Please all join us right now reviewing the latest OLPC/Sugar community
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AGENDA:
* Fast Review of the 4 latest (greatest!) HW/Project Proposals -- please
join us advocating for, and/or reviewing shortcomings of these proposals:
1. XO Mobile and Lending Library for Haitians - Delray Beach, Florida
2. Apex Communication aid for the earthquake victims of Haiti - Miami,
Florida
3. Project Success Links: 3 Projects For Change - Los Angeles area,
California
4. Small Solutions/Hands of charity @ Keongo School - Kenya /
Newburyport, Massachusetts
* 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. XO Mobile and Lending Library for Haitians - Delray Beach, Florida
http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=54958
[SPECIFIC SITE NEEDS TO BE POSTED OFF
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects ]
Requests 3 XOs over 24 months
Project Objectives:
Immediate/Short term objective: help Haitian children in Delray Beach
help
their families make contact with people in Haiti due to the 2010
earth quake.
Plan and Procedure for Achieving the Stated Objectives:
Connect with the Haitian community here is Delray Beach thru
organizations
such as the Catholic church and schedule locations where the XOs can
be taken
and made available for use primarily as a means of finding friends
and family
via established web sites such as
http://www.familylinks.icrc.org/haiti/people.
Once people are found the XOs can be used to communicate with those
in Haiti.
2. Apex Communication aid for the earthquake victims of Haiti - Miami,
Florida
http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=54982
[SPECIFIC SITE NEEDS TO BE POSTED OFF
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects ]
Requests 10 XOs over 2 months
Project Objectives:
We plan to provide a means of communication to the victims of the
earthquake in Haiti. With their homes destroyed, we want to provide
access
to the internet so that they can give their loved ones abroad a sign
of life.
3. Project Success Links: 3 Projects For Change - Los Angeles area,
California
http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=54975
http://cocosouthla.org
[SPECIFIC SITE NEEDS TO BE POSTED OFF
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects ]
Requests 15 XOs over undetermined months
Project Objectives:
Our project objective is to inspire and educate elementary school
children
to take an active role in their community by utilize technology tools
for 3
Projects for Change.
This project-oriented program will also act as a professional development
program, which can help kids identify personal skills and develop career
interests. The success of these projects will introduce different
positive
activities that can be emulated by other children.
4. Small Solutions/Hands of charity @ Keongo School - Kenya /
Newburyport, Massachusetts
http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=54629
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects/KenyaSmallSolutions_HOC_KeongoSchool
http://hoclaptop.blog.com
http://smallsolutionsbigideas.org/blog
http://hocmathematics.blogspot.com [NEEDS UPDATE & CURRICULUM POSTED]
Requests 10 XOs over 4 months
Project Objectives:
We hope to make learning of Mathematics easier and more interesting by
using the activities the XO laptop has to inspire interest and
raise the average percentage mark of all the children by 20% by the
end of the three months.
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