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== Add Local Projects to the Map! == |
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[[File:OlpcMAP-cartographer1.jpg|link=OlpcMAP#Global_MAP_making_SPRINT:_Dec_27-31.2C_2010_in_Boston|300 px|Help kids everywhere map Their world!]] |
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<big><b>Attend olpcMAP JAMs!</b></big><br><br> |
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[http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-socal Southern California] on [http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/2011-February/012568.html February 21] & [http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/2011-February/012645.html February 28] [[Presentations#Slides and other Presentations|(PDF slides)]] |
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<b><i>[http://eKindling.org eKindling] and the [http://olpcMAP.net?go=southeast_asia Philippines] on [http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/2011-March/012683.html March 6] incl <font color=red>Red XO</font> [[Ekindling/OlpcMAP_eKindling%27sTrivia|Trivia Contest!]]</i></b> [[Presentations#Slides and other Presentations|(PDF slides)]] |
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DRAFT instructions below -- <i>help us make these friendlier to All by [mailto:beautify-AT-olpcMAP.net asking for help], thanks!</i> |
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[http://olpc-france.org OLPC France] [http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/2011-March/012718.html March 12] [[Presentations#Slides and other Presentations|(PDF slides)]] |
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=== To edit markers: === |
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* Click "Edit Mode" on top |
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[http://franXOphonie.org Gabon & French/West Africa], March 18 |
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* Click marker |
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* Click "Suggest Edit" |
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[http://olpcMAP.net?go=ghana Ghana's OLPC Library] by [http://webscript.princeton.edu/~ewb/projects/ Princeton Engineers Without Borders,] April 2, [http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/olpc-nyc/2011-March/000164.html Paramus NJ] |
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* Go through editor pages to set information, icon, and photo |
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* At any point, click "Save Edits" |
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[http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/olpc_boston/2011-April/000685.html How to CREATE+MAP yr own OLPC/Sugar Volunteer Experience] April 13, Cambridge MA |
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[http://olpc.at OLPC Austria], [http://olpc-deutschland.de OLPC Deutschland] & [http://olpc.ch OLPC Switzerland] on [http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/2011-April/012935.html April 18] ([http://www.care-for-kids.org/olpc-ruanda_introduction.pdf PDF slides 1], [http://derndorfer.eu/files/permanent/olpc_dach_20110418.pdf PDF slide 2], [http://openetherpad.org/j8Ntx9sIJw Live call notes], [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OlpcMAP/OLPC_DACH_Trivia Trivia contest results]) |
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[http://dc.sugarlabs.org SugarLabs DC] & [http://olpclearningclub.org OLPC Learning Club] on April 28 or later May |
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[http://olpcMAP.net?go=kenya Kenya's Grassroots Education Communities] mid/late May? |
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More coming! E-mail below or click EDIT above! |
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== Add Local Projects to the [http://olpcMAP.net Map!] == |
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<big><big><i>[http://wiki.laptop.org/images/0/0e/Tutorial_for_olpcMAP.pdf NEW PDF Tutorial] (with [http://megaswf.com/simple_serve/103098/ Screenflow Animation])</i></big></big> |
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==How-To== |
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=== To add a marker === |
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* '''Use the search''' and Google Maps to find your location |
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=== To add a marker (Automatically enters Edit Mode, too) === |
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* Click |
* Click '''Join the Map Network''' on the top toolbar |
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* Click and drag the marker into place |
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* Type in your e-mail, then click '''Plant Marker''' |
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* Click "Plant Marker" |
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* Go through editor pages to set information, icon, and photo |
* Go through editor pages to set information, icon, and photo |
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** You can add a link using the format link:http://example.org |
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* At any point, click "Save Edits" |
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** Need to '''upload your photo'''? Use http://imgur.com and copy the Direct Link URL (.jpg) |
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** You also can link using HTML: <a href='http://example.org' target='_blank'>Link Title</a> |
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* At any point, click '''Save Edits''' |
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=== To edit markers === |
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* '''Use the search''' to find the place or marker that you'll edit |
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Contact our [[#Curatorial Team|Curatorial Community]] with suggestions for making your deployment's accomplishments more vivid! |
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* Click marker |
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* On the top of the info window, click '''Edit''' |
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* Go through editor pages to set information, icon, and photo |
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** You can add a link using the format link:http://example.org |
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** Need to '''upload your photo'''? Use http://imgur.com and copy the Direct Link URL (.jpg) |
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** You also can link using HTML: <a href='http://example.org' target='_blank'>Link Title</a> |
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* At any point, click '''Save Edits''' |
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=== Map Editing FAQ === |
