I, too, am having this trouble. I think we could significantly reduce the problem by changing the main content page, http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Content. The content page gives no indication as to the current status of content on olpc. I suggest that the page be reformatted to something like:
------------------------ Content - in progress: (an area for people working on each subject to hash everything out, post working documents, etc.) * Links to content-specific wiki-pages (e.g. http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Health) * Countries: (area for people who are working on country-specific material, a place for people from content areas to come get country-specific answers) * links to country-specif wiki-pages * Content - finalized (material that is ready to ship) * table of completed content * How to donate material * Blurb with link to extensive how-to * How to contribute * Blurb with link to extensive how-to * How to translate * Blurb with link to extensive how-to * ------------------------ I think everything currently on or linked to the content page could be translated into this structure. Comments? Criticisms? other suggestions? David Greisen On Jan 31, 2008 2:09 PM, Bryan Berry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ed, > > I really struggle w/ this myself. I have a lot of trouble communicating > what we are doing in Nepal and finding out what others are up to. We > need to facilitate better communication b/w the pilot countries, OLPC, > and volunteers. I suspect that the solution is only partly technical. > OLPC really needs a full-time community manager. SJ currently is the > community manager and director of Content. He just has way too much on > his plate. > > OLPC should really consider hiring a full-time Community Manager. That > person would need to understand both the open-source hacker community > and field educators who don't use IRC, wikis, etc. but really care about > kids. > > -- > Bryan W. Berry > External Relations Manager > OLE Nepal, http://www.olenepal.org > > Message: 5 > Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 15:27:38 -0800 > From: "Edward Cherlin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [OLPC library] Someday we have to get organized > To: "OLPC Library list" <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > I'm having trouble between this list and the Wiki just finding out > who's involved and what's going on. We also need some way to get > information from children with laptops about the "user experience". > Better still, we need to bring children into this conversation and > into the writing projects. > > Could we talk about how to provide better information for each other? > > -- > Edward Cherlin > End Poverty at a Profit by teaching children business > http://www.EarthTreasury.org/ > "The best way to predict the future is to invent it."--Alan Kay > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > > _______________________________________________ > Library mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/library >
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