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* Fast Review of the 3 latest (greatest!) HW/Project Proposals -- please
join us advocating for and/or reviewing shortcomings of these proposals:
1. XO-Contest - Switzerland
http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=44785
http://www.xo-contest.ch
http://olpc.ch
Requests 30 XO's over 30 months
Project Objectives:
All classes, pupils students, scientists, hackers and geeks in
Switzerland are cordially invited to join the XO-competition. The
competition consists in the creation of a free choice of written
work, which has to stand in connection with the project "One
Laptop per Child". By keeping a diary blog and a final
publication, this competition should make a substantial
contribution of Switzerland to the global development project.
Although the written work is accepted from a variety of fields,
contributions in the domains of computer science and pedagogy are
favored. If a submitted project is accepted by the jury, then the
XOs needed will be borrowed for the duration of the work.
In spring 2011, all accepted works will be judged by a jury,
consisting of experts from academia and practice, all standing
close to the OLPC project. The best works will be awarded, at
least an extract of the work will be published and the winners
will receive an XO. [XO-1.5's are currently being considered
as "Grand Prize"]
2. Laptop Lending Library Springfield, MA - Massachusetts, USA
http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=46284
http://doberolpc.webs.com
Requests 10 XO's over 12 months
Project Objectives:
The objectives of our project, Laptop Lending Library of Springfield, MA,
are either to provide people in this location with XO Laptops to help
with their projects, or to introduce these laptops to people in our
neighborhood and let them evaluate them for a week or so, and tell us
what they want to see improved, added, or removed. We will then try
to develop these programs that they want to see added, and try to
make the programs better that they want to see improved.
3. Children With Special Needs “The Deaf At The Age of 6-12 Years” -
Kenya [REVISED SUBMISSION]
http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=43624
Requests 10 XO's over 4+ months
Project Objectives:
1. To create a curriculum based on the Kenyan standards of special
education for children/pupils with ear impediment so that the curriculum
will help them use XO tools like memorize to help them remember and
retain what they learned in class but could not be retain because of
hearing problems
2. The create a curriculum that will enforce and teach math skills by
use of mathematics symbols like + - x through the aid of Gcomprise.
3. To use the write activity to help the children improve their
writing speed skills and spelling as they continuously do practice
without necessary being with the teacher.
4. To use the paint activity to make different drawings that enable
the deaf children to express themselves well and also draw pictures and
allow the child to paint them. This enables a connection between the
teacher and the child since the child is able to express him/herself
well.
5. Use turtle art to help the child in making some drawings and as well
as writing names. This allows the children to be more creative. It also
helps the pupil increase confidence and hence reduces frustration.
6. To enable these students to learn pronunciation and vocabulary from
recorded speech created by the instructors.
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