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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


==Current Work==
==Experience in Uganda==
====[[User:Ndoiron/Uganda-Experience|Post-Uganda Summary & Photos]]====
* Making lesson ideas for [[OLPC Boston]] drawing from [[User:Ndoiron/Content|content list]], [[User:Ndoiron/CitizenScience|citizen science projects]], and several activities.
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].
* [[MapStats]] Activity


===Technical Solutions from Kasiisi===
* [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Map_(activity)/V3update Major update] to [[Map (activity)]]
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.
* DNA Lab showing inherited traits through phenotype (cartoon lizards) and genotype (simulated DNA strand)


* Improved WikiBrowse with easier search, friendlier 404 page, addon articles ( see [[WikiPack]] )
==OLPCorps==
Technical lead for an OLPCorps team - unfortunately our team was rejected, but we made it to finalists


* Redesign of [[Measure/Kasiisi|Measure activity]] to assist teachers in explaining sensors and graphing.
See my team's OLPCorps proposal here: [[OLPCorps Carnegie Mellon/Teachers' College/Williams College Kenya]]

* 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)

* [[LibriVox#Combining_Librivox_Audio_and_Gutenberg_text|Gutenberg eBook + Librivox --> audiobook scripts]]

===Content from Kasiisi===
* 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]

* [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==
==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
* 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]
** Test (in Firefox or XO's Browse) [http://andrew.cmu.edu/user/ndoiron/socialCalc/index.html here]
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** Explored SVG maps for classes without internet access
** Explored SVG maps for classes without internet access


* Created [[HippoMath]] with eToys
* Patch for the [[Geoquiz]] application
* 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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