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== things to think about ==
== things to think about ==


* how to make teachers feel safe?
* history of olpc project - independent class?
* laptop as a peace corps project?
* laptop as a peace corps project?
* Open Plans + OLPC = awesome
* Open Plans + OLPC = awesome
* From sj We should write a short whitepaper on our annotation/comment system and send it to the w3c referencing Annotea, what we took from it, and what we didn't like about it.
* read up on crossmark
* release cycles. gaaaaaah!


= Waiting on =
= Waiting on =

Revision as of 16:53, 11 July 2007

This is Mel's list o' tasks. If you add to this or take something from it, please tell Mel.


Fun Times

  • Unrelated: jam howto DO IT NOW
  • Reword SoCon 2007 page for inclusion and clarity (and visual prettiness - outsource to art community)
  • Make template letters for recruiting mentors, interns, mentor orgs.
  • Contact mentor organizations. Have conversations. Get buy-in.
  • By Monday: start recruiting students.
  • review squad forms
  • 6th to 10th graders for review squad

Contact

Summer of Content

  • August 13 - Sep 23, app deadline aug 5, notifications by aug 9, midterm aug 27, report sep 23, curr. jam bash
  • mentor orgs - sj's list from wikied talkpage

Curriculum Jam

  • Manila: - Yolynne, Mel
  • Korea: - php5
  • Mexico (Tech) - Philipp <@bruehlhof.de> - sj emailed
  • Thailand - Roger, Santi
  • Nepal -
  • New York - Lauren
  • Chicago - Mel, Ian
  • Vancouver - Wayne

Game Jam

  • How to make a Jam tutorial (with Omar)

Community building

  • Get Olin folks on the wiki
  • Ping Olin profs who expressed interest
  • Read Curators

Pinging people

  • Ben Fisher - pypercard
  • Josh Gay - free textbook project
  • sj - whole earth catalog orphan project

things to think about

  • laptop as a peace corps project?
  • Open Plans + OLPC = awesome

Waiting on

Game Jam

  • Making sure prizes reach winners (SJ)
  • Clear up finances (Ben, SJ)

Communities forming

  • Art (Jessi, Nikki)
  • Entrepreneurship (Andy)
  • Local groups (Manuela)
  • Newbie developers (Kelcy, starting with games)