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There is content on a level for younger students, older students, and adult instructors/volunteers/technicians.
There is content on a level for younger students, older students, and adult instructors/volunteers/technicians.


==Other Collections==
==Language==
* I made lists of embeddable YouTube videos in several categories. These can be viewed in the default [http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=OLPCMagongo&view=playlists YouTube playlist view]. You will need to install [[Adobe Flash]] on the laptops to make YouTube work. I am developing a [http://sugo-katta.appspot.com/olpc-video/player?v=tHYdpsNTQIg&welcome=true YouTube site for OLPC users].
===Vocabulary===

* Videos can be downloaded from [http://www.fora.tv Fora.tv] as MP4 and converted to [[OGG]] with ffmpeg2theora. YouTube video download sites exist, but I know of none that let you download directly in OGG format.

* The best free images from WikiMedia are listed in [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Quality_images quality images] and [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Featured_pictures featured pictures] and [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Valued_images_by_topic valued images].

* I recommend [http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/ The Big Picture], which has many large-scale photos on several topics, from Chinese New Year to Eid al-Adha, from World's Animals to The World at Work. Download once to save on bandwidth.

* Dozens of free e-Books from [[Project Gutenberg]] have public domain [[OGG]] audiobooks at [http://librivox.org Librivox.org]. I am developing a system to display the audio player and the text on the same page.

* The [http://www.new7wonders.com/ New 7 Wonders project] has information about their buildings contest and has an ongoing contest for natural wonders of the world. The natural wonders each have a short description and a photo. Resources on the site include classroom projects, environmental guides, and a form to enter the contest.

* The BBC has a [http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/ Learning English site] with regular updates and lesson plans for teachers. Topics include slang, words in the news, idioms, business English, and some information about new technology. They also have a [http://www.youtube.com/user/bbclearningenglish YouTube channel].

* eHow has a series of [http://www.ehow.com/information_1201-books.html articles on writing] and a continuing series of YouTube videos (try queries for [http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=eHow&view=videos&query=writing writing] and [http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=eHow&view=videos&query=stories stories])

==Lessons==
* [http://www.meetmeatthecorner.org/episodes MeetMeAtTheCorner]: Kid-produced virtual field trips
* [http://www.lii.org/pub/subtopic/3464 National Parks resources]
* [http://www.new7wonders.com/classic/en/kids_and_schools/ New 7 Wonders project]
** [http://www.new7wonders.com/classic/en/kids_and_schools/classroomtools/ Environmental lessons]
* [http://www.thejournal.com/articles/24206 Challenges to Wikis in Classrooms]
* [http://www.google.com/educators/posters.html Posters (PDF) explaining Google Search and services]

===Language===
* [http://www.brainyflix.com/ BrainyFlix]: user-made vocabulary flashcards
* [http://www.brainyflix.com/ BrainyFlix]: user-made vocabulary flashcards
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/ BBC Learning English]: resources for teachers and students
** [http://www.youtube.com/user/bbclearningenglish Their YouTube Channel]
* [http://www.ehow.com/information_1201-books.html eHow's writing tutorials]
** [http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=eHow&view=videos&query=writing videos about writing]


==Science==
===Science===
* [http://blogs.learnnc.org/instructify/2009/04/15/pbs-dna-fingerprinting-forensics-science/ PBS: DNA lab]: DNA fingerprinting, other information
* [http://blogs.learnnc.org/instructify/2009/04/15/pbs-dna-fingerprinting-forensics-science/ PBS: DNA lab]: DNA fingerprinting, other information
* [http://www.google.com/moon/ Google Moon]
* [http://waxy.org/2008/06/the_machine_that_changed_the_world_the_world_at_your_fingertips/ History of Computers]: PBS documentary, 3GB of MP4 or 1.5 GB of [[OGG]] with ffmpeg2theora (use -p preview)
* [http://ocean.nationalgeographic.com/page/s/askthecrew NatGeo: Ocean Now]: blog from a marine biology ship - e-mail can be sent to crew
* [http://periodicvideos.com/ PeriodicVideos]: video of each element in the periodic table
* [http://blog.laptop.org/2009/04/08/low-cost-heart-rate-monitor/ OLPC Heartrate monitor]
* [http://content.asce.org/asceville/index.html ASCEville]: civil engineering for kids ([[Adobe Flash]])
* [http://www.windows.ucar.edu/citizen_science/budburst/ Project Budburst]: citizen science on flowers and plants
* [http://www.whyville.net/smmk/top/gates?source=reef Whyville Reef]: virtual coral reef
* [http://scienceblogs.com/photosynthesis/ PhotoSynthesis blog]: new blog showing photos from scientists


