Contributors program/June 11, 2010
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[ AGENDA ] * XO-1.5 early production machines now available/shipping: http://blog.laptop.org/2010/02/25/xo-1-5-early-production-laptops-free-to-contributors-worldwide/ * New projects & libraries -- teaching them Community Outreach: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XO_Laptop_Lending_Libraries * Which projects might you enjoy Mentoring below?! http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects http://rt.laptop.org/Search/Results.html?Query=Queue=%27contributors%27 * Fast Review of the 7 latest (greatest!) HW/Project Proposals -- please join us advocating for, and/or reviewing shortcomings of these proposals: #1 3D graphics testing - Ashland, Virginia #2 Peru Rainforest Volunteers #3 CNC milling machine integration - Media Lab, Cambridge, Massachusetts #4 Prakash Educational Software Package - Patiala/Punjab, India #5 OLPC for Paramaribo, Suriname / Peace Corps #6 6th/7th Grade Mesh Network Tutoring Program - Springfield, Massachusetts #7 Peace Corps Zambia Project - Northern Zambia <CanoeBerry> Agenda: http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/devel/2010-June/028946.html <CanoeBerry> Please provide any input you can as we breeze through this week, thanks! [ PROJECT #1 - 3D graphics testing - Ashland, Virginia ] <CanoeBerry> Project #1 - please help critique/support/vote for: <CanoeBerry> 3D graphics testing - Ashland, Virginia <CanoeBerry> http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=62754 <CanoeBerry> [SPECIFIC SITE NEEDS TO BE POSTED OFF <CanoeBerry> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects ] <CanoeBerry> Requests 1 XO-1.5 over ? months <CanoeBerry> Project Objectives: <CanoeBerry> Improve usabilty of overall XO usability and 3D graphics testing. * sverma has joined #olpc-meeting <CanoeBerry> Atphalix in Morocco has already begun mentoring.. <CanoeBerry> But this needs more direction, thoughts? <CanoeBerry> I propose we move forward if the mentoring process shows more progress. * jnettlet has joined #olpc-meeting <CanoeBerry> +.5 :) <CanoeBerry> Objections? <CanoeBerry> Sorry for the late afternoon Friday mtg, any quick votes most appreciated, from anyone here. <CanoeBerry> Calling once.. <CanoeBerry> Calling twice.. <CanoeBerry> Calling thrice.. <CanoeBerry> Tentatively approved, if follow-on mentoring shows progress. [ PROJECT #2 - Peru Rainforest Volunteers ] <CanoeBerry> Onto Project #2 - plz all help critique/mentor/vote for: <CanoeBerry> Peru Rainforest Volunteers <CanoeBerry> http://somosazucar.org <CanoeBerry> http://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dgz5x2t3_1f9qrrtwj <CanoeBerry> http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=63004 <CanoeBerry> [SPECIFIC SITE NEEDS TO BE POSTED OFF <CanoeBerry> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects ] <CanoeBerry> Requests 2 XO-1.5s over ? months <CanoeBerry> Project Objectives: <CanoeBerry> "Malla es un taller itinerante, diseñado para fomentar la apropiación <CanoeBerry> tecnológica en comunidad."* <CanoeBerry> "Malla is a travelling workshop, designed to ease technology <CanoeBerry> appropriation <CanoeBerry> in community." <CanoeBerry> 1. contacto con la COMUNIDAD local ( contacting local communities ) <CanoeBerry> 2. levantamiento de información BRECHA DIGITAL ( measure digital gap <CanoeBerry> metrics ) <CanoeBerry> 3. sesiones de aprendizaje y práctica AZÚCAR ( learning sessions with <CanoeBerry> Sugar ) <CanoeBerry> While the trip has already begun of course.. <CanoeBerry> Serious and committed outreach projects like this sound very worthy of support.. <CanoeBerry> +1 <CanoeBerry> Thoughts? Objections? <CanoeBerry> Calling once.. <CanoeBerry> Calling twice.. <CanoeBerry> Calling thrice.. <CanoeBerry> Tentatively APPROVED. [ PROJECT #3 - CNC milling machine integration - Media Lab, Cambridge, Massachusetts ] <CanoeBerry> Onto Project #3 - plz all critique/mentor/vote for: <CanoeBerry> CNC milling machine integration - Media Lab, Cambridge, Massachusetts <CanoeBerry> http://makeyourbot.org <CanoeBerry> http://makeyourbot.org/mantis9-1 <CanoeBerry> http://www.flickr.com/photos/curiouslee/sets/72157624026918475/ <CanoeBerry> http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=63028 <CanoeBerry> [SPECIFIC SITE NEEDS TO BE POSTED OFF <CanoeBerry> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects ] <CanoeBerry> Requests XO over ? months <CanoeBerry> Project Objectives: <CanoeBerry> "David Carr and Henry Holtzman at the Media Lab need an <CanoeBerry> XO-1.5 so that they can integrate their $87 CNC milling machine with <CanoeBerry> TurtleArt!" <CanoeBerry> +1 <CanoeBerry> Thanks to Mike Lee for nurturing this. <CanoeBerry> Input? Objections? <CanoeBerry> Calling one.. <CanoeBerry> Calling twice.. <CanoeBerry> Calling