[Olpc-uk] Marketing - OLPC UK Mission

[Faisal Sadeq Khan]

I see you have changed the page almost beyond recognition.
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*>Your mission was more a start to the objective section than an actual
mission statement,*

I don't think so.

Anyway, have a look at the following:

The mission of One Laptop Per Child Mali

http://www.olpcmali.org/about

One Laptop per Child (OLPC) Australia's mission

http://www.laptop.org.au/vision/

<http://www.laptop.org.au/vision/>
Best wishes.

Faisal

--
One Laptop per Child (OLPC)
"Opening new opportunities to children the world over."
http://laptop.org/en/vision




2009/7/8 Faisal Sadeq Khan <olpc at sadeq.me.uk>

> Thanks Michael,
> I am not sure who wrote the other sections. They're not my thoughts.
>
> The initial mission statement was intended to kick start the process for
> thinking about the purpose of the organisation with a view to soliciting
> views and input from all members of the organisation in order produce an
> effective mission statement, it was not the final version, just a draft.  It
> should be no different from the main OLPC organisation in the overall scheme
> of things. However, there needs to be a certain amount of localisation to
> the statement.
>
> I will have a read of your input when I can.
>
> I think Warren made a 1 line contrbution to the statement.
> Hopefully, others will jump in.
> Best wishes.
>
> Faisal
>
> --
> One Laptop per Child (OLPC)
> "Opening new opportunities to children the world over."
> http://laptop.org/en/vision
>
>
>
>
> 2009/7/6 <michael_jordan50 at bigpond.com>
>
> Thanks Faisal,
>>
>> I was aware of your initial efforts, good to see someone starting to think
>> about the future and direction.  Mission statements by definition embody the
>> hopes of the organisation and as such i was looking for a contribution from
>> everyone who wants to be involved.
>>
>> i have tidied your wiki page and made a couple of points on it all below:
>>
>> Mission
>> No need to move to far from the main OLPC organisation mission - we are
>> not aiming to do anything different to them.  However it should reflect our
>> individual perspective so anyone on the mailing list with thoughts in this
>> area should send them through ASAP.
>>
>> Objectives / What OLPC UK wants to do
>> Your mission was more a start to the objective section than an actual
>> mission statement, see below thoughts on a full set of objectives that could
>> be adopted by the group. Again, individual thoughts and contributions
>> requested by all.
>>
>> Why OLPC UK?
>> I have changed this entirely as your thoughts were more focused on the
>> question why the  XO / Sugar which should be a separate section - an
>> important question in itself.  Why OLPC UK is entirely different question
>> and should focus on the impact to education of technology and the impact of
>> education opportunities where there are currently limited options. Draft
>> versions relating to both questions below
>>
>> Full details of all changes i have made and thoughts on additional
>> sections that could be added to the About OLPC page are pasted below and
>> available here http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_UK/About
>>
>> Thanks and Regards,
>>
>> Michael Jordan
>> 07 8814 64213
>>
>> What is OLPC actually planning to achieve? / Objectives
>>
>> 1. Create educational opportunities for the UK's most needy children and
>> schools by providing them with the purpose-built educational tool, the XO
>> laptop, a rugged, low-cost, low-power, connected machine with software
>> explicitly designed for children, the first of its kind.
>>
>> 2. Provide opportunities for the UK to help the nearly two billion
>> children of the developing world with little or no access to education, by
>> providing them with the means to contribute content and software designed
>> for collaborative, joyful and self-empowered learning.
>>
>> 3.  Create a community of educators and developers committed to ensuring
>> the evolution of educationally focused, high quality applicatioins available
>> for use by children and teachers for learning
>>
>> 4. Create awareness of the importance of education to development; and the
>> impact that contributing to education focused projects worldwide can have on
>> developing nations and poverty stricken regions
>>
>> When children have access to this type of tool they get engaged in their
>> own education. They learn, share, create, and collaborate. They become
>> connected to each other, to the world and to a brighter future.
>>
>> Why OLPC UK
>>
>> OLPC is an organisation aiming to make a real, sustainable difference
>> worldwide. The continued success of the organisation demands a large
>> community of contributors across a variety of areas from fund raising
>> through to developing, from teaching skills through to curriculum creation.
>> OLPC UK has the opportunity to contribute significantly to OLPC efforts in
>> each of these areas.
>>
>> IN addition the UK school system is a long way from full integration of
>> technology to the classroom.  As a non-profit organisation focused on
>> education opportunity through low cost devices we are exceptionally placed
>> to increase the quality of educaiton and especially the integration of
>> technology into the UK school system.
>>
>> Why XO / Sugar
>>
>> Our collective future is dependent on our children's ability to develop
>> creative problem-solving and collaboration skills, which is not the same as
>> “excelling” in the use of one word processor versus another.
>>
>> In order to provide a rich learning experience to as many of the world’s
>> children as possible, it is critical to not just provide computers to
>> children, but to ensure that the software that runs on the computers
>> maximizes the potential for engaging in activities that promote learning:
>> exploration, expression, and collaboration. We want to help children,
>> parents, teachers, and schools participate in, improve, and help others the
>> best educational opportunities.
>>
>> The XO, combined with the Sugar operating system achieve these aims, and
>> at a fraction of the cost of other units.  Their open source approach
>> ensures quality content provided free to all for learning and development
>> purposes. They have been created to make possible the goal of One Laptop Per
>> Child worldwide
>>
>> For more detail see OLPC and SugarLabs.
>>
>> ---- Faisal Sadeq Khan <olpc at sadeq.me.uk> wrote:
>> > Most of the information requested can be found here:
>> >
>> > http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_UK/About
>> > Including the mission statement.
>> >
>> > Please use this as the basis for any comments or views.
>> > <http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_UK/About>
>> > Best wishes.
>> >
>> > Faisal
>> >
>> > --
>> > One Laptop per Child (OLPC)
>> > "Opening new opportunities to children the world over."
>> > http://laptop.org/en/vision
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > 2009/6/28 Michael Jordan <michael_jordan50 at bigpond.com>
>> >
>> > >  Good afternoon everyone,
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > I think it an important thing to define what OLPC UK is trying to
>> achieve.
>> > > Most importantly, defining a mission ( or for the anti marketing among
>> us –
>> > > about us / what we do) will assist in ensuring consistency of message
>> across
>> > > all public media about what it is that OLPC UK is trying to achieve.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > The mission is aimed at why do you want to be involved, why would you
>> like
>> > > OLPC UK to succeed? Simply from collating this from all interest
>> parties we
>> > > can ensure the organisation is designed to achieve the aims of all
>> members –
>> > > and ensure the public receive a consistent, professional message from
>> all
>> > > media.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > It would be great if everyone could take 5 minutes to put one line
>> together
>> > > answering these questions to ensure this organisation is moving in the
>> right
>> > > direction.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Regards,
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Michael Jordan
>> > >
>> > > 07 8814 64213
>> > >
>> > > _______________________________________________
>> > > Olpc-uk mailing list
>> > > Olpc-uk at lists.laptop.org
>> > > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-uk
>> > >
>> > >
>>
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