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'''Welcome.''' |
'''Welcome.''' |
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Our team is applying to send 100 laptops to a school through OLPCorps Africa. |
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We would work closely with the school's director and teachers to choose e-books, learning games, and websites which are good for the students to work with. |
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See my team's OLPCorps proposal here: [[OLPCorps Carnegie Mellon/Teachers' College/Williams College Kenya]] |
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If our application is accepted, we will work at the school from June to August. We can help with power and Internet access. |
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When we leave, teachers and students will continue to use the laptops. |
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== Benefits of the Laptop == |
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Our team is interested in working with your school to use these laptops as a new education tool. |
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These laptops are specially designed to be used in schools: |
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* Typing, taking photos and video, and using the Internet |
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* Reading many textbooks, viewing photos and art from around the world |
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* Students and teachers can write their own computer programs |
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* The computer weighs as much as a textbook |
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* The screen is easy to read, inside or outside |
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* Computers connect to each other or the Internet by WiFi radio |
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More than 700,000 students around the world are getting these as their first computers. |
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Find out more about the laptop: |
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* Laptop hardware: http://laptop.org/en/laptop/hardware/index.shtml |
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* Laptop software: http://laptop.org/7.1.0/gettingstarted/activities.shtml |
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* Laptops in Ethiopia: http://www.flickr.com/photos/olpc/sets/72157607436386087/ |
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== Contact us == |
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Our team is composed of students from Carnegie Mellon University ( http://www.cmu.edu ) |
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Send an e-mail to '''laptops.africa@gmail.com''' if you have questions or can help us contact a school in Africa. |
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Our application deadline is March 27th, so I hope to hear from you soon. '''Thank you.''' |
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We are applying for OLPCorps: http://laptop.org/en/participate/get-involved/OLPCorps.shtml |
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Revision as of 22:39, 26 March 2009
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Welcome. I am going to be editing this soon.
See my team's OLPCorps proposal here: OLPCorps Carnegie Mellon/Teachers' College/Williams College Kenya