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Welcome! This page is dedicated to the new XO Loaner Library which was just established at MIT. This library has been established primarily for the use of OLPCorps teams in the greater Boston area, so that they can have access to the XOs prior to deployment. Each team will receive 100 of these laptops from OLPC as part of the OLPCorps grant, but those 100 will be shipped directly to the deployment site. The goal of this library is to allow teams access to the laptops so members can start to learn how to use them and be better prepared to educate others on their use. Sound interesting? Ready to borrow one? Here's how: |
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===1. Project Title & Shipment Detail=== |
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:'''Name of Project:''' OLPCorps Boston Area XO Loaner Library |
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:'''Shipping Address You've Verified:''' |
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::Owen Derby |
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::229 Vassar Street |
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::Cambridge, MA 02139 |
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:'''Number of Laptops (or other hardware) You Request to Borrow:''' 15-20 |
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:'''Loan Length—How Many Months: '''2 (Now through May) |
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=Who's Eligible?= |
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===2. Team Participants (In list form)=== |
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:'''Name(s) & Contact Info: (include email addresses & phone numbers)''' |
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:: Included in emailed submission |
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:'''Employer and/or School:''' Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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:'''Past Experience/Qualifications:''' None, that's the point of establishing the library! I have had experience with linux and developing for an open source mmorpg, but in general the users of the library will be looking to familiarize themselves with the laptops |
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For the time being, laptop loans will be limited to 2 laptops per team/group and will only be handed out to approved OLPCorps teams. However! If you are not an OLPCorps team but are working on a different project with the XO in the Boston area and would be interested in borrowing a laptop, you should let us know you are interested and we will see if we have an extra laptop you can use. Of course, teams going to Africa will be given preference. |
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===3. Objectives (Bulleted list) === |
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=Rental Period= |
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:'''Project Objectives: ([[Projects|WEB-PUBLISHED]]) |
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::''Concrete proposals with defined, measurable outcomes are much more likely to result in a laptop than "it would be cool to play with these and demo them".'' |
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Loans will be for 2 weeks to start. After 2 weeks, if no one is in need your laptops and you wish to keep them, your rental may be renewed for another 2 weeks. |
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===4. Plan of Action (One or more paragraphs) === |
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:'''Plan and Procedure for Achieving the Stated Objectives:''' |
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Since we ourselves hope to be traveling to Africa as a OPLCorps team, there are currently no plans to administer the loans over the summer. So all laptops will need to be returned by the end of May. The library may or may not reopen in September, we'll let you know as we get closer to that date. |
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===5. Needs (A few sentences) === |
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:'''Why is this project needed?''' |
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:'''Locally?''' |
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:'''In the greater OLPC/Sugar community?''' |
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:'''Outside the community?''' |
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:'''Why can't this project be done [[Emulating_the_XO|in emulation]] using non-XO machines?''' |
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:'''Why are you requesting the number of machines you are asking for?''' |
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::''Will you consider (1) salvaged/rebuilt or (2) damaged XO Laptops?'' |
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=Obtaining Laptops= |
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===6. Sharing Deliverables (A few sentences) === |
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:'''Project URL:''' |
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::''Please web-publish this entire completed proposal, removing any sections affecting your personal privacy. Ask if you want help!'' |
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:'''How will you convey tentative ideas & results back to the OLPC/Sugar community, prior to completion?''' |
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:'''How will the final fruits of your labor be distributed to children or community members worldwide?''' |
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:'''Will your work have any possible application or use outside our community?''' |
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::''If yes, how will these people be reached?'' |
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:'''Have you investigated working with nearby [[Groups|XO Lending Libraries]] or [[Projects|Project Groups]]?''' |
