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= One Encyclopedia Per Child Mainly in Simple English = |
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== Keywords == |
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OLPC OEPC |
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== Background == |
== Background == |
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The purpose of this page is to encourage the quick generation of good content for initially populating the One Laptop Per Child. |
The purpose of this page is to encourage the quick generation of good content for initially populating the One Laptop Per Child. |
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Many scholars are self taught primarily from their early exposure to an encyclopedia at an early age. The encyclopedia gave them a good start in life. How much more useful will a hyperlinked encyclopedia be to the home of a child in a developing country. |
Many scholars are self taught primarily from their early exposure to an encyclopedia at an early age. The encyclopedia gave them a good start in life. How much more useful will a hyperlinked encyclopedia be to the home of a child in a developing country. |
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== Viewpoint taken == |
== Viewpoint taken == |
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A bottom-up approach is to content development is to decide the appropriate entries (headings) and to find suitable articles for inclusion. A top-down approach would categorise all of the suitable and desireable knowledge into a tree of knowledge, Dewey or Library of Congress style. We believe that the bottom-up approach is more pragmatic, and that a top-down approach can follow. |
A bottom-up approach is to content development is to decide the appropriate entries (headings) and to find suitable articles for inclusion. A top-down approach would categorise all of the suitable and desireable knowledge into a tree of knowledge, Dewey or Library of Congress style. We believe that the bottom-up approach is more pragmatic, and that a top-down approach can follow. |
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== Quotable quote == |
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A proof-of-concept protype has been built and has shown that the OEPC can just fit on the OLPC. |
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== Contribution == |
== Contribution == |
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By merging the entry headings from suitable printed encyclopedias, and omitting obsolete or non neutral-point-of-view entries, the alphabetical index to the OEPC is quickly created. Then using these entry headings to pull in articles from the Simple English Wikipedia, the OEPC is rapidly built. When no suitable entry exists in the Simple English version, the article is retrieved instead from the Full English Wikipedia, and marked in bold to indicate that it is advanced material. |
By merging the entry headings from suitable printed encyclopedias, and omitting obsolete or non neutral-point-of-view entries, the alphabetical index to the OEPC is quickly created. Then using these entry headings to pull in articles from the Simple English Wikipedia, the OEPC is rapidly built. When no suitable entry exists in the Simple English version, the article is retrieved instead from the Full English Wikipedia, and marked in bold to indicate that it is advanced material. |
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This article is only concerned with the English Content. The English version is the prototype. Spanish and other languages can certainly follow suit. |
This article is only concerned with the English Content. The English version is the prototype. Spanish and other languages can certainly follow suit. |
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Updates are possible at a school linked to the Web. Also the OEPC can be flushed out of the flash memory when the memory is required for other purposes, and reloaded at a school connected to the Web. |
Updates are possible at a school linked to the Web. Also the OEPC can be flushed out of the flash memory when the memory is required for other purposes, and reloaded at a school connected to the Web. |
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== Relevance == |
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The OLPC can be made into the OEPC. |
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== Advances == |
== Advances == |
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Volunteers are required to extend the prototype into a full OEPC, ready for downloading to the OLPC. |
Volunteers are required to extend the prototype into a full OEPC, ready for downloading to the OLPC. |
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Note that SOS Childrens's Villages have manually selected and cleaned up 4000 pages and 8000 images from Wikipedia for 8-15 year old children to fit on a CD. This will not fit on one OLPC. |
Note that SOS Childrens's Villages have manually selected and cleaned up [http://www.soschildrensvillages.org.uk/charity-news/education-cd.htm 4000 pages and 8000 images from Wikipedia] for 8-15 year old children to fit on a CD. This will not fit on one OLPC. |
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See [http://www.soschildrensvillages.org.uk/charity-news/education-cd.htm]. |
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Once the distributed text base is working, the advanced readers will be able to pick up the SOS text that they do not have on their ownlaptops, from their neighbours. |
Once the distributed text base is working, the advanced readers will be able to pick up the SOS text that they do not have on their ownlaptops, from their neighbours. |
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[[User:Olpcme|Olpcme]] 03:11, 1 August 2006 (EDT) |
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== The index page == |
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== Link to hyperlinked hub prototype == |
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This is a showcase for the prototype main page of the One Encyclopedia Per. The full size images appear below. However in the final format, they will appear in a 6 by 5 matrix, with the four corners left white. When the child clicks on an image it will take the child to the appropriate volume of the encyclopedia. |
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A prototype of the front page for the OEPC is available at [[hyperlinked hub]]. |
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This page is placed here on this wiki to elicit suggestions for improvement from the community. Please contribute your thoughts by clicking on the discussion tab. |
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== Summary == |
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One Encyclopedia Per Child is arguably the most important content that can be pre-loaded on the One Laptop Per Child. |
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== Links (on various wikis)== |
== Links (on various wikis)== |
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*'''Hardware:''' Laptop [[Hardware specification]] |
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*'''Hardware:''' wiki.laptop.org/wiki/Hardware_specification [[http://wiki.laptop.org/wiki/Hardware_specification]] |
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*'''Software task list:''' |
*'''Software task list:''' [[OLPC software task list]] |
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:One_Encyclopedia_Per_Child OEPC prototype] |
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Revision as of 07:35, 5 September 2006
Background
The purpose of this page is to encourage the quick generation of good content for initially populating the One Laptop Per Child. Many scholars are self taught primarily from their early exposure to an encyclopedia at an early age. The encyclopedia gave them a good start in life. How much more useful will a hyperlinked encyclopedia be to the home of a child in a developing country.
Viewpoint taken
A bottom-up approach is to content development is to decide the appropriate entries (headings) and to find suitable articles for inclusion. A top-down approach would categorise all of the suitable and desireable knowledge into a tree of knowledge, Dewey or Library of Congress style. We believe that the bottom-up approach is more pragmatic, and that a top-down approach can follow.
Contribution
By merging the entry headings from suitable printed encyclopedias, and omitting obsolete or non neutral-point-of-view entries, the alphabetical index to the OEPC is quickly created. Then using these entry headings to pull in articles from the Simple English Wikipedia, the OEPC is rapidly built. When no suitable entry exists in the Simple English version, the article is retrieved instead from the Full English Wikipedia, and marked in bold to indicate that it is advanced material.
Limitations
This article is only concerned with the English Content. The English version is the prototype. Spanish and other languages can certainly follow suit. Updates are possible at a school linked to the Web. Also the OEPC can be flushed out of the flash memory when the memory is required for other purposes, and reloaded at a school connected to the Web.
Advances
Volunteers are required to extend the prototype into a full OEPC, ready for downloading to the OLPC.
Note that SOS Childrens's Villages have manually selected and cleaned up 4000 pages and 8000 images from Wikipedia for 8-15 year old children to fit on a CD. This will not fit on one OLPC. Once the distributed text base is working, the advanced readers will be able to pick up the SOS text that they do not have on their ownlaptops, from their neighbours.
The index page
This is a showcase for the prototype main page of the One Encyclopedia Per. The full size images appear below. However in the final format, they will appear in a 6 by 5 matrix, with the four corners left white. When the child clicks on an image it will take the child to the appropriate volume of the encyclopedia.
This page is placed here on this wiki to elicit suggestions for improvement from the community. Please contribute your thoughts by clicking on the discussion tab.
Links (on various wikis)
- Hardware: Laptop Hardware specification
- Software task list: OLPC software task list
- OEPC prototype