On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 10:33 PM, Benjamin M. Schwartz <[email protected]> wrote: > > 2. The entire text seems to be written with a subtle implication that the > students in question live in the United States. For example:
Or at least that they live in a country other than the one where they are spending the summer. Good point. >> # 1 member of each team will participate in a workshop at MIT/OLPC in > Cambridge this October 10-12 (all expenses covered by OLPC). > > Does that "all expenses" include a round-trip flight from Nigeria, if the > team is composed of Nigerian university students? Yes or no, the answer > should be there. It doesn't say, but I should hope so. This is only for one person per team, however. > 3. Given our emphasis on local control, this program should be advertised > aggressively to high-performing African university students. Perhaps you > already have a plan for this. Absolutely right. People are reaching out to schools everywhere, but it's important to give extra emphasis to those unis. Considering that we haven't yet saturated schools in Peru or Uruguay with correspondence, I'm guessing that this hasn't yet been aggressive enough. I'm in touch with some localization lists in the area, but please pass it on to others. It is worth pointing out (to help people pass it on to others at their own school) that this proposal isn't a competition among proposals, but an effort to see how many, working together, can be successful. > 4. What is the purpose of the "workshop at MIT/OLPC in Cambridge" in > October (roughly a month after the end of the internship)? Presumably for a post-mortem and presentation of outcomes. I expect the initial workshop would include guidelines for how to actively communicate about and report on progress over the summer. SJ _______________________________________________ Olpc-open mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-open
