User:Cdubdub
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What I can contribute
Time
I would like to contribute 6-10 hours each week to OLPC content development, ad infinitum.
Skills
I have an assortment of technical skills, including:
- HTML
- CSS
- ASP/VBScript
- Relational databases (specifically, Access)
- Corporate reporting (advanced Access, basic Crystal Reports)
- Instructional design (Masters Certificate from Capella University)
- Some JavaScript
And an interest in learning:
- XML
- More Javascript
- Python
Other skills that could be useful:
- English (fluent read, write, speak)
- Writing and editing skills
- Excellent organizational skills
Energy
My "first day" G1G1 contribution means that our XO should be here before Christmas, and we (husband-to-be and me) are jumping out of our skins with anticipation. The implications of their distribution in developing countries brings me to tears, and I am eager to do something(s) that helps.
Where/How I would like to contribute
I'll link these to Education Content pages after I figure out Wiki hypertext :) In the meantime, here are ideas and projects where I could be useful, in no particular order:
Narration
- Recording audio from Project Gutenberg public domain texts (chapter a day)
- Creating narrated and captioned Flash movies (or whatever format works best) for XO technical instructions
Captioning
- Captioning videos in English
- Editing English video captions
Video/Photography
- Contributing "look at that" video snips, photographs, and descriptions of everyday things that the kids may enjoy
- Photographs to any libraries that are collecting
- Travel photography from Crete, Rome, London, Montreal
- Anything in or around Washington DC, USA, within 100 miles or so
- Photos of everyday things the kids may be interested in
What's Next?
As a start, I'm going to track down folks who can give direction on what public domain books would be a good listen for the kids. So if you know, or know who knows, give me a holler!
Think I could help with something you're working on? Just ask: cdubdub.olpc*AT*gmail*DOT*com
Many blessings,
--Crystal 00:21, 1 December 2007 (EST)