===Math===
* [http://code.google.com/apis/chart/ Google Charts API]: Make chart images
** [http://groups.google.com/group/google-chart-api/web/useful-links-to-api-libraries Useful tools and APIs]
* [http://www.e-booksdirectory.com/mathematics.php Free Math Books]


==Mapping / GIS==
==Mapping / GIS==
* [http://sugo-katta.appspot.com/olpc-map/mapTech Mapping Technology]: simple explanation of GIS mapping with interesting examples
* [ ]
* Developing a simple introduction to GIS/mapping technologies with Google Maps API

* [http://www.geoplace.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=119CFE3ACE2A48319AA7DE6A39B80D66&nm=News&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&mid=8F3A7027421841978F18BE895F87F791&tier=4&id=1F97C632257B41D3B0AF7DD3D61990C4 GIS in Education]
* [http://www.geoplace.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=119CFE3ACE2A48319AA7DE6A39B80D66&nm=News&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&mid=8F3A7027421841978F18BE895F87F791&tier=4&id=8097FA54BA9743E483FBA03545CA8D62 GIS in the Congo]
* [https://services.google.com/fb/forms/mapmakerdatadownload/ Map Data Download]: User-submitted maps of Kenya
* [https://services.google.com/fb/forms/mapmakerdatadownload/ Map Data Download]: User-submitted maps of Kenya
* [http://geochalkboard.wordpress.com/2009/03/11/density-mapping-in-google-maps-with-heatmapapi/ Heat Maps]: Google Maps API
* [http://geochalkboard.wordpress.com/2009/03/11/density-mapping-in-google-maps-with-heatmapapi/ Heat Maps]: Google Maps API
* [http://www.geoplace.com GeoPlace]: slow site but has some good articles
* [http://www.agcommons.org/?q=taxonomy/term/42 AGCommons]: agriculture and technology in Africa
** [http://www.agcommons.org/?q=content/team AGCommons Projects]


==Development Technology==
==Development Technology==
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===Blogs===
===Blogs===
* [http://afrigadget.com/ AfriGadget]: named one of the best websites by Time magazine
* [http://buildafrica.org/ BuildAfrica]
* [http://appfrica.net/blog/ Appfrica]
* [http://google-africa.blogspot.com Google Africa]: official blog for Google initiatives in Africa (French and English)
* [http://janchipchase.com/ Future Perfect]: blog about Jan Chipchase, global researcher for Nokia
** [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/13/magazine/13anthropology-t.html?_r=2 New York Times article on Chipchase]
** [http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19826602.000-interview-the-cellphone-anthropologist.html New Scientist article on Chipchase]
* [http://buildafrica.org/ BuildAfrica]: ICT coordinator for Millenium Villages Project
* [http://unwin.wordpress.com/ Tim Unwin]: author of ICT4D
* [http://unwin.wordpress.com/ Tim Unwin]: author of ICT4D
* [http://www.agcommons.org/?q=taxonomy/term/42 AGCommons]: agriculture and technology in Africa
===Books===
* [http://whiteafrican.com/ WhiteAfrican]: one of the writers for AfriGadget
* [http://ictkm.wordpress.com/ ICT-KM]: ICT manager for International Livestock Research Institute
* [http://www.aidworkerdaily.com/ AidWorkerDaily]