thrice.. <CanoeBerry> APPROVED! <CanoeBerry> Summer doldrums continue.. glad everyone else's outside playing :) [ PROJECT #4 - Prakash Educational Software Package - Patiala/Punjab, India ] <CanoeBerry> Onto Project #4 - plz all critique/mentor/vote for: <CanoeBerry> Prakash Educational Software Package - Patiala/Punjab, India <CanoeBerry> http://infernotech.co.cc <CanoeBerry> http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=63100 <CanoeBerry> [SPECIFIC SITE NEEDS TO BE POSTED OFF <CanoeBerry> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects ] <CanoeBerry> Requests 2 XOs over ? months <CanoeBerry> Project Objectives: <CanoeBerry> Sugarize Prakash Educational Software Package (ESP) to run on XO laptops. <CanoeBerry> Educational Software Package (ESP) prototypes have been initially <CanoeBerry> developed <CanoeBerry> using Microsoft’s C# and WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) and the <CanoeBerry> package includes applications catering to the learning competencies <CanoeBerry> (reading, writing, listening and speech) of primary school children. <CanoeBerry> In addition, ESP also has a Multi-Point application that enables engaging <CanoeBerry> children in an application using more than once mice input to promote <CanoeBerry> collaborative learning. <CanoeBerry> Hmm, fascinating, where is this headed? <sverma> not sure where this is headed <CanoeBerry> It's a long & ambitious proposal! <CanoeBerry> Someone should engage them, perhaps I'll send a quick email to see.. <sverma> I find the multi-point application interesting, but the C# and WPF overhead...not sure how it will work. <CanoeBerry> Indeed. <CanoeBerry> On hold til they clarify? <sverma> +1 <CanoeBerry> Calling once.. <CanoeBerry> Calling twice.. <CanoeBerry> Calling thrice.. <CanoeBerry> ON HOLD, as I seek clarification &/or mentor. [ PROJECT #5 - OLPC for Paramaribo, Suriname / Peace Corps ] <CanoeBerry> Onto Project #5 - plz all critique/mentor/vote for: <CanoeBerry> OLPC for Paramaribo, Suriname / Peace Corps <CanoeBerry> http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=63211 <CanoeBerry> [SPECIFIC SITE NEEDS TO BE POSTED OFF <CanoeBerry> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects ] <CanoeBerry> Requests 1 XO over 8 months <CanoeBerry> Project Objectives: <CanoeBerry> Create a compact printed hand-out that explains the OLPC concept, the <CanoeBerry> basics of the learning approach, and about the XO machine. The <CanoeBerry> hand-out will use pictures and several local languages. Background: <CanoeBerry> http://www.sofos.nl/blog/2008/12/24/olpc-one-laptop-per-child-in-suriname/ * sonra Quit (Quit: CGI:IRC (EOF)) <CanoeBerry> Noting this project already has a +1 vote from culseg <CanoeBerry> South America.. <CanoeBerry> Where they speak DUTCH!? <CanoeBerry> How are Dutch translations in Sugar?? <CanoeBerry> I wish I know, anyone know? <jnettlet> No idea. Maybe they can help with the Translations as well <CanoeBerry> http://translate.sugarlabs.org/nl/ <CanoeBerry> Translations seem near-complete, but that doesn't speak to the quality necessarily.. <CanoeBerry> Will need a mentor. <CanoeBerry> +1 for tentative approval, towards exploration if the group shows competency. <CanoeBerry> Objections? <CanoeBerry> Calling once.. <CanoeBerry> Calling twice.. <CanoeBerry> Calling thrice.. <CanoeBerry> TENTATIVE APPROVAL [ PROJECT #6 - 6th/7th Grade Mesh Network Tutoring Program - Springfield, Massachusetts ] <CanoeBerry> Onto Project #6 - plz all critique/mentor/vote for: <CanoeBerry> 6th/7th Grade Mesh Network Tutoring Program - Springfield, Massachusetts <CanoeBerry> http://www.grade6xotutoring.webs.com <CanoeBerry> http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=63233 <CanoeBerry> [SPECIFIC SITE NEEDS TO BE POSTED OFF <CanoeBerry> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects ] <CanoeBerry> Requests 2 XOs over 6 months <CanoeBerry> Project Objectives: <CanoeBerry> Our objectives are to help students in a younger grade than us (we will <CanoeBerry> be in 7th and helping 6th), do better in school by using computers and <CanoeBerry> communicating with each other through mesh networking, while at the same <CanoeBerry> time, sharing outcomes; new ways of teaching with the XO, on our project <CanoeBerry> website. With this concept, everyone will benefit from our project. <CanoeBerry> Noting this application comes from a longtime OLPC fan, though I'm not sure if he has yet had access to an XO or Sugar! <jnettlet> Those are obviously XO 1's because the 1.5's don't have mesh <CanoeBerry> I think I will telephone the applicant and give him the benefit of the doubt if he can make basic progress. <CanoeBerry> He sincerity is without question, despite his youth. <CanoeBerry> Motion for tentative approval. <CanoeBerry> Objections? <CanoeBerry> Calling once.. <CanoeBerry> Calling