OLPC New Zealand

The New Zealand & Pacific region have formed a development community for the region which is being coordinated through the Computer Clubhouse in Manukau City New Zealand

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NZ/Pacific OLPC development group key areas of content

Presently the Computer Clubhouse Trust NZ, is hosting the formation of the developers, those interested in the project click the countries link at the bottom and the relevant external links are provided

Formation of core development group

a. Key area of focus

i. Strategy, planning, consultation and logistics

ii. Communications (internal, OLPC Wiki, and regional external)

iii. Developers

1. Code and testing of applications a. UI – Sugar b. Collaboration applications i. Application sharing ii. White boarding iii. P2P debugging and latency issues iv. Beta testing of Macromedia Beta player and related applications as a future consideration c. Hardware testing i. Board (OLPC) ii. Emulators on fedora/ Ubuntu etc iii. Data-mining and reporting 1. tickets 2. results from Computer Clubhouse kids feed back on emulators (mid 2007)

iv. OLPC Community development / Engagement and Educational model (local and regional)

1. Culturally relevant learning objects (LO) and pedagogy (constructionist) 2. Language specific LO’s for regional deployments

v. Resource Development

1. Local staffing and volunteer management of community 2. Funding and donor acquisition of initial local DV and contribution gaps not covered in open community

vi. Partnership Development by region

1. NZ a. Central and local Government b. ICT contributors and bodies c. Community and NGO’s

2. PACIFIC a. Heads of State b. NZ based representation (MPIA / Foreign Affairs Etc) c. Local NGO’s d. European Union and other humanitarian aid and development prospects

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