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* Fast Review of the 10 latest (greatest!) HW/Project Proposals -- please
join us advocating for and/or reviewing shortcomings of these proposals:
1. Small Solutions Big Ideas - MASSACHUSETTS, USA
http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=43314
http://smallsolutionsbigideas.org
Requests 8 XO's for 2 months
Project Objectives:
Immediate objective is to raise awareness in Newburyport in order to
raise money to set up a pilot project in a Kenyan village.
2. Nunnery Education, experimental model - NEPAL
http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=43434
Requests 3-4 XO's indefinitely
Project Objectives:
The objectives of this project may seem ambitious. Jennifer desires
to teach 60 nuns ages 6-15 basic computer skills, show them how to use
the XOs, and integrate the XO education programs into the nunnery's
existing curriculum in 6 weeks. Most likely, a follow-up volunteer will
continue the work that Jennifer has started as it will be difficult to
teach so many children these skills to the fullest with only a few XOs.
However, if the project succeeds and both the nuns and full time
teachers are receptive to the technology's integration into the
curriculum, we may ask for more computers in the future. Depending on
the effectiveness of existing programs, Jennifer may try to develop
specific Nepali ESL programs for the purposes of this project, and if
this occurs, she will definitely share the data with OLPC.
3. Moroccan Model XO Lending Library - MOROCCO / UK
http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=43486
http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/olpc-uk/2009-July/000336.html
Requests 10 XO's initially?
Project Objectives:
Full proposal not yet written (British Moroccan Society)
OLPC UK is offering them 1 XO to explore/refine their idea.
4. Journal for Sugar 0.86 - RUSSIA
http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=43584
http://git.sugarlabs.org/users/alsroot
http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/User:Alsroot#Todo
Requests 1 XO for 24+ months
Project Objectives:
Support several projects http://git.sugarlabs.org/users/alsroot
including core parts of sugar for example Journal for 0.86 release cycle
Run activities in native XO environment, check performance
and other XO related issues.
5. GreenThumb - PHILIPPINES
http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=43621
http://thegreenthumb.blogspot.com
Requests 2 XO's for 10 months
Project Objectives:
Generally, this project aims to develop a Sugar activity that
can provide teachers an alternative way for demonstrating fundamental
genetic concepts. This project also aims to inculcate, within the
child, the
importance of the environment, how relationships and interactions between
plants, animals and humans can change (harm or make better) the world.
Specifically, the project focuses on achieving the following:
1. To devise a game design incorporating mesh networking to achieve a
mechanism for sharing of ideas, discussion and collaborative learning.
2. To design a system architecture for efficient use of memory in
implementing simulation processes.
3. To develop a simple, easy-to-use, adaptable and fail-soft User
Interface encouraging creative exploration among its users.
6. Using the XO Laptop to Teach Agriculture and Science - KENYA
http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=43607
Requests 10 XO's
Project Objectives:
1. To teach abstract concepts using illustrations from the XO laptop
2. To teach the children about different farming methods and tools
using the XO laptop.
3. To develop XO videos showing different livestock breeds and crops.
4. To develop a weather chart using the XO for children to help
teach them how to monitor the weather.
7. Using XO Technology Awareness on HIV/AIDS among children ages 4 – 16
- KENYA
http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=43608
Requests 10 XO's
1. Develop a curriculum to address the absence of good HIV/AIDS in
Kenyan education by using the XO interactive and individualized learning
environment .
2. By the end of the program children should be able to know the
nature of HIV/AIDS and various ways of contracting the disease; describe
the negative effects; evaluate and make decisions about the ways to
prevent the spreading of HIV/AIDS
3. Students will discuss and learn what it means to live with
HIV/AIDS or have parents who are ill.
4. Identify support groups and organizations
8. Primary XO Curriculum for Kenya: based on early primary basic skills:
reading and writing - KENYA
http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=43610
Requests 10 XO's
Project Objectives:
1. This XO laptop project will be formulated based on the
Kenyan curriculum of primary school education.
2. To teach children between the ages of 6 – 14 years basic
reading and writing skills taking advantage of the engaging exploratory
aspects of the XO
3. To personalize learning such that pupils learn independently
4. To make the subjects and lessons student centered
5. To improve grammar through dictionaries, spelling,
pronunciation through voice recording
6. To make learning fun such that students get more interested
rather than bored during lessons
7. To improve students’ communication skills
8. To improve pupils grades in English and other subjects
9. Learning will be made easier or rather practical through the
use of diagrams and pictures
9. Using the XO Laptop to Aid Teaching of Mathematics - KENYA
http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=43623
Requests 10 XO's
Project Objectives:
The primary goal of this project is to develop a project that will
aid teachers in Kenyan Primary Schools teach the basic concepts of
Mathematics in sync with the Kenyan Primary School syllabus using the XO
laptop. The specific objectives of this project are:
1. To improve the ability of children to memorise and enhance the
use of the basic Mathematical operations, that is +, -, ÷ and × using
the XO laptop applications.
2. To improve children’s ability and understanding of the
measurement and calculation of area, circumference and perimeter of
2-dimensional figures and the Surface Area and Volume of 3-dimansional
objects with the aid of the XO laptop.
3. To aid the children in the proper understanding of the topics
of ratios, percentages and proportions according to the Kenyan Primary
School syllabus.
10. Kenya Primary School Special Needs Curriculum - KENYA
http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=43624
Requests 10 XO's
Project Objectives:
1. To create a curriculum based on the Kenyan syllabus for
Standard 1 & 2 using the XO Activities and learning tools for special
needs students.
2. The create a curriculum that will implement the learning tasks
of basic math, reading and writing skills with XO available tools
selected and adapted for the teaching of special needs students.
3. To improve the learning retention and reduce frustration so
that the student can building confidence, bridge his learning gap and
fully participate in a normal classroom.
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