Please all join us right now reviewing the latest OLPC/Sugar community
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AGENDA:
* XO-1.5 early production machines now available & shipping:
http://blog.laptop.org/2010/02/25/xo-1-5-early-production-laptops-free-to-contributors-worldwide/
* Fast Review of the 9 latest (greatest!) HW/Project Proposals -- please
join us advocating for, and/or reviewing shortcomings of these proposals:
1. RepRap! + MakerBot - Mapleville, Rhode Island
2. Real-time logging tool using CMS platform for micro journalism in
developing countries - Raipur, India
3. French translation for XO-1.5 Getting Started etc - Crosne, France &
Prilly, Switzerland
4. XO-1.5 Collaboration Activities - Cambridge, Massachusetts
5. Omaha Laptops Promote Creativity - Nebraska
6. Promoting XO 1.5 in BC - Surrey/Vancouver, British Columbia
7. Improving computer literacy, Age 2-6 - Bonn, Germany
8. Phoenix-area Repair Center - Mesa, Arizona
9. OLPC/XO use in the USA - Santa Cruz, California
* Which projects might you enjoy Mentoring below?!
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects
http://rt.laptop.org/Search/Results.html?Query=Queue=%27contributors%27
* New projects & libraries -- teaching them Community Outreach:
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XO_Laptop_Lending_Libraries
1. RepRap! + MakerBot - Mapleville, Rhode Island
http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=59734
http://groups.google.com/group/new-england-reprap
[SPECIFIC SITE NEEDS TO BE POSTED OFF
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Requests 2 XO's over 24 months
Project Objectives:
to test if a makerbot or reprap softwhere will work with it
2. Real-time logging tool using CMS platform for micro journalism in
developing countries - Raipur, India
http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=59767
[SPECIFIC SITE NEEDS TO BE POSTED OFF
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Requests 1 XO's over 2 months
Project Objectives:
Our project`s primary aim is to empower citizens in developing country
by making use of micro-journalism as a tool where they can use XO
machines to record and communicate data with other parts of worlds
without involving complicated interface , meanwhile they can even
start micro-blogging with a easy to use interface , all of the above
activities inevitably help them earn a livelihood by working as a
micro journalist
3. French translation for XO-1.5 Getting Started etc - Crosne, France &
Prilly, Switzerland
http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=59788
[SPECIFIC SITE NEEDS TO BE POSTED OFF
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Requests 2 XO-1.5's over 12 months
Project Objectives:
French translation of the next documents (user manuals, user interface,
activities, etc.) related to the XO 1.5:
* http://laptop.org/start that will be produced/updated
during the next "Community book sprint" :
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Start
* creation of the screenshots with the French locale
* new and updated Sugar activities
* New and updated Sugar user interface
4. XO-1.5 Collaboration Activities - Cambridge, Massachusetts
http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=59809
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Requests 1 XO-1.5 over undetermined months
Project Objectives:
[Experienced Collabora hacker] planning to work with Tomeu on the
collaboration improvements he's been working on, as well as writing
some new collaborative activities.
5. Omaha Laptops Promote Creativity - Nebraska
http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=59820
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Requests 20 XO's over 15 months
Project Objectives:
A. To give economically poorer elementary students computer experience.
Many children in the neighborhood where I live do not have computer
access
at home, and limited access at school. Elementary children in particular
are beginning middle school and high school with less technology
skills than
the middle income students in the suburbs.
B. Helping the middle income and affluent students become mentors to the
students listed above. These students would also be leaning about class
distinction within their own community.
6. Promoting XO 1.5 in BC - Surrey/Vancouver, British Columbia
http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=59906
http://www.intobiiz.com/ekiic.htm
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Requests 2 XO-1.5's over 6 months
Project Objectives:
Presenting and Promoting and Providing OLPC as an option to school
districts
for families and children of 6-12 years in these communities at three
phases:
1- Surrey District SD36 (with 67,000 students with 40,000 elementary
students) : Short term
2- Greater Vancouver (with approx 200,000 students) : Mid Term
3- Province of British Columbia Canada (with 300,000 students): Long
Term
7. Improving computer literacy, Age 2-6 - Bonn, Germany
http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=60109
[SPECIFIC SITE NEEDS TO BE POSTED OFF
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Requests 2-3 XO's over 24-36 months
Project Objectives:
Since I am working as an official day care father in the city of
Bonn, Germany, I recognized the interest of young children in
getting in contact with computers. As "normal" computers are not
suitable for young children because of their lack of sturdiness,
especially for the very young ones, the OLPC-XO seems to be the
perfect machine.
I would like to evolve concepts for young children education
(age 2-6) in the spirit of Seymour Papert.
8. Phoenix-area Repair Center - Mesa, Arizona
http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=60115
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_az_Repair
[SITE LINKED OFF http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Repair_center_locations ]
Requests (up to 10?) broken and refubished XO's over undetermined months
Project Objectives:
We can take in broken computers for parts, we also need up to 10
working xo laptops for testing and supporting the XO community.
9. OLPC/XO use in the USA - Santa Cruz, California
http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=60138
http://www.internetmathtutoring.com
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Requests 10 XO over 36 months
Project Objectives:
This proposal describes the implementation of Internet Math Tutoring for
alternative-school students in the USA. The technology will bring
individualized math tutoring instruction to students. In this way, math
teaching specialists can supplement the local teacher(s) in
disadvantaged areas and in sparsely populated areas without having to
transport teaching specialists to the areas.
Internet Math Tutoring will offer:
-- laptop XO computers (on loan) connected to high-speed Internet, for
individual students;
-- appointments between tutor and students will be implemented through
Google online;
-- a video uploading facility hosted at a low fee by a video platform
(http://www.blip.tv);
-- a presentation facility similar to Power Point but open source, no
fee.
-- a web conferencing organizer online, no fee with ads (See
http://www.vyew.com)
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