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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. In the fall, I will be a senior at Carnegie Mellon, studying civil engineering.
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).


==Contact==
==Contact==
Please edit the [[User_talk:Ndoiron|talk page]] or e-mail ndoiron _at_ cmu.edu
Please e-mail ndoiron _at_ cmu.edu if you are interested in a project or have any questions


==Experience in Uganda==
==Experience in Uganda==
====[[User:Ndoiron/Uganda-Experience|Post-Uganda Summary & Photos]]====
Uganda was awesome! It was my first time teaching, and my first time programming in the field. Over the next several weeks, I will be working to use what I've learned to improve a few activities and develop lesson plans.
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 using maps and sensors to connect our XOs with the world around us, outside the "box" of the laptop itself. You can find links to the activities, content, and hardware on [http://mapuganda.blogspot.com the blog].
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].


===Technical Solutions from Kasiisi===
===Technical Solutions from Kasiisi===
These updates, written and tested at Kasiisi, can be applied to several activities worldwide.
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 in OfflineMap.
* 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, and add-on [[WikiPack]]s of up-to-date articles and photos from [http://simple.wikipedia.org Simple English Wikipedia]
* Improved WikiBrowse with easier search, friendlier 404 page, addon articles ( see [[WikiPack]] )


* Developments for [[Measure/Kasiisi]], more sensor wires, better documentation and lesson plans, sound feature.
* Redesign of [[Measure/Kasiisi|Measure activity]] to assist teachers in explaining sensors and graphing.


* Improved [[User:Ndoiron/SocialCalc|SocialCalc]] with chart color selection, translatable chart UI, and full-screen HTML5 Canvas charts (as an offline deployment, the Google Chart frame was annoying)
* 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]]
* [[LibriVox#Combining_Librivox_Audio_and_Gutenberg_text|Gutenberg eBook + Librivox --> audiobook scripts]]


===Content from Kasiisi===
* PhotoPacks from BigPicture blog
* 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]
==Current Work==
* Making lesson plans for [http://www.digiliteracy.org Digital Literacy Project] in Cambridge, Boston, and Nicaragua. Helping to supply useful content and activities.


* [http://sugo-katta.appspot.com/BookPack.xol BookPack] with audiobook support
* Storing student reading history, book reports, and favorite sites on a teacher XO, using the mesh network to collect reports. Allow long-term analysis of how students rate books and digital content. While targeting original version to help students review and discover books at one school library, larger-scale deployments could use this to share and annotate the best digital content.


==olpcMAP.net==
* [[User:Ndoiron/CitizenScience|citizen science projects]] for laptop schools in the US and abroad
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]
* DNA Lab showing inherited traits through phenotype (cartoon lizards) and genotype (simulated DNA strand)

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==
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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


==OLPCorps==
Technical lead for an OLPCorps team - unfortunately our team was rejected, but we made it to finalists

See my team's OLPCorps proposal here: [[OLPCorps Carnegie Mellon/Teachers' College/Williams College Kenya]]

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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