>
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                                        5. SWAG for Upcoming LUG Meeting
                                        - Los Angeles, CA<br>
                                          
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                                           SPECIFIC SITE NEEDS TO BE
                                        POSTED OFF <a
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                                          href="http://olpcMAP.net">http://olpcMAP.net</a>
                                        &amp; <a
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                                          href="http://j.mp/6UhCtd">http://j.mp/6UhCtd</a><br>
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                                           Requests outreach materials<br>
                                        <br>
                                           Project Objectives:<br>
                                           Requests OLPC outreach
                                        materials for Linus User Group
                                        meeting(s).<br>
                                        <br>
                                        <br>
                                        6. Turning Slumdogs into
                                        Millionaires/Vocational Skills
                                        Transfer - Kolkata, India<br>
                                          
                                        <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=82735">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=82735</a><br>
                                          
                                        <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://impactforpeace.blogspot.com">http://impactforpeace.blogspot.com</a><br>
                                           SPECIFIC SITE NEEDS TO BE
                                        POSTED OFF <a
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                                          href="http://olpcMAP.net">http://olpcMAP.net</a>
                                        &amp; <a
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                                          href="http://j.mp/6UhCtd">http://j.mp/6UhCtd</a><br>
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                                           Requests 26 XOs over 1.5
                                        months<br>
                                        <br>
                                           Project Objectives:<br>
                                           To uplift the living standard
                                        of underprivileged families, by
                                        providing <br>
                                           vocational trainings,
                                        especially computer skillsto
                                        enhance their chance of <br>
                                           upward social mobility.<br>
                                           To infuse in the community
                                        the notion that education is an
                                        important way for <br>
                                           them to get rid of poverty.<br>
                                        <br>
                                        <br>
                                        7. OLPC Paktika, with Paiwastoon
                                        - Afghanistan<br>
                                          
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                                           <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.paiwastoon.af">http://www.paiwastoon.af</a><br>
                                           SPECIFIC SITE NEEDS TO BE
                                        POSTED OFF <a
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                                          href="http://olpcMAP.net">http://olpcMAP.net</a>
                                        &amp; <a
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                                          href="http://j.mp/6UhCtd">http://j.mp/6UhCtd</a>  
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                                           Requests 10-12 laptops for 3+
                                        months<br>
                                        <br>
                                           Project Objectives:<br>
                                           Ensure that teachers in
                                        Paktika where 450 XO 1.5s will
                                        be delivered are<br>
                                           comfortable and confident
                                        before children's laptops
                                        arrive. Create and<br>
                                           trial new interactive teacher
                                        training materials (developed
                                        with EXE see<br>
                                           <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.paiwastoon.af/eldep">www.paiwastoon.af/eldep</a>) that
                                        will help standardize teacher
                                        training and<br>
                                           ensure all teachers have
                                        completed essential teacher
                                        training modules<br>
                                           (avoid issues where trainers
                                        short change training time).<br>
                                        <br>
                                           Afghanistan's children suffer
                                        from critically short classroom<br>
                                           instruction time, receiving
                                        roughly 55% of class time in
                                        comparison to<br>
                                           UNESCO’s average of countries
                                        like Argentina, Basil, India,
                                        Jamaica,<br>
                                           Jordan, Malaysia, Peru,
                                        Russian Federation, Tunisia or
                                        Uruguay. Due<br>
                                           mostly to a lack of resources
                                        in terms of both material and
                                        human<br>
                                           capital, Afghan schools are
                                        often teaching between 2-3
                                        shifts a day with<br>
                                           the Government of the Islamic
                                        Republic of Afghanistan’s
                                        Ministry of<br>
                                           Education delivering
                                        approximately 35 minutes
                                        classroom time per subject<br>
                                           and 5 subjects per grade.<br>
                                        <br>
                                           Also, Afghanistan’s harsh
                                        winters, mountainous geography
                                        and severe lack<br>
                                           of infrastructure imposes yet
                                        another significant limitation
                                        on the<br>
                                           Afghan school year.<br>
                                        <br>
                                           PAIWASTOON found that the
                                        minority of homework is marked
                                        by the<br>
                                           teachers; while that being
                                        marked is done hastily without
                                        provision of<br>
                                           in-depth feedback. Hence,
                                        OLPC's interactive book is an
                                        improvement to<br>
                                           offering little or no
                                        feedback as is currently
                                        practiced. Interactive<br>
                                           digital learning applications
                                        also can support children's
                                        problem<br>
                                           solving and logic abilities
                                        to find their own mistakes. In
                                        terms of<br>
                                           gender implications, the OLPC
                                        offers equal opportunity to both
                                        girls<br>
                                           and boys; whereas boys in
                                        some circumstances are allowed
                                        greater<br>
                                           freedom leave the home
                                        seeking help and feedback, girls
                                        often don't<br>
                                           have this ability. A digital
                                        device with learning content can
                                        turn<br>
                                           any space into a virtual
                                        classroom. More so, rote
                                        learning is<br>
                                           dominant throughout
                                        Afghanistan and by overcoming
                                        feedback challenges,<br>
                                           time can be found to use
                                        constructivist tools such as the
                                        already<br>
                                           localized turtle, etoys and
                                        scratch.
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