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Some of THE most important spatial media we need to welcome, are our established geo-communities: |
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'''Troubleshooting''' : click Contact to write to the community curators (beautify@olpcMAP.net) |
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http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Deployment_Team/Places |
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http://www.openwijs.nl/referenties/olpc 12 Dutch-originated microdeployments, on 3 continents? |
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http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Deployments (already completed? move to "Inspiration" section below if so!) |
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http://olpcsf.org/CommunitySummit2010/people.php |
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Actual "landmark" stickers on paper/laminate map at the Kleiders' house, from http://olpcSF.org/summit 2010! |
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OLPC SF Community Summit 2010: wider list of registrants |
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http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&vps=1&jsv=286b&oe=UTF8&msa=0&msid=108408553645876220956.00049038844650cba3cf0 (Jennifer Martino's Latin America & Caribbean deployment map!) |
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http://groups.laptop.org |
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http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Local_Labs |
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http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Repair_center_locations |
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http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XO_Laptop_Lending_Libraries |
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http://www.teachingopensource.org/index.php/POSSE#Events |
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http://www.teachingopensource.org/index.php/Tentative_POSSEs |
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'''Whose e-mail should I provide on the map?''' |
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EG. What attractive iconography best represents your own local community's best efforts?? |
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E-mails should go to a volunteer or coordinator who can answer or forward questions about the project. If a volunteer writes and says "That's awesome; I'd like to volunteer there!" the coordinator is someone who can help them along. |
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http://EscueLab.org (Lima, Peru) |
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http://olpcLearningClub.org (Washington DC, [[File:Custom_map_icon_olpc_dc.png|possible icon 1]], [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/File:Xo_dc_flag_preview.jpg larger 427 × 306 pixel JPEG]) |
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http://olpcSF.org |
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http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Southern_California_OLPC_Projects (incl [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&ll=34.3389,-118.927002&spn=2.18618,3.795776&z=8&msid=111182366285552538631.0004720084fe55fd03475 Google Map of local prjcts!]) |
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http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc_boston |
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http://olpc.at (OLPC Austria) |
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http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_NYC |
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http://olpc-france.org |
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http://olpcOceania.blogspot.com |
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http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_New_Zealand |
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(Uruguay's many strong groups have brilliant logos already; showcase these on our main page to spark others??) |
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Etc!! |
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'''How private is my e-mail?''' |
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== Inspiration maps & feeds == |
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Your e-mail address is kept in our database so we can process and forward mail from the Contact form. This hides your e-mail from users of our page and spinoff maps. |
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A Million Thanks go to these groups whose community feeds we've already tapped: |
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If you prefer to have a link to your organization's website or contact page, let us know through the main '''Contact''' form. |
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http://laptop.org/en/children/countries/ (500+ kids/XOs) |
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http://www.olpcnews.com/countries/australia/olpc_australia_xo_laptop_deplo.html |
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http://bit.ly/c20CRz (OLPCorps Africa, 2009) |
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http://www.olpccanada.com/content.php?id=17 / http://www.olpccanada.com/doc/OLPC_Canada_Schools_Map.pdf |
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Please [mailto:ndoiron@cmu.edu,holt@laptop.org write us] if you have/want ideas for more dynamically illustrating the Human Vibrancy of your community, its teachers and its children! |
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== Open Community Architecture == |
== Open Community Architecture == |
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* Creativity = allowing yourself to make mistakes |
* Creativity = allowing yourself to make mistakes |
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* ART = knowing which ones to keep |
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* 1 Billion children who are tired of waiting! |
* <i>1 Billion children who are tired of waiting!</i> |
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== Outreach == |
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http://twitter.com/olpcMAP (forthcoming) |
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Please [mailto:beautify-AT-olpcMAP.net write] if you want to help -- or just want fun announcements emailed! |
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===Open Source Effort=== |
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== Live Chat (IRC) == |
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olpcMAP is written in Python and is hosted on Google App Engine |
