<!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-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 7 latest (greatest!) HW/Project Proposals -- please join us advocating for, and/or reviewing shortcomings of these proposals: 1. 3D graphics testing - Ashland, Virginia 2. Peru Rainforest Volunteers 3. CNC milling machine integration - Media Lab, Cambridge, Massachusetts 4. Prakash Educational Software Package - Patiala/Punjab, India 5. OLPC for Paramaribo, Suriname / Peace Corps 6. 6th/7th Grade Mesh Network Tutoring Program - Springfield, Massachusetts 7. Peace Corps Zambia Project - Northern Zambia * 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. 3D graphics testing - Ashland, Virginia <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=62754">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=62754</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 over ? months Project Objectives: Improve usabilty of overall XO usability and 3D graphics testing. 2. Peru Rainforest Volunteers <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://somosazucar.org">http://somosazucar.org</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dgz5x2t3_1f9qrrtwj">http://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dgz5x2t3_1f9qrrtwj</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=63004">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=63004</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 XO-1.5s over ? months Project Objectives: "Malla es un taller itinerante, diseñado para fomentar la apropiación tecnológica en comunidad."* "Malla is a travelling workshop, designed to ease technology appropriation in community." 1. contacto con la COMUNIDAD local ( contacting local communities ) 2. levantamiento de información BRECHA DIGITAL ( measure digital gap metrics ) 3. sesiones de aprendizaje y práctica AZÚCAR ( learning sessions with Sugar ) 3. CNC milling machine integration - Media Lab, Cambridge, Massachusetts <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://makeyourbot.org">http://makeyourbot.org</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://makeyourbot.org/mantis9-1">http://makeyourbot.org/mantis9-1</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/curiouslee/sets/72157624026918475/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/curiouslee/sets/72157624026918475/</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=63028">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=63028</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 XO over ? months Project Objectives: "David Carr and Henry Holtzman at the Media Lab need an XO-1.5 so that they can integrate their $87 CNC milling machine with TurtleArt!" 4. Prakash Educational Software Package - Patiala/Punjab, India <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://infernotech.co.cc">http://infernotech.co.cc</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=63100">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=63100</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 ? months Project Objectives: Sugarize Prakash Educational Software Package (ESP) to run on XO laptops. Educational Software Package (ESP) prototypes have been initially developed using Microsoft’s C# and WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) and the package includes applications catering to the learning competencies (reading, writing, listening and speech) of primary school children. In addition, ESP also has a Multi-Point application that enables engaging children in an application using more than once mice input to promote collaborative learning. 5. OLPC for Paramaribo, Suriname / Peace Corps <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=63211">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=63211</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 8 months Project Objectives: Create a compact printed hand-out that explains the OLPC concept, the basics of the learning approach, and about the XO machine. The hand-out will use pictures and several local languages. Background: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.sofos.nl/blog/2008/12/24/olpc-one-laptop-per-child-in-suriname/">http://www.sofos.nl/blog/2008/12/24/olpc-one-laptop-per-child-in-suriname/</a> 6. 6th/7th Grade Mesh Network Tutoring Program - Springfield, Massachusetts <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.grade6xotutoring.webs.com">http://www.grade6xotutoring.webs.com</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=63233">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=63233</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: Our objectives are to help students in a younger grade than us (we will be in 7th and helping 6th), do better in school by using computers and communicating with each other through mesh networking, while at the same time, sharing outcomes; new ways of teaching with the XO, on our project website. With this concept, everyone will benefit from our project. 7. Peace Corps Zambia Project - Northern Zambia <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=63474">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=63474</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 1-5 XOs over 20 months Project Objectives: Difficulties arise as rural Zambian children strive for diverse and far-reaching opportunities beyond farming, carpentry, domestic house work, or working at the local tuck shop. One of the most substantial contributors to this grass-hut ceiling, holding so many rural Zambian children back, is a lack of access to both technology and the instruction of its use. This project’s design allows students to learn about computers, their applications, and computer safety and maintenance. Through both the XO laptops and the instruction from myself and local Zambian co-teachers, who will also be learning from me in order for the spread of knowledge to continue even after my departure from Zambia (two years from now). Armed with U.S. graduate-level computer courses, a lifetime of computer use, and human resources with whom to consult, I am qualified to teach computer literacy, and I have seen first hand the potential benefits offered by computer literacy courses. With their newly acquired computer knowledge and skills, the 8th and 9th grade children in Kapoko Zone (includes 5 schools: 4 government and 1 community) will be better prepared for secondary school (the point at which many Zambian children are first exposed to computers), college (the point at which computer skills are essential), and the professional word (opening them up to a plethora of job opportunities). Finally, the Peace Corps computer literacy project for Kapoko zone schools (62474) serves to provide sustainable knowledge transfer and continuing education. In addition to teaching 8th and 9th grade students computer literacy, I will be training interested teachers through allowing them to co-teach the course. </div> </div> </div> </div> </body> </html>