<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=windows-1252" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> <div class="moz-text-html" lang="x-western"> <div class="moz-text-html" lang="x-western"> <div class="moz-text-html" lang="x-western"> <div class="moz-text-html" lang="x-western"> <div class="moz-text-html" lang="x-western"> <div class="moz-text-html" lang="x-western"> <div class="moz-text-html" lang="x-western"> <div class="moz-text-html" lang="x-western"> <div class="moz-text-html" lang="x-western"> <div class="moz-text-html" lang="x-western"> <div class="moz-text-html" lang="x-western"> <div class="moz-text-html" lang="x-western"> <div class="moz-text-flowed" style="font-family: -moz-fixed; font-size: 13px;" lang="x-western">Sorry for the late start!<br> <br> Please join us NOW reviewing the latest OLPC/Sugar community projects over IRC Live Chat: (2PM EDT Boston Time Today/Friday)<br> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://forum.laptop.org/chat">http://forum.laptop.org/chat</a><br> <br> Then type at bottom:<br> /join #olpc-meeting<br> <br> <br> AGENDA:<br> <br> * New projects & libraries -- teaching them Community Outreach: <br> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XO_Laptop_Lending_Libraries">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XO_Laptop_Lending_Libraries</a><br> <br> * Which projects might you enjoy Mentoring below?!<br> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects</a><br> <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><br> <br> * Fast Review of the 5 latest (greatest!) HW/Project Proposals -- please<br> join us advocating for, and/or reviewing shortcomings of these proposals:<br> <br> <br> <br> 1. FoodForce2 - New Delhi, India<br> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=48940">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=48940</a><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=48455"></a><br> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Food_ForceII">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Food_ForceII</a><br> <br> Requests 1-2 XO-1.5 over 3 months<br> <br> Project Objectives:<br> FoodForce2 is both a classroom tool, and an outside classroom activity. It is a new kind of an educational solution, an “expanded school” which grows well beyond the walls of the classroom. The game play has been designed in a way to educate the child about certain key learning areas. The key learning areas on which the game focuses are: <ol> <li> <b>Strategy</b>: FoodForce2 is a strategy game in which decision-making skills of a player have a high significance in determining the outcome. The Player is suppose to plan and execute a strategy in such a way that he can make an optimum use of the resources available with him, so that the village can become self-sustainable for a long time. </li> <li> <b>Sustainable Development</b>: FoodForce2 teaches player to set limits on the consumption of the present available resources so that they can be used to address future development issues which are critical for sustainable development. </li> <li> <b>Trading</b>: Economic futures of any world community, particularly developing world, is affected by their present trading system. FoodForce2 assist player to integrate into the trade system and multi-lateral trade negotiations. It develops skills for unbiased, rule based and nondiscriminatory trading system. </li> <li> <b>Technology and its use</b>: Technology involves the usage of tools which affects and controls the environment, and the ability to adapt to it. The basic lifestyle in every aspect of our daily lives, the kind of housings, our transport, medical facilities, fashion and entertainment all depend on technology. FoodForce2 demonstrates the effect of using technology in the development of various facilities like hospitals, housing facilities, education and training. It teaches player about the importance of technology for development. </li> <li> <b>Crisis Management</b>: A crisis is a major, unpredictable event that harms human communities and is accompanied by widespread malnutrition, starvation, epidemic and increased mortality. Crisis management consisting of understanding, and coping with any serious situation, especially from the moment it first occurs to the point that recovery procedures start. FoodForce2 teaches crisis management by redesigning the village affected by natural calamities. In the game choices available to players are constrained by economic, social, and physical realities of life in a village. And their actions are highly structured by the practices of urban planning </li> <li> <b>Collaboration</b>: Collaboration is a recursive process where different organizations work together for common goal by sharing knowledge, learning and building consensus. FoodForce2 demonstrate that a community is not supposed to be building in a closed environment. Players should be free to interact with the outside environment i.e. the other villages, which are being developed by his peers. </li> </ol> <br> <br> 2. Playing, it`s serious - Kuujjuaq (Quebec) CANADA<br> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=49132">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=49132</a><br> [SITE MISSING - NEEDS TO BE POSTED OFF <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects</a> ]<br> <br> Requests 2 XOs over 2 months<br> <br> Project Objectives:<br> We would like to put your laptop in the daycare<br> for the older group (4-5 years old) because we have a lack in<br> stimulation for kids, educators don`t know how to motivate. We think is<br> a good tool for education, stimulation, to find ideas for activities.....<br> <br> <br> 3. OLPC on Puppy Linux - Bogotá, Colombia<br> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=49242">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=49242</a><br> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=47337">http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=47337</a><br> [DIRECT SITE MISSING - NEEDS TO BE POSTED OFF <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects</a> ]<br> <br> Requests 1 XO over 12 months<br> <br> Project Objectives:<br> The Primary objetive is develop a Puppy Linux Educational derivative,<br> specially builded to run in the XO hardware.<br> <br> Secondary Objetives:<br> <br> - Create a Puppy Linux distribution Extremely friendly, with easy to<br> learn GUI.<br> - Create a Puppy Linux distribution with a good pack of educative<br> applications.<br> - Deploy a good repository of Linux learning documents.<br> - Develop a small, fast and easy to learn Linux distribution for XO<br> hardware.<br> - Distibute Pupy Linux for OLPC freely.<br> <br> <br> 4. Kenya OLPC Mathematics: request for more laptops<br> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=43623">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=43623</a><br> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:OLPC_Mathematics">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:OLPC_Mathematics</a><br> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://hoclaptop.blog.com">http://hoclaptop.blog.com</a><br> <br> Requests 7 XOs over 6 months<br> <br> Project Objectives:<br> The primary goal of this project is to develop a project that will<br> aid teachers in Kenyan Primary Schools teach the basic concepts of<br> Mathematics in sync with the Kenyan Primary School syllabus using<br> the XO laptop. The specific objectives of this project are:<br> <br> 1. To improve the ability of children to memorise and enhance the<br> use of the basic Mathematical operations, that is +, -, ÷ and ×<br> using the XO laptop applications.<br> <br> 2. To improve children's ability and understanding of the measurement<br> and calculation of area, circumference and perimeter of<br> 2-dimensional figures and the Surface Area and Volume of<br> 3-dimansional objects with the aid of the XO laptop.<br> <br> 3. To aid the children in the proper understanding of the topics of<br> ratios, percentages and proportions according to the Kenyan<br> Primary School syllabus.</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </body> </html>