I have some contact with <a href="http://www.globe.gov">http://www.globe.gov</a> and had the chance to show off two OLPC XO-1 laptops a couple of years ago at their office in Denver. I am still a current GLOBE trainer in Melbourne.<br>
<br>Would you like me to make contact with them regarding membership of GLOBE? It would be great for your Uganda data to become part of our global weather data-set.<br><br>Regards Roland<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 20 April 2010 07:49, Nicholas Doiron <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ndoiron@andrew.cmu.edu">ndoiron@andrew.cmu.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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I do appreciate your response and thoughts on how it would be difficult to<br>
collect data regularly. I am hoping to install an XO-accessible weather<br>
station in Uganda this summer. A device will monitor the sensor and<br>
students can collect and post the data on their own schedule.<br>
<br>
A large-scale project could start by choosing a simpler project where<br>
students send reports about what they see. Last December I was on a call<br>
with DigiLiteracy.org and Cornell's volunteer science program. Cornell is<br>
interested in bird counts from OLPC schools in the US, India, and Latin<br>
America. They also have a bilingual Celebrate Urban Birds program for city<br>
schools. Here is a report about their work with a school in Costa Rica:<br>
<a href="http://www.birds.cornell.edu/netcommunity/Page.aspx?pid=1693" target="_blank">http://www.birds.cornell.edu/netcommunity/Page.aspx?pid=1693</a><br>
<br>
I would be happy to help in bringing this program back to life. We have<br>
put digital graphs, cameras, maps, and networks in schools around the<br>
world; it would be amazing if we can connect them with practical science<br>
projects.<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
Nick Doiron<br>
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On Sun, April 18, 2010 11:44 pm, Yamandu Ploskonka wrote:<br>
> Provincia San Luis in Argentina is doing an amazing project of<br>
> calculating the carbon footprint of every community in the Provincia, the<br>
> kids go house byhouse interviewing the families on what kind of appliances<br>
> they have, number of lightbulbs, etc. Classmates running winnows, alas.<br>
><br>
><br>
> Please disregard the rest of my response below - I'm into nonsense, no<br>
> need to take any of that seriously, I just find it somewhat quaint I fell<br>
> into that, so I'm leaving it there<br>
><br>
> as to massive data gathering, something on the lines of weather projects<br>
> could be fascinating, with adequate sensors. Anyway, so far we haven't<br>
> even been able to figure out even what it is that kids use their computers<br>
> for, which simply would require to see / spider / datamine the Journals.<br>
> To assume that we will be able to have kids regularly upload<br>
> information, and also somehow will we manage to get them previously the<br>
> proper sensors...<br>
><br>
> Now, with *adequate* data processing, having weather data moving across<br>
> a locality with a couple hundred sensors *accurately* located would be<br>
> terrific, especially cross referencing that with satellite data and doing<br>
> it over a significant span of time.<br>
><br>
> Same difficulty with anything of this kind. It's cute this was<br>
> originally sold as something that would use accelerometers in computers,<br>
> but, oh, it turns out you need separate sensors.<br>
><br>
> I've seen a few very clever Science Fair seismic sensors, but even the<br>
> cheapest ones can run beyond what is practical to consider as individual<br>
> expenses. And don't forget calibrating them, etc. I would be surprised a<br>
> sensor that actually can give useful information would cost less than an<br>
> XO!<br>
><br>
><br>
> On 04/18/2010 09:39 PM, Caryl Bigenho wrote:<br>
><br>
>> Hi Nick,<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Thanks for the link to the Science For Citizens site. Sounds like<br>
>> most of these projects are for the US only. I wonder if there are<br>
>> similar projects in other countries? Some really nice lessons could be<br>
>> developed for students to do with their XOs with web access. Does<br>
>> anyone know of others?<br>
>><br>
>> Caryl<br>
<br>
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