Contributors program/February 6, 2009

Agenda

• Upcoming program changes
• New processes for triage and publishing projects
• Local XO pool updates and reports

Bolixo

Attending

• Holt
• --Sj talk
• User:Yamaplos
• user:hullaw
• Mchua
• Bjordan
• Kiko
• User:Sebastian
• User:Cjl

Open proposals

     PROJECT                  SUBMITTER       XOs    months
 XO-based Teacher Training 	Yamaplos 	80 	6 	
    needs more detail.  Can it start smaller / with emulation?  How/where would results be shared?

 OLPC: The Bolivia Project 	leighmeldrum 	10 	12 	
  
 Amicitia Am. School of Fez 	mhasbrouck 	25 	10 	
    multilingual school proposal; needs detail.  How would results be shared?

 OLPC pilot in Israel - B2 upgrade  guysoft 	30 	6 	
    already started with B2s.  Still needed?  pending update from guy.

Requests needing contact/closure

 AASDO:K12 Science and Tech Ed Mission in Ethiopia 	Abkebede 	20 	12 
    not very specific, though a promising topic.  start smaller?  needs feedback.

I have conducted several workshop involving teachers and teacher-student teams in Technology Tools for Teaching and Learning in North Carolina. I have a great deal of experience in simulations, virtual experiments and development of online resources, online teaching and general outreach programs. I am familiar with educational standards in North Carolina that are adaptable to situations in Africa.

The AASDO project is a component of a generalized Ethiopian School Development Organization, which is intern a component of the Africa-K12 communities. Initially we plan to target Ras Darge Preparatory School (currently known as Chilalo Terrara), and based on our experience we plan to extend it to other schools in Ethiopia, and beyond. The AASDO approach would become a model for any K12 outreach activity in Africa, because we depend heavily on the talent and resources of major universities in the US and elsewhere. The webistes for AASDO are located at http://sirius-c.ncat.edu/asn

 Health Rec to Improve Outcomes Post Knee Replacement 	minnalevine 	31 	24
    likely turned down; is one useful for development?

Smaller requests

 Ghana Ed Enrichment Project 	aralston 	4 	4 	
 Tutorius                	drykod 	 	2 	8 	
 Zambia Rural Education   	bobfalzini 	1 	24
 Bahamas               	westvilla 	1 	6 	
 Create the Buzz          	KarinaD 	1 	4 	
 niki @sloan            	nikigomez 	1 	5 	
 olpcca0209 	                olpcca0209 	1 	4 	
 Educational toolkit    	zubair.assad 	1 	3 	
 Math Tutor            	dragon6158 	1 	6

Action items

• sj, bjordan and holt are updating the CP submission form to allow public posting, and posting the 16 projects currently under consideration by Friday 2/13/09.