[IAEP] NOW: Contributors Program Mtg! (Fri 2PM Boston time, #olpc-meeting)

Holt holt at laptop.org
Fri Dec 18 14:04:19 EST 2009


Please join us NOW reviewing the latest OLPC/Sugar community projects 
over IRC Live Chat:  (4:15PM EST Boston Time Today/Friday)
http://forum.laptop.org/chat

Then type at bottom:
/join #olpc-meeting


AGENDA:

* New projects & libraries -- teaching them Community Outreach:
  http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XO_Laptop_Lending_Libraries

* Which projects might you enjoy Mentoring below?!
  http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects
  http://rt.laptop.org/Search/Results.html?Query=Queue=%27contributors%27

* Fast Review of the 5 latest (greatest!) HW/Project Proposals -- please
  join us advocating for, and/or reviewing shortcomings of these proposals:



1. Decipherable Matrix - Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
   http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=51595
   [SPECIFIC SITE(S) NEEDS TO BE POSTED OFF 
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects ]

   Requests 1 XO over 12-24 months

   Project Objectives:
   To develop the software needed to add, modify, and communicate using 
a decipherable matrix.


2. Got Game? Web version - Ghana & Coppell, Texas, USA
   http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=51973
   
https://sites.google.com/a/newtech.coppellisd.com/new-tech-high-coppell-dp1/home
   [SPECIFIC SITE(S) NEEDS TO BE POSTED OFF 
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects ]

   Requests 15 XOs over 24 months

   Project Objectives:
   Provide an opportunity for children in Ghana to expand their 
educational experiences through the use of technology
   · Create a sharing community with students from Coppell Texas and 
Ghana to create a joint project
   · Allow Ghana students to have a hand in the creation of their 
educational resources
   · Provide students from an American High School an opportunity to see 
first hand what life is like for a student in Ghana


3. Budalangi Child Computer Connection Program - Kenya
   http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=52083
   [SPECIFIC SITE(S) NEEDS TO BE POSTED OFF 
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects ]

   Requests 10 XOs over 24 months

   Project Objectives:
   a) To avail computer training to the majority of children in 
Budalangi within two years.
   b) To introduce internet services in the region hence exposing the 
children for the first time ever to another technology necessary for 
future professional and academic success.
   c) To empower the children with information thereby enabling them to 
create and share learning experiences with other children in other part 
of the world especially the developed world.
   d) To provide children with access to knowledge and opportunities to 
interact, explore experiment and express themselves.


4. XO-1.5 B2 for Scratch Developer - United Kingdom
   http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=52170
   [SPECIFIC SITE(S) NEEDS TO BE POSTED OFF 
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects ]

   Requests 1 XO-1.5 B2 over (undetermined) months

   Project Objectives:
   1) Diagnose & resolve current sound problem with Scratch on XO
      1.5 (http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/9375)
   2) Help resolve other Scratch related issues


5. Phu My Orphanage, Vietnam / Boston, Massachusetts, USA
   http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=52292
   [SPECIFIC SITE(S) NEEDS TO BE POSTED OFF 
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects ]

   Requests 5 XOs over 4 months

   Project Objectives:
   To introduce XO as a learning tool for children at the Phu My 
Orphanage in Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam, and create a community of 
supporters of XO and Sugar users.
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