Join us reviewing the latest OLPC/Sugar community projects in less than 2 hours -- 2PM EDT, Boston Time: http://forum.laptop.org/chat
Then type at bottom: /join #olpc-meeting AGENDA: * New Libraries! http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects#XO_Laptop_Lending_Libraries * Which projects might you enjoy Mentoring?! http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects http://rt.laptop.org/Search/Results.html?Query=Queue=%27contributors%27 * Fast Review of the 5 latest (greatest!) HW/Project Proposals -- please join us advocating for and/or review shortcomings of all proposals here: 1. Dokeos + OLPC (for better XO learning and teaching) [Peru] http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=41215 http://dokeoslatinoamerica.wordpress.com (ongoing progress) http://www.dokeos.com/es/olpc/ (Spanish) http://dokeoslead.wordpress.com/ (English) Requests 6 XO's for 24 months Project Objectives: - develop an OLPC style for the Dokeos project - integrate better Dokeos with OLPC (through testing) - demo Dokeos and OLPC in a variety of local open-source and e-learning events (http://www.dokeos.com/latino/eventos) - package Dokeos for delivery with teachers' OLPC (for local e-learning servers) - try OLPC's wireless range for remote e-learning applications - public reporting of progress (in Spanish) on http://dokeoslatinoamerica.wordpress.com 2. Recruitment Revolution: Success Links [Los Angeles, USA] http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=41411 http://www.cocosouthla.org Requests 15 XO's for 12 months (or starter batch) Project Objectives: The project objective is to establish (materials around) an ongoing professional development program, which makes career success and the steps towards attaining it transparent and simple. (More to follow, Caryl Bigenho mentoring) 3. Initiative for a massive deployment in NorthEast Africa Region (NorthEast Africa) http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=41479 http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Northeast_Africa_Initiative Request 4 XO's for 6 months Project Objectives: These laptops will be used for local volunteers orientation (still building) team and to be presented to sponsoring authorities to introduce XO and show its capabilities. Contacts established with different authorities and community development organizations and political parties, positive feedback received and we'd like to move on to next steps to guarantee sponsorships and funds for the project. The purpose is a massive deployment of XO (10,000) in NorthEast Africa region and to build-up a local support group for this initiative. 4. The SpikerBox: Bringing Neurophysiology to Everyone [Michigan, USA] http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=41594 http://www.backyardbrains.com http://www.sfn.org/am2009 Requests 2 XO's for 7 months Project Objectives: We have developed, using off-the-shelf components, low cost amplifiers and manipulators for experimenting with the nervous system of insects. Our goal is to increase the public's understanding of nervous system function through the development of low-cost tools. Currently, all you need with our devices is a laptop with a line-in input to record the neural activity. We would like to couple our devices to the XO to demonstrate extremely low-cost high-accessibility science. 5. Fourth Grade Scientists and Mathematicians [Massachusetts, USA] http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=41602 Requests 1 XO for 1-3 months Project Objectives: The purpose of this very short proposal is just to acquire one laptop so I can play around with it and figure out how I might be able to implement it in my classroom. I really want to use technology in my classroom to help students learn, and to help them really *be* mathematicians and scientists. _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel