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== Help wanted ==
== Help wanted ==
There are many other ways in which you could contribute to the OLPC Community. There are needs to be filled in translation, (GO OVER OTHER LINKS BELOW TO VALIDATE...)......and other such[[:Category:Tasks|Tasks]].
There are many other ways in which you could contribute to the OLPC Community. There are needs to be filled in translation, [[OLPC_as_