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The code is fully open-source at http://code.google.com/p/olpc-map-net ; it can be run on open-source platforms such as TyphoonAE and AppScale. |
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Please visit http://forum.laptop.org/chat and then type at bottom: |
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Add issues or tackle problems listed at http://code.google.com/p/olpc-map-net/issues/list |
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/join #olpcMAP<br> |
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(then type a few lines, being patient if we're asleep!) |
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===API: Integrate maps into other sites & community services=== |
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Evolving here: [[OlpcMAP/data-api]] |
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== Join our olpcMAPmakers mailing list! == |
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Become a Map Maker, if you enjoy curatorial gardening of any kind! Please join and help cultivate our public discussion list -- just send email to: |
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olpcMAPmakers+subscribe@googlegroups.com |
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Archives are here: |
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http://groups.google.com/group/olpcMAPmakers/topics |
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== To Do == |
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Some of THE most important spatial media we need to welcome, are our established geo-communities: |
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http://laptop.org/map |
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http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Deployment_Team/Places |
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http://www.openwijs.nl/referenties/olpc 12 Dutch-originated microdeployments, on 3 continents? |
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http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Deployments (already completed? move to "Inspiration" section below if so!) |
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Actual "landmark" stickers on paper/laminate map at the Kleiders' house, from http://olpcSF.org/summit 2010! |
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<b>http://groups.laptop.org</b> |
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http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Local_Labs |
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http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Repair_center_locations |
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http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XO_Laptop_Lending_Libraries |
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<b>http://youtube.com/results?search_query=verhovzeva</b> |
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http://www.teachingopensource.org/index.php/POSSE#Events |
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http://www.teachingopensource.org/index.php/Tentative_POSSEs |
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http://www.widernet.org/egranary/ (eGranary Digital Libraries AKA "The Internet in a Box" w/ 14 million docs each?) |
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eg. http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=110300756731284107900.00046b13c0e8e5f0f820a |
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http://www.franxophonie.org/Carte/carte-des-projets-francophones-dimplantation-des-xo.html |
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geolocating-on-map forward-looking [http://olpcnews.com OLPC News] stories, http://blog.laptop.org stories, http://planet.laptop.org blogs, and insightful [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:GJavetski Country Backgrounders] etc! |
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geolocating-on-map more of our global movement exceptional individual volunteers, reaching out to those who've asked for such via volunteer@laptop.org (etc) over the past 3 years |
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http://www.re-public.gr/en/olpc/ Greece deployment(s) (http://blog.laptop.org/2010/03/30/olpc-greece-28-participating-schools/) |
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EG. What attractive iconography best represents your own local community's best efforts?? |
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http://EscueLab.org (Lima, Peru) |
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http://olpcLearningClub.org (Washington DC, [[File:Custom_map_icon_olpc_dc.png|possible icon 1]], [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/File:Xo_dc_flag_preview.jpg larger 427 × 306 pixel JPEG]) |
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http://olpcSF.org |
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http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Southern_California_OLPC_Projects (incl [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&ll=34.3389,-118.927002&spn=2.18618,3.795776&z=8&msid=111182366285552538631.0004720084fe55fd03475 Google Map of local prjcts!]) |
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http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc_boston |
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http://olpc.at (OLPC Austria) |
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http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_NYC |
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http://olpc-france.org |
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http://olpcOceania.blogspot.com |
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http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_New_Zealand |
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(Uruguay's many strong groups have brilliant logos already; showcase these on our main page to spark others??) |
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Etc!! |
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== Inspiration maps & feeds == |
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A Million Thanks go to these groups whose community feeds we're already tapping: |
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http://laptop.org/map/ (500+ kids/XOs) |
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http://www.olpcnews.com/countries/australia/olpc_australia_xo_laptop_deplo.html |
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http://bit.ly/c20CRz (OLPCorps Africa, 2009) |
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http://www.olpccanada.com/content.php?id=17 / http://www.olpccanada.com/doc/OLPC_Canada_Schools_Map.pdf |
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Please [mailto:beautify-AT-olpcMAP.net write us] if you have/want ideas for more dynamically illustrating the Human Vibrancy of your community, its teachers and its children! |
