User:GJavetski

About Me

My name is Gillian Javetski and I am an intern at OLPC's Cambridge office this summer. I am a senior at Tufts University, where I am double majoring in international relations and community health. I took this past semester off to work at the United Nations Development Programme's HIV/AIDS unit in Geneva. At OLPC, I will be conducting research on UN and international partnerships.

What I am currently working on

• 30 June, 2010: Selected and uploaded photos for new Afghanistan blog posts, continued to collect research for UNICEF Afghanistan memo.
• 1 July, 2010: Created a google reader account, went through and read past blog posts on OLPC's work in Afghanistan, began uploading findings onto wiki account.
• 6 July, 2010: Finalized wiki page, worked with volunteers on IRC, continually formatting and editing http://wiki.laptop.org/go/ClassActs/Resources#OLPC_Deployment_Stories, published one blog post, revising other three.
• 8 July 2010: Sat in on a hackfest with students from RIT (so cool!), continued editing and adding parts to the Afghanistan memo, worked with volunteer Shirish about how to improve certain wiki pages, worked with Adam on ClassActs/Resources page.
• 9 July 2010: Discussed feedback, added an "OLPC in Afghanistan" section to wikipage, created a two page memo on OLPC in Afghanistan with recommendations
• 10 July 2010: Finalized Afghanistan memo, sent off for input
• 12 July 2010: Reviewed Afghanistan memo, edited Troubleshooting page, visit to MIT Media Lab with Adam (awesome!!)
• 13 July 2010: Worked from home due to class at 1pm. Phone & email updates, uploaded information from Troubleshooting Guide online
• 14 July 2010 (Bastille Day!): Finalizing Troubleshooting Guide, including editing for content and adding hyperlinks, added hidden links, discussed UNICEF Afghanistan memo, set up an appointment to speak with Mike Dawson regarding OLPC in Afghanistan
• 15 July 2010: Began applying feedback to both Afghanistan memo and wiki page, OLPC Salad day!
• 16 July 2010: Finalized feedback from Afghanistan project, updated Afghanistan memo, brainstormed questiosn for Mike Dawson, talked to Mike Dawson about gender/curricular/non-traditional schools in Afghanistan, met with SJ, Salim, Matt, Roberta, Mike, and Adam about Afghanistan.
• 17 July 2010: Attended first four talks at OLPC meeting at Media Lab; wonderful.
• 19 July 2010: Twitter, moved Afghanistan information to separate page, did extensive research on Afghanistan numbers
• 20 July 2010: Twittered, set up final meeting, finished up Afghanistan research, emailed it off for feedback, put it on Wiki, created OLPC Nepal background page
• 21 July 2010: Twittered, followed up on Matt's question (had issues finding education numbers in budget), contacted a few USAID people and will follow up to get numbers, wrote blogpost on Afghanistan and uploaded as draft to website, wrote and uploaded blogpost on newest low-cost Indonesian laptop.
• 22 July 2010: Not in office today. Spent some time on the phone with people from USAID about Afghanistan, created contacts within the office. Twittered.
• 23 July 2010: Twittered, edited microblog wiki, spent majority of the day disassembling and photgraphing the top and bottom of the XO 1.5HS.
• 26 July 2010: Twittered, read and took notes on Afghanistan grant proposal, began writing up sections of it. Need to meet with SJ to go over what needs to be done here.
• 27 July 2010: Half day (left early to go to class). Twittered, talked with Barbara about grant, began looking at things and putting it together on google doc, twittered, presented about OLPC in class, had a discussion about it, updated application online, replied to emails.
• 28 July 2010: Phone call with Matt, wrote up SF424 onto Google Docs, added information from Barbara's email into Google Doc, created a to do list of remaining few weeks, wrote up two blog posts about Afghanistan and 1.5 HS

Timeline/To Do List

Week July 28-31st:

• Continue working on Wiki page on Nepal
• Continue working on grant and white paper

Week August 2-August 5:

• Look at Matt's research request: "Matt wants to know the process for incorporating an office there; just basics - how long it takes, what forms are sent to what group in gov't."
• Call US Embassy in Kabul office about past grant fundees (Tried last week, closed at 4:30 and not open Fridays)
• Post tear down instructions, which will include captioned photo for 1.5 HS
• Make wiki page for all country statistic (number of primary school students, public private distinction, gender gap) from UN report on education. Update Afghan page with this information.
• Create an country background page on Rwanda and Ethiopia
• Continue working on grant and white paper

Week August 9-13:

• Create an country background page on Haiti

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