<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=windows-1252" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> <div class="moz-text-html" lang="x-western"> <div class="moz-text-flowed" style="font-family: -moz-fixed; font-size: 13px;" lang="x-western">Please join us (right now!) reviewing the latest OLPC/Sugar community projects over IRC Live Chat, just after 2PM EDT Boston Time, right here: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://forum.laptop.org/chat">http://forum.laptop.org/chat</a> Then type at bottom: /join #olpc-meeting AGENDA: * New Libraries Coming! <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects#XO_Laptop_Lending_Libraries">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects#XO_Laptop_Lending_Libraries</a> * Which projects might you enjoy Mentoring?! <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Search/Results.html?Query=Queue=%27contributors%27">http://rt.laptop.org/Search/Results.html?Query=Queue=%27contributors%27</a> * Fast Review of the 5 latest (greatest!) HW/Project Proposals -- please join us advocating for and/or reviewing shortcomings of these proposals: 1. Computer aided instruction in medical schools in Kenya & Illinois, USA <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=42481">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=42481</a> Requests 2 XO's for August at least Project Objectives: The overall objective of our project is to enhance the use of computer-aided instruction for medical education in Africa. Toward this end we have established collaborations with several medical schools in Kenya to explore possibilities for facilitating the development and utilization of computer aided programs and other teaching modules that are tailored for their curricula. Longer term objectives include involvement of medical students to help develop content and to improve the awareness of the globalization of medical education. 2. flixel games framework on xo - Austin, Texas, USA <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=42621">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=42621</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://flixel.org">http://flixel.org</a> Requests 1 XO for 1 month or much longer term if possible Project Objectives: To create a step-by-step tutorial that shows how to use the XO to create original Flash games that anyone with a PC can play, using my specialized, highly efficient flash game library (which is MIT-license free). 3. Internet Math Tutoring Network For Kosodo Village - Kenya <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=42701">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=42701</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://InternetMathTutoring.com/OLPC">http://InternetMathTutoring.com/OLPC</a> <pre> Requests 10 XO's for 24 months Project Objectives: This proposal describes the implementation of an Internet Math Tutoring Network in a developing country which will use the following technology to bring individualized math tutoring instruction to students. In this way, math teaching specialists can supplement the local teacher(s) in sparsely populated areas without transporting the specialists to the areas. laptop computers (on loan); Low cost laptop computers ("XO"), connected to high-speed Internet, for individual students; a web cam for each laptop (built-in); Conversations with visual content will be accessible for the tutoring interaction by connecting a web cam to the laptop computer; an on-line Google spreadsheet or calendar for scheduling (no fee); Appointments between tutor and students will be expedited through a Google online spreadsheet or Google calendar. a video uploading facility hosted at a low fee by a video platform ( <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.blip.tv">www.blip.tv</a>, $8/month); By using a video server, selected videos can be uploaded onto the Internet and accessed by the students and teachers at no fee; a presentation facility similar to Power Point but open source (no fee). Instructional slideshows can be made available on-line for use by instructors, tutors, students, and their family members. a web conferencing organizer online (no fee with ads, $10/month without ads). Web conferencing supports communication over the Internet real-time, from the instructor's desktop, to the student's laptop, including working together with the student(s) on a single multi-page document which can include embedded images, text, hand-drawn illustrations, geoometric figures, etc.. (See <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.vyew.com">http://www.vyew.com</a>) 4. XO-1.5 build testing, Martin Dengler, UK <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=42768">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=42768</a> Requests 1 XO 1.5 til build ships or 6 months Project Objectives: Assist reporting and fixing XO-1.5 bugs, of which there are already at least 30 (see <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://dev.laptop.org/query?status=assigned&status=new&status=reopened&group=component&order=priority&col=id&col=summary&col=status&col=type&col=priority&milestone=1.5-F11">http://dev.laptop.org/query?status=assigned&status=new&status=reopened&group=component&order=priority&col=id&col=summary&col=status&col=type&col=priority&milestone=1.5-F11</a> 5. Wind Shear Detection for Small Airports, Northridge, California, USA <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=43173">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=43173</a> Requests 4 XO's for 12 months Project Objectives: The objective is the development of an array of inexpensive sensors that, when placed around an airport, will automatically organize themselves into a mesh network that can detect and report wind shear. </pre> </div> </div> </body> </html>