<!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-flowed" style="font-family: -moz-fixed; font-size: 13px;" lang="x-western">Please all join us right now reviewing the latest OLPC/Sugar community projects over IRC Live Chat: <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: * Fast Review of the 5 latest (greatest!) HW/Project Proposals -- please join us advocating for, and/or reviewing shortcomings of these proposals: 1. Testing 1.5 - Greece 2. English for Everybody - Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia 3. Testing/constructing new Sugar on top of F11 - Munich, Germany/Massachusetts 4. GeoGebra, world-wide mathematics software - Linz, Austria 5. Promotional XO - The Netherlands / Nepal * Which projects might you enjoy Mentoring below?! <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> * New projects & libraries -- teaching them Community Outreach: <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> 1. Testing 1.5 - Greece <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=56928">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=56928</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=55379"></a> [SPECIFIC SITE 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> ] Requests 1 XO 1.5 "not prototype" over undetermined months Project Objectives: Alpha testing, debugging, developing and getting "playing" feedback from an 11-year old 2. English for Everybody - Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=56932">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=56932</a> [SPECIFIC SITE 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> ] Requests 10 XOs over 12 months Project Objectives: Since we are teachers and not computer experts, programming our courses will take at least a year. After that and if we are successful, we will start courses on other subjects. Why English? The Bolivian government announced two days ago, the new teaching program for Bolivia. (This government is a Socialist-Indigenous supporter and is very strong now). All schools in Bolivia will have to change all history books as “liberal” heroes will be eliminated, replacing them with indigenous martyrs and every school will have to teach 3 languages: Spanish, an indigenous “originary” language (guarani for this region) and another foreign language, preferably English. Laptops will be of great help as we can show many other things than through a conventional lesson. If in the future we can buy a projector, it will close our idea of future teaching by being able to show films, videos, etc. We have been contacted by people who represent the future local authorities in order to know more about our project and we have full support from whoever wins. 3. Testing/constructing new Sugar on top of F11 - Munich, Germany / Massachusetts <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=57108">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=57108</a> [SPECIFIC SITE 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> ] Requests 1 XO over 2 months Project Objectives: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/F11_for_XO-1">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/F11_for_XO-1</a> ? 4. GeoGebra, world-wide mathematics software - Linz, Austria <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=57258">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=57258</a> [SPECIFIC SITE 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> ] Requests 2 XOs over 6 months Project Objectives: Sugarize GeoGebra to run on the OLPC XO 1.5 laptops under SugarOS. We already have contacts to SugarLabs (Walter Bender et al.) and they will help us with Java support. This will involve adaptations of the user interface of GeoGebra to work with the security system and journal of SugarOS. Support of collaboration features could be a follow-up project. 5. Promotional XO - The Netherlands / Nepal <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=57262">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=57262</a> [SPECIFIC SITE 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> ] Requests 1 XO over undetermined months Project Objectives: The objective of the project is: Computer supported education within the primary school in Serachour, Nepal based on a sustainable model. Deliverables: The following deliverables are addressed: • 40 XO´s used and working at the primary school of Serachour • A working infrastructure (internet, school server, electricity) • Trained teachers and children • A self supporting and self learning school based on local parties (= sustainable) • Connection with the existing Nepali educational platform, OLE Nepal and teachers of other schools</div> </div> </div> </body> </html>