twice.. <CanoeBerry> Calling thrice.. <CanoeBerry> TENTATIVE APPROVAL [ PROJECT #7 - Peace Corps Zambia Project - Northern Zambia ] <CanoeBerry> Onto Project #7, final project of the day - plz all critique/mentor/vote for: <CanoeBerry> Peace Corps Zambia Project - Northern Zambia <CanoeBerry> http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=63474 <CanoeBerry> [SPECIFIC SITE NEEDS TO BE POSTED OFF <CanoeBerry> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects ] <CanoeBerry> Requests 1-5 XOs over 20 months <CanoeBerry> Project Objectives: <CanoeBerry> Difficulties arise as rural Zambian children strive <CanoeBerry> for diverse and far-reaching opportunities beyond farming, carpentry, <CanoeBerry> domestic <CanoeBerry> house work, or working at the local tuck shop. One of the most <CanoeBerry> substantial <CanoeBerry> contributors to this grass-hut ceiling, holding so many rural Zambian <CanoeBerry> children <CanoeBerry> back, is a lack of access to both technology and the instruction of <CanoeBerry> its use. <CanoeBerry> This project’s design allows students to learn about <CanoeBerry> computers, their applications, and computer safety and maintenance. <CanoeBerry> Through <CanoeBerry> both the XO laptops and the instruction from myself and local Zambian <CanoeBerry> co-teachers, who will also be learning from me in order for the spread of <CanoeBerry> knowledge to continue even after my departure from Zambia (two years <CanoeBerry> from now). <CanoeBerry> Armed with U.S. graduate-level computer courses, a <CanoeBerry> lifetime of computer use, and human resources with whom to consult, I am <CanoeBerry> qualified to teach computer literacy, and I have seen first hand the <CanoeBerry> potential <CanoeBerry> benefits offered by computer literacy courses. <CanoeBerry> With their newly acquired computer knowledge and <CanoeBerry> skills, the 8th and 9th grade children in Kapoko Zone <CanoeBerry> (includes 5 schools: 4 government and 1 community) will be better <CanoeBerry> prepared for <CanoeBerry> secondary school (the point at which many Zambian children are first <CanoeBerry> exposed to <CanoeBerry> computers), college (the point at which computer skills are <CanoeBerry> essential), and the <CanoeBerry> professional word (opening them up to a plethora of job opportunities). <CanoeBerry> Finally, the Peace Corps computer literacy project for <CanoeBerry> Kapoko zone schools (62474) serves to provide sustainable knowledge <CanoeBerry> transfer <CanoeBerry> and continuing education. In addition to teaching 8th and 9th <CanoeBerry> grade students computer literacy, I will be training interested teachers <CanoeBerry> through allowing them to co-teach the course. <CanoeBerry> Clearly needs a bit of handholding, who out there might help just say hello? <CanoeBerry> Orientation can be quick.. <CanoeBerry> So long as you point toward resources like: <CanoeBerry> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/ClassActs/Resources <CanoeBerry> Motion to put this proposal "ON HOLD" until a mentor helps show them the ropes. <CanoeBerry> Sincerity is clear, but applicant needs to study http://laptop.org/vision and http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Core_principles a bit more.. <CanoeBerry> Calling once.. <CanoeBerry> Calling twice.. <CanoeBerry> Calling thrice.. <jnettlet> CanoeBerry: let me get back to you on that one <CanoeBerry> jnettlet: Great, thanks, all suggestions appreciated (holt @ laptop.org) <jnettlet> a woman that works at my wifes school is actually a transplant from Zambia and was very excited about the project <jnettlet> She forwarded information over to her father. <jnettlet> I might be able to coordinate something with her to pass information along <CanoeBerry> Excellent, this is not the only small project in/around Zambia. <CanoeBerry> Some cross-fertilization possibilities perhaps, let's follow up for sure over email. <jnettlet> I will check with her early next week and see if we can get some coordination. <CanoeBerry> jnettler: do you have access to the full proposal / comment / file here? <CanoeBerry> http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=63474 <jnettlet> I don't think so <CanoeBerry> Plz do leave a comment there on-ticket if poss. <CanoeBerry> Let me get you access right now. <jnettlet> thanks <CanoeBerry> I will email you a password, ok? <jnettlet> sure <CanoeBerry> Let's motion for "TENTATIVE APPROVAL" here as a result. <CanoeBerry> Calling once.. <CanoeBerry> Calling twice.. * deerpig has joined #olpc-meeting <CanoeBerry> Calling thrice.. <CanoeBerry> TENTATIVELY APPROVED, if mentoring progresses. <CanoeBerry> Meeting Complete, thanks you all!! <CanoeBerry> Adjourned. <CanoeBerry> Have a great wkd, and hope to see OLPC/Sugar folks+friends all-day tomorrow in NYC at our free event here on Governors Island: http://FigmentProject.org