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== How Maps Inspire REAL (Outdoor) Learning == |
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=== Global MAP making SPRINT: Dec 27-31, 2010 in Boston === |
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Archived at [[OlpcMAP/2010Sprint]] |
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=== OLPC/Sugar Weekly Map Jams! === |
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See above, as we explore the deep lessons arising from a new [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OlpcMAP country or community deployment every week!] |
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=== Sample Curriculum Ideas === |
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[http://nytimes.com/2010/12/10/technology/10geocache.html Modern Treasure Hunts for the Whole Family] (NY Times, 10 Dec 2010) |
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[http://alicechristie.org/pubs/E6/ Using GPS and Geocaching Engages, Empowers, and Enlightens Middle School Teachers and Students] |
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[http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/07/are-we-there-yet/ Are We There Yet?] |
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[[OlpcMAP/Trivia Contest|olpcMAP Jam Global Trivia Contest]]<br> |
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[[Ekindling/OlpcMAP_eKindling%27sTrivia|Philippines Trivia Contest]]<br> |
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[[OlpcMAP/OLPC_DACH_Trivia|German-speaking Countries' Trivia Contest: Germany, Austria, Switzerland]] |
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== Outreach == |
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http://twitter.com/olpcMAP (beginning slowly, Tweeters needed :) |
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(That's the #olpcMAP channel on irc.freenode.net) |
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Best blogs so far:<br> |
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== Curatorial Team == |
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http://saigonolpc.wordpress.com<br> |
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Contact us!     <b><i>[mailto:beautify-AT-olpcMAP.net beautify "AT" olpcMAP.net]</i></b> |
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http://travelpod.com/travel-blog/nsevers/4/tpod.html |
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Dynamic newsletter/blog anticipated...contact [mailto:beautify-AT-olpcMAP.net Marina] if you enjoy communications & can help! |
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[http://olpcSF.org/CommunitySummit2010/people.php Kurt Maier]<br> |
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[http://saigonolpc.wordpress.com Marina Zdobnova] |
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Or [mailto:beautify-AT-olpcMAP.net help in any other way], even if just asking us for newsletter or fun/regional [http://groups.google.com/group/olpcMAPmakers updates] emailed occasionally :) |
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== Design Team == |
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[[user:Ndoiron|Nick Doiron]]<br> |
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[http://www.google.com/profiles/shirish.goyal Shirish Goyal]<br> |
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[http://www.linkedin.com/in/bensheldon Ben Sheldon]<br> |
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[[User:mikelee|Mike Lee]]<br> |
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[http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/User:Holt Adam Holt] |
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Latest revision as of 23:57, 20 April 2011
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Attend olpcMAP JAMs! eKindling and the Philippines on March 6 incl Red XO Trivia Contest! (PDF slides) OLPC France March 12 (PDF slides) Gabon & French/West Africa, March 18 Ghana's OLPC Library by Princeton Engineers Without Borders, April 2, Paramus NJ How to CREATE+MAP yr own OLPC/Sugar Volunteer Experience April 13, Cambridge MA OLPC Austria, OLPC Deutschland & OLPC Switzerland on April 18 (PDF slides 1, PDF slide 2, Live call notes, Trivia contest results) SugarLabs DC & OLPC Learning Club on April 28 or later May Kenya's Grassroots Education Communities mid/late May? More coming! E-mail below or click EDIT above! |
Add Local Projects to the Map!
NEW PDF Tutorial (with Screenflow Animation)
How-To
To add a marker
- Use the search and Google Maps to find your location
- Click Join the Map Network on the top toolbar
- Click and drag the marker into place
- Type in your e-mail, then click Plant Marker
- Go through editor pages to set information, icon, and photo
- You can add a link using the format link:http://example.org
- Need to upload your photo? Use http://imgur.com and copy the Direct Link URL (.jpg)
- You also can link using HTML: <a href='http://example.org' target='_blank'>Link Title</a>
- At any point, click Save Edits
To edit markers
- Use the search to find the place or marker that you'll edit
- Click marker
- On the top of the info window, click Edit
- Go through editor pages to set information, icon, and photo
- You can add a link using the format link:http://example.org
- Need to upload your photo? Use http://imgur.com and copy the Direct Link URL (.jpg)
- You also can link using HTML: <a href='http://example.org' target='_blank'>Link Title</a>
- At any point, click Save Edits
Map Editing FAQ
Troubleshooting : click Contact to write to the community curators (beautify@olpcMAP.net)
Whose e-mail should I provide on the map?
E-mails should go to a volunteer or coordinator who can answer or forward questions about the project. If a volunteer writes and says "That's awesome; I'd like to volunteer there!" the coordinator is someone who can help them along.
How private is my e-mail?
Your e-mail address is kept in our database so we can process and forward mail from the Contact form. This hides your e-mail from users of our page and spinoff maps.
If you prefer to have a link to your organization's website or contact page, let us know through the main Contact form.
Open Community Architecture
In a democracy, we are each others' infrastructure. Our geo-social fabric takes inspiration from:
- Dialogue between public and private community spaces
http://theopensourceway.org/wiki/Communities_of_practice
- Good Faith Collaboration = people who share a passion to learn, by interacting regularly, and conscientiously
http://reagle.org/joseph/2010/gfc/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Reagle/Berkman_Reading_Group
- Creativity = allowing yourself to make mistakes
- ART = knowing which ones to keep
- 1 Billion children who are tired of waiting!
