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                        though OLPC's Contributors Program has a bit of
                        a temporary inventory<br>
                        shortage this month, please all join us voting
                        for the latest OLPC/Sugar<br>
                        community projects over IRC Live Chat, even as I
                        apologize certain<br>
                        shipments may be somewhat delayed!  Please join
                        us live now, to make the<br>
                        best project allocations & mentoring
                        relationships--starting right here:<br>
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                        Then type at bottom:<br>
                        /join #olpc-meeting<br>
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                        AGENDA:<br>
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                        * Fast Review of the 3 latest (greatest!)
                        HW/Project Proposals -- please<br>
                         join us advocating for, and/or reviewing
                        shortcomings of these proposals:<br>
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                         1. Testing & Fixing Bugs in Sugar - Purley
                        Surrey, London, England<br>
                         2. XO laptops as assistive technology -
                        Seattle, Washington<br>
                         3. Calling San Cristobal Island Community -
                        Galapagos, Ecuador<br>
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                        * Which projects might you enjoy Mentoring
                        below?!<br>
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                        * New projects & libraries -- teaching them
                        Community Outreach:<br>
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                        1. Testing & Fixing Bugs in Sugar - Purley
                        Surrey, London, England<br>
                          
                        <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=68448">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=68448</a><br>
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                           Requests 1 XO over undetermined months<br>
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                           Project Background/Objectives:<br>
                           I've join the sugar labs community and I want
                        to help test current and<br>
                           new releases of sugar labs. I asked the
                        question on the sugar irc channel<br>
                           on freenode about obtaining an XO laptop to
                        help with testing. And was<br>
                           suggested I apply with the contributor
                        programme, I also want to write<br>
                           new activties for X-O platform to achieve
                        this I need the use of XO laptop.<br>
                        <br>
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                        2. XO laptops as assistive technology - Seattle,
                        Washington<br>
                          
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                           <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://adhdxo.wordpress.com">http://adhdxo.wordpress.com</a><br>
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                           Requests 7 XOs over 21 months<br>
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                           Project Objectives: (IN FULL @
                        <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://adhdxo.wordpress.com">http://adhdxo.wordpress.com</a>)<br>
                           Twenty percent of gifted students are
                        estimated to be "twice-exceptional."<br>
                          
                        <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://education.families.com/blog/educating-twice-exceptional-students">http://education.families.com/blog/educating-twice-exceptional-students</a><br>
                           School system tracking, which assigns
                        high-scoring students to attend<br>
                           certain classes at a certain school, results
                        in a higher-than-average<br>
                           concentration of 2E students in these
                        classes. The 2E diagnosis is<br>
                           used in education to describe people who are
                        gifted academically, but<br>
                           have learning disabilities. These people tend
                        to fall through the<br>
                           cracks in the school system--they are
                        extremely intelligent but tend<br>
                           to not show up on tests because of certain
                        deficiencies in brain<br>
                           development, learning style, behavior, etc.
                        They are often diagnosed<br>
                           with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
                        (ADHD), Asperger's<br>
                           syndrome, and other things along the autism
                        spectrum. Significant<br>
                           among their challenges are dysgraphia
                        (physical problems that impede<br>
                           handwriting), disorganization (including
                        misplacing completed<br>
                           assignments before they can turn them in,
                        losing track of due dates,<br>
                           misfiling their work), short-term memory
                        issues (this most notably<br>
                           shows up in math), and a host of other
                        obstacles...<br>
                        <br>
                           The grades of 2E students trend toward a
                        reverse Bell curve:<br>
                           they get mostly A and F grades. The failing
                        grades are primarily<br>
                           because of things that individual laptops
                        could address:<br>
                           * daily planners are missing entries<br>
                           * daily planners are not legible, and work
                        isn't done<br>
                           * work gets completed but not turned in<br>
                           * work is illegible or misread as being
                        incorrect<br>
                           * homework assignments and/or materials get
                        left at school<br>
                           * attention drifts during class and key
                        concepts are missed<br>
                        <br>
                           We propose to measure the effect on grades
                        and outcomes of the<br>
                           following:<br>
                           * daily planners on computer<br>
                           * teachers simply share out the assignment
                        information instead<br>
                             of relying on each student to write it down<br>
                           * teachers can more easily check the planners
                        for accuracy and<br>
                             completeness<br>
                           * parents have access to complete, current,
                        legible planner<br>
                           * alarms, reminders, etc. are in place so
                        milestones don't<br>
                             pass unnoticed<br>
                           * the rate of completed work not getting
                        turned in should near zero<br>
                           * loose papers will not get misplaced if the
                        work's not on paper<br>
                           * even if it's misfiled on a computer, work
                        can be found via search<br>
                           * undesirable outcomes caused by legibility
                        of handwriting<br>
                             should be improved<br>
                           * the OLPC camera can be used to photograph
                        worksheets,<br>
                             drawings, and other things that are not in
                        electronic form, thus<br>
                             keeping these things from being lost or
                        misplaced<br>
                           * quality of notes should improve since the
                        computer can be<br>
                             used to record vital lectures so they can
                        be checked against the<br>
                             notes, thus helping fill in gaps in notes
                        caused by inattention<br>
                             (grades from notes and grades from tests
                        should improve)<br>
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                        3. Calling San Cristobal Island Community -
                        Galapagos, Ecuador<br>
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                           Requests 100 XOs over 12 months<br>
                        <br>
                           Project Objectives:<br>
                           1. Developing kindergarten childrenīs use of
                        computers, using existing<br>
                             
                        websites, e.g. BBC, British Council<br>
                           2. Developing primary and secondary
                        childrenīs ability to use internet,<br>
                              research topics, prepare blogs, have
                        e-pals and keep in touch with world<br>
                              outside the Galapagos. Raise knowledge of
                        Galapagos fauna and flora in<br>
                              outside world by creating videos of
                        animals on island, e.g. seals and<br>
                              iguanas. Develop resources about history
                        of island by interviewing<br>
                              older people about life in islands in
                        past.<br>
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