===Books/Long PDFs===
* [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/FLOSS_Concept_Booklet F/LOSS Concept Booklet]: Wikibooks on free/libre/open-source
* [http://www.cambridge.org/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521712361 ICT4D]: by Tim Unwin
* [http://www.cambridge.org/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521712361 ICT4D]: by Tim Unwin
* [http://www.apress.com/book/view/9781430216209 Beginning Google Maps Mashups]: from Apress
* [http://www.apress.com/book/view/9781430216209 Beginning Google Maps Mashups]: from Apress

===Organizations===
* [http://www.hkenyaproject.org/teach.html Help Kenya Project]: computers and training for Kenyan schools
* [http://www.agcommons.org AGCommons]: sharing information about agriculture and technology in Africa
* [http://www.information.go.ke/home/ Official eGovernment in Kenya]
* [http://www.architectureforhumanity.org/ Architecture for Humanity]
** [http://www.openarchitecturenetwork.org/projects/results Open Architecture Network] - site for sharing designs for houses usable for disaster relief, community needs, etc
** [http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/cameron_sinclair_on_open_source_architecture.html TED Video Presentation]
* [http://subsaharska.maneno.org/eng/articles/thoughts_about_nathan1238989571/ txtEagle]: blog and video discussion of txtEagle service
* [http://salaamgarage.wordpress.com/ Salaam Garage]: brings content-creators to developing nations to help organizations tell about peoples' stories and needs
* [http://www.janchipchase.com/nokia-open-studios Ghana's Open Design Studio]
* [http://interviews.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/14/1515225 Literacy Bridge]: talking books

===Conferences===
* [http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=Web4Dev&view=videos Web4Dev conference]: (YouTube videos)
* [http://whiteafrican.com/african-tech-events/ African Tech Events]: list
* [http://makerfaireafrica.com/ MakerFaire]: art show in Africa
* [http://www.ted.com/index.php/themes/africa_the_next_chapter.html TED Africa]: videos posted of several influential speakers

===Twitter/Microblogging===
Microblogging, through Twitter and other services, is a low-bandwidth version of social networking that has caught on in countries with many mobile phone users but few computers.
* [http://aidworkerdaily.com/2009/03/25/why-microblogging-might-prove-a-good-fit-for-aid-agencies/ AidWorkerDaily]: why microblogging is a good fit for aid workers
* [http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23afridev Twitter topic #afridev]
* [http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23ict4d Twitter topic #ict4d]
* [http://appfrica.net/blog/archives/1738 Appfrica.net Article]: Somali musician using Twitter for lyrics ideas
* [http://laconi.ca/trac/ Laconica: Open-source tool for microblogging]
** [http://aidworkerdaily.com/2009/03/26/is-laconica-the-best-microblogging-platform-for-aid-agencies/ Laconica's usefulness for aid agencies]


==Programming==
==Programming==
* [http://lethain.com/entry/2008/aug/14/global-popularity-of-programming-languages/ Lethain]: Global popularity of programming lanaguages
* [http://lethain.com/entry/2008/aug/14/global-popularity-of-programming-languages/ Lethain]: Global popularity of programming lanaguages
** [http://appfrica.net/blog/archives/263 Appfrica Article]: Popularity of programming languages in Africa
** [http://appfrica.net/blog/archives/263 Appfrica Article]: Popularity of programming languages in Africa
* [http://chir.ag/projects/name-that-color/ Hex-color-namer]


===Python===
===Python===
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* [[Sugar Almanac]]: OLPC Operating System
* [[Sugar Almanac]]: OLPC Operating System
** [[Sugar Code Snippets]]: Additional tips and tricks
** [[Sugar Code Snippets]]: Additional tips and tricks
* [http://blip.tv/file/1947177 How to Give a Python Talk]: video from PyCon