Open Source Effort
olpcMAP is written in Python and is hosted on Google App Engine
The code is fully open-source at http://code.google.com/p/olpc-map-net ; it can be run on open-source platforms such as TyphoonAE and AppScale.
Add issues or tackle problems listed at http://code.google.com/p/olpc-map-net/issues/list
API: Integrate maps into other sites & community services
Evolving here: OlpcMAP/data-api
Join our olpcMAPmakers mailing list!
Become a Map Maker, if you enjoy curatorial gardening of any kind! Please join and help cultivate our public discussion list -- just send email to:
olpcMAPmakers+subscribe@googlegroups.com
Archives are here:
http://groups.google.com/group/olpcMAPmakers/topics
To Do
Some of THE most important spatial media we need to welcome, are our established geo-communities:
http://laptop.org/map http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Deployment_Team/Places http://www.openwijs.nl/referenties/olpc 12 Dutch-originated microdeployments, on 3 continents? http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Deployments (already completed? move to "Inspiration" section below if so!) Actual "landmark" stickers on paper/laminate map at the Kleiders' house, from http://olpcSF.org/summit 2010! http://groups.laptop.org http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Local_Labs http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Repair_center_locations http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XO_Laptop_Lending_Libraries http://youtube.com/results?search_query=verhovzeva http://www.teachingopensource.org/index.php/POSSE#Events http://www.teachingopensource.org/index.php/Tentative_POSSEs http://www.widernet.org/egranary/ (eGranary Digital Libraries AKA "The Internet in a Box" w/ 14 million docs each?) eg. http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=110300756731284107900.00046b13c0e8e5f0f820a http://www.franxophonie.org/Carte/carte-des-projets-francophones-dimplantation-des-xo.html geolocating-on-map forward-looking OLPC News stories, http://blog.laptop.org stories, http://planet.laptop.org blogs, and insightful Country Backgrounders etc! geolocating-on-map more of our global movement exceptional individual volunteers, reaching out to those who've asked for such via volunteer@laptop.org (etc) over the past 3 years http://www.re-public.gr/en/olpc/ Greece deployment(s) (http://blog.laptop.org/2010/03/30/olpc-greece-28-participating-schools/)
EG. What attractive iconography best represents your own local community's best efforts??
http://EscueLab.org (Lima, Peru) http://olpcLearningClub.org (Washington DC,, larger 427 × 306 pixel JPEG) http://olpcSF.org http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Southern_California_OLPC_Projects (incl Google Map of local prjcts!) http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc_boston http://olpc.at (OLPC Austria) http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_NYC http://olpc-france.org http://olpcOceania.blogspot.com http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_New_Zealand (Uruguay's many strong groups have brilliant logos already; showcase these on our main page to spark others??) Etc!!
Inspiration maps & feeds
A Million Thanks go to these groups whose community feeds we're already tapping:
http://laptop.org/map/ (500+ kids/XOs) http://www.olpcnews.com/countries/australia/olpc_australia_xo_laptop_deplo.html http://bit.ly/c20CRz (OLPCorps Africa, 2009) http://www.olpccanada.com/content.php?id=17 / http://www.olpccanada.com/doc/OLPC_Canada_Schools_Map.pdf
Please write us if you have/want ideas for more dynamically illustrating the Human Vibrancy of your community, its teachers and its children!
How Maps Inspire REAL (Outdoor) Learning
Global MAP making SPRINT: Dec 27-31, 2010 in Boston
Archived at OlpcMAP/2010Sprint
OLPC/Sugar Weekly Map Jams!
See above, as we explore the deep lessons arising from a new country or community deployment every week!
Sample Curriculum Ideas
Modern Treasure Hunts for the Whole Family (NY Times, 10 Dec 2010)
Using GPS and Geocaching Engages, Empowers, and Enlightens Middle School Teachers and Students
olpcMAP Jam Global Trivia Contest
Philippines Trivia Contest
German-speaking Countries' Trivia Contest: Germany, Austria, Switzerland
Outreach
http://twitter.com/olpcMAP (beginning slowly, Tweeters needed :)
Best blogs so far:
http://saigonolpc.wordpress.com
http://travelpod.com/travel-blog/nsevers/4/tpod.html
Dynamic newsletter/blog anticipated...contact Marina if you enjoy communications & can help!
Or help in any other way, even if just asking us for newsletter or fun/regional updates emailed occasionally :)