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I am a volunteer for [http://www.kasiisiproject.org/ The Kasiisi Project] in Uganda and the [http://www.digiliteracy.org Digital Literacy Project] in the Boston area. Outside of the OLPC world, I study civil engineering at Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, PA, USA).
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==Contact==
'''Welcome.'''
Please e-mail ndoiron _at_ cmu.edu if you are interested in a project or have any questions
Our team is applying to send 100 laptops to a school through OLPCorps Africa.
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.


==Experience in Uganda==
If our application is accepted, we will work at the school from June to August. We can help with power and Internet access.
====[[User:Ndoiron/Uganda-Experience|Post-Uganda Summary & Photos]]====
When we leave, teachers and students will continue to use the laptops.
Uganda was awesome! It was great to teach and program in the field.


I taught an environmental sensing and maps class with The Kasiisi Project near Fort Portal, Uganda. The mission statement of the class became "[[User:Ndoiron/Out Of The Box|Out of the Box]]" because not only were we trying new ways of learning, we were connecting our XOs with the world around us, outside the "box" of the laptop. You can find links to the activities, content, and hardware on [http://mapuganda.blogspot.com my blog].
== Benefits of the Laptop ==
Our team is interested in working with your school to use these laptops as a new education tool.


===Technical Solutions from Kasiisi===
These laptops are specially designed to be used in schools:
These updates, written and tested at Kasiisi, can be applied to several activities worldwide.
* Typing, taking photos and video, and using the Internet
* Reading many textbooks, viewing photos and art from around the world
* Students and teachers can write their own computer programs
* The computer weighs as much as a textbook
* The screen is easy to read, inside or outside
* Computers connect to each other or the Internet by WiFi radio


* Bug fixes and keyboard interactions for Map and OfflineMap. Students had trouble with the mouse and sharing maps.
More than 700,000 students around the world are getting these as their first computers.


* Improved WikiBrowse with easier search, friendlier 404 page, addon articles ( see [[WikiPack]] )
Find out more about the laptop:
* Laptop hardware: http://laptop.org/en/laptop/hardware/index.shtml
* Laptop software: http://laptop.org/7.1.0/gettingstarted/activities.shtml
* Laptops in Ethiopia: http://www.flickr.com/photos/olpc/sets/72157607436386087/


* Redesign of [[Measure/Kasiisi|Measure activity]] to assist teachers in explaining sensors and graphing.
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== Contact us ==


* Improved [[User:Ndoiron/SocialCalc|SocialCalc]] with chart color selection, translatable chart UI, and full-screen HTML5 Canvas charts (for an offline deployment, the Google Chart frame was dead space)
Our team is composed of students from Carnegie Mellon University ( http://www.cmu.edu )


* [[LibriVox#Combining_Librivox_Audio_and_Gutenberg_text|Gutenberg eBook + Librivox --> audiobook scripts]]
Send an e-mail to '''laptops.africa@gmail.com''' if you have questions or can help us contact a school in Africa.


===Content from Kasiisi===
Our application deadline is March 27th, so I hope to hear from you soon. '''Thank you.'''
* Add-on [[WikiPack]]s of up-to-date articles and photos from [http://simple.wikipedia.org Simple English Wikipedia], which work both in Browse and in [[WikiBrowse]].


* PhotoPacks from [http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/ BigPicture blog] - download [http://sugo-katta.appspot.com/PhotoPack.xol an example]
We are applying for OLPCorps: http://laptop.org/en/participate/get-involved/OLPCorps.shtml

* [http://sugo-katta.appspot.com/BookPack.xol BookPack] with audiobook support

==olpcMAP.net==
Developing http://olpcMAP.net with the great team on the olpcMAP and olpcMAPmakers lists!

[Image:http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__rJtABokm_Q/TPmRcFBeGlI/AAAAAAAACwA/xWzdKl0A3-o/s1600/olpcmap.png]

Read the wiki article on uses and goals of [[OlpcMAP]]

See my marker at http://olpcMAP.net?id=359001 and use geo-queries such as http://olpcMAP.net?region=Mongolia and http://olpcMAP.net?region=Kenya&map=quick

==Prior Work for the XO==
* [[User:Ndoiron/Content|Links to downloadable content]]

* [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Activities/Map Major update] to [[Map (activity)]] including [[User:Ndoiron/OfflineMap|offline mapping]] for Haiti, Uganda, and other countries. Maps can be customized using MapPacks.

* Adding bar, pie, line, and scatter charts to [[SocialCalc]] application
** Test (in Firefox or XO's Browse) [http://andrew.cmu.edu/user/ndoiron/socialCalc/index.html here]
** [[User:Ndoiron/SocialCalc|Users' Guide]]

* Mapping applications, introducing students to GIS and mapping
** [http://sugo-katta.appspot.com/olpc-map/mapTech Intro to Mapping Technology]
** Explored SVG maps for classes without internet access

* Patch for the [[Geoquiz]] application

Latest revision as of 19:05, 10 January 2011

I am a volunteer for The Kasiisi Project in Uganda and the Digital Literacy Project in the Boston area. Outside of the OLPC world, I study civil engineering at Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, PA, USA).

Contact

Please e-mail ndoiron _at_ cmu.edu if you are interested in a project or have any questions

Experience in Uganda

Post-Uganda Summary & Photos

Uganda was awesome! It was great to teach and program in the field.

I taught an environmental sensing and maps class with The Kasiisi Project near Fort Portal, Uganda. The mission statement of the class became "Out of the Box" because not only were we trying new ways of learning, we were connecting our XOs with the world around us, outside the "box" of the laptop. You can find links to the activities, content, and hardware on my blog.

Technical Solutions from Kasiisi

These updates, written and tested at Kasiisi, can be applied to several activities worldwide.

  • Bug fixes and keyboard interactions for Map and OfflineMap. Students had trouble with the mouse and sharing maps.
  • Improved WikiBrowse with easier search, friendlier 404 page, addon articles ( see WikiPack )
  • Redesign of Measure activity to assist teachers in explaining sensors and graphing.
  • Improved SocialCalc with chart color selection, translatable chart UI, and full-screen HTML5 Canvas charts (for an offline deployment, the Google Chart frame was dead space)

Content from Kasiisi

olpcMAP.net

Developing http://olpcMAP.net with the great team on the olpcMAP and olpcMAPmakers lists!

[Image:http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__rJtABokm_Q/TPmRcFBeGlI/AAAAAAAACwA/xWzdKl0A3-o/s1600/olpcmap.png]

Read the wiki article on uses and goals of OlpcMAP

See my marker at http://olpcMAP.net?id=359001 and use geo-queries such as http://olpcMAP.net?region=Mongolia and http://olpcMAP.net?region=Kenya&map=quick

Prior Work for the XO

  • Mapping applications, introducing students to GIS and mapping
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