===SMS/Text Messaging===
===SMS/Text Messaging===
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===Web===
===Web===
* [http://www.deitel.com/eBook/ObjectivesandOutline/tabid/2481/Default.aspx Deitel's Dive Into Web 2.0]: guide to web technologies
* [http://code.google.com/apis/chart/ Google Charts API]: Make chart images
* [http://code.google.com/apis/chart/ Google Charts API]: Make chart images
** [http://groups.google.com/group/google-chart-api/web/useful-links-to-api-libraries Useful tools and APIs]
** [http://groups.google.com/group/google-chart-api/browse_thread/thread/b0a10b55384bf749?pli=1 Google Charts Update]
** [http://groups.google.com/group/google-chart-api/browse_thread/thread/b0a10b55384bf749?pli=1 Google Charts Update]
* [https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Canvas_tutorial HTML Canvas Tutorial]: useful for HTML apps for the laptop
** '''Note''': use deprecated methods (such as mozillaDrawText instead of fillText)
* [http://www.forumotion.com/en/create-forum/ Forumotion]: free forums in open-source PHP

==Other==
Local TV news posted on YouTube
* [http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=NTVKenya&view=videos YouTube: NTV-Kenya]
** [http://sugo-katta.appspot.com/olpc-video/NTV-Kenya News-discussion site]

This is a new journal that may be interested in women's role in technology in the developing world:
* [http://genderandset.open.ac.uk/index.php/genderandset/index International Journal of Gender, Science, and Technology]

People (have multiple videos on YouTube):
* [http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=chris+abani Chris Abani]: stories of humanity / from Africa / etc
* [http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=euvin+naidoo Euvin Naidoo]: businessman and investor in Africa
* [http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ashraf+ghani Ashraf Ghani]: political scientist on dev. countries, failed states
* [http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=jacqueline+novogratz Jacqueline Novogratz]: activist, speaker for Africa business
* [http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=iqbal+quadir Iqbal Quadir]: researcher, discusses mobile phones in ICT, development

More other:
* [http://makerfaireafrica.com/ MakerFaire]: art show in Africa

* [http://blog.olenepal.org/index.php/archives/254 OLPC Nepal's charging rack]

* [http://ictkm.wordpress.com/2009/04/06/bridging-the-digital-divide-to-africa/ future of Internet connectivity in Africa]

* [http://www.creativecommons.org/ Creative Commons]: producing free and shareable content
** [http://openeducationnews.org/2009/04/14/first-creative-commons-arab-world-meeting/ first CC meeting in the Arab world]

Latest revision as of 23:19, 9 May 2009

While I was doing research for OLPCorps Africa, I collected a good set of links and content. I hope this material can be shared with all schools in the OLPC program.

There is content on a level for younger students, older students, and adult instructors/volunteers/technicians.

Other Collections

  • Videos can be downloaded from Fora.tv as MP4 and converted to OGG with ffmpeg2theora. YouTube video download sites exist, but I know of none that let you download directly in OGG format.
  • I recommend The Big Picture, which has many large-scale photos on several topics, from Chinese New Year to Eid al-Adha, from World's Animals to The World at Work. Download once to save on bandwidth.
  • Dozens of free e-Books from Project Gutenberg have public domain OGG audiobooks at Librivox.org. I am developing a system to display the audio player and the text on the same page.
  • The New 7 Wonders project has information about their buildings contest and has an ongoing contest for natural wonders of the world. The natural wonders each have a short description and a photo. Resources on the site include classroom projects, environmental guides, and a form to enter the contest.
  • The BBC has a Learning English site with regular updates and lesson plans for teachers. Topics include slang, words in the news, idioms, business English, and some information about new technology. They also have a YouTube channel.

Lessons

Language

Science

Math

Mapping / GIS

  • Mapping Technology: simple explanation of GIS mapping with interesting examples
  • Developing a simple introduction to GIS/mapping technologies with Google Maps API

Development Technology

ICT4D stands for "Internet and Communication Technology for Development"

Blogs

Books/Long PDFs

Organizations

Conferences

Twitter/Microblogging

Microblogging, through Twitter and other services, is a low-bandwidth version of social networking that has caught on in countries with many mobile phone users but few computers.

Programming

Python

SMS/Text Messaging

Grants and Contests

  • ESI: Grants for digital-divide groups

Web

Other

Local TV news posted on YouTube

This is a new journal that may be interested in women's role in technology in the developing world:

People (have multiple videos on YouTube):

More other:

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