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So, if you are interested in renting a laptop, here's what you have to do: |
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===7. Quality/Mentoring (Can be a bulleted list) === |
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:'''Would your Project benefit from Support, Documentation and/or Testing people?''' |
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:'''Teachers' input into Usability?''' |
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:'''How will you promote your work?''' |
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:'''Can we help you with an experienced mentor from the OLPC/Sugar community? ([[Projects|WEB-PUBLISHED]])''' |
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::''If YES: specify the kind of Ongoing Mentoring that will benefit you most.'' |
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::''If NO: specify who will help you share your progress, creations & results.'' |
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* Email ''xoloans'' at ''mit.edu'' with: |
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===8. Timeline (Show start to finish) === |
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** Your name |
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:'''Please include a Proposed timeline for your Project life-cycle: (this can be in the form of Month 1, Month 2, etc rather than specific dates) |
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** Your team/organization |
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::''Include a couple milestones, even if tentative. |
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** Number of laptops requested |
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:'''Specify how you prefer to communicate your ongoing progress and obstacles! |
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** Reason for rental |
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::''[ ] I agree to pass on the laptop(s) to a local OLPC group or other interested contributors in case I do not have need for the laptop(s) anymore or in case my project progress stalls.'' |
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** Contact information (email and contact number(s)) |
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** Preferred date and time of pickup |
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* You will receive a response indicating if you've been approved and where/when you will be able to pick up your laptop. The library will be physically located at MIT, so expect pickup/dropoff to be near MIT in Cambridge. |
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* When you arrive to pickup your laptops, you will be asked to sign for them, indicating that you take responsibility for the laptops and agree to return the laptops by the specified time. |
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=Returns= |
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You will be expected to return your laptop by the date specified to MIT. We can meet at Kendall square and you can sign that you have returned the laptop. |
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Comments or suggestions? Email us at ''xoloans'' at ''mit.edu'' |
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<!-- our Application can be found [[Media:MIT_XO_Loaner_Library_Application_Web.pdf|Here]]! --> |
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[[Category:XO_Lending_Libraries]] |
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Latest revision as of 14:50, 4 April 2009
Welcome! This page is dedicated to the new XO Loaner Library which was just established at MIT. This library has been established primarily for the use of OLPCorps teams in the greater Boston area, so that they can have access to the XOs prior to deployment. Each team will receive 100 of these laptops from OLPC as part of the OLPCorps grant, but those 100 will be shipped directly to the deployment site. The goal of this library is to allow teams access to the laptops so members can start to learn how to use them and be better prepared to educate others on their use. Sound interesting? Ready to borrow one? Here's how:
Who's Eligible?
For the time being, laptop loans will be limited to 2 laptops per team/group and will only be handed out to approved OLPCorps teams. However! If you are not an OLPCorps team but are working on a different project with the XO in the Boston area and would be interested in borrowing a laptop, you should let us know you are interested and we will see if we have an extra laptop you can use. Of course, teams going to Africa will be given preference.
Rental Period
Loans will be for 2 weeks to start. After 2 weeks, if no one is in need your laptops and you wish to keep them, your rental may be renewed for another 2 weeks.
Since we ourselves hope to be traveling to Africa as a OPLCorps team, there are currently no plans to administer the loans over the summer. So all laptops will need to be returned by the end of May. The library may or may not reopen in September, we'll let you know as we get closer to that date.
Obtaining Laptops
So, if you are interested in renting a laptop, here's what you have to do:
- Email xoloans at mit.edu with:
- Your name
- Your team/organization
- Number of laptops requested
- Reason for rental
- Contact information (email and contact number(s))
- Preferred date and time of pickup
- You will receive a response indicating if you've been approved and where/when you will be able to pick up your laptop. The library will be physically located at MIT, so expect pickup/dropoff to be near MIT in Cambridge.
- When you arrive to pickup your laptops, you will be asked to sign for them, indicating that you take responsibility for the laptops and agree to return the laptops by the specified time.
Returns
You will be expected to return your laptop by the date specified to MIT. We can meet at Kendall square and you can sign that you have returned the laptop.
Comments or suggestions? Email us at xoloans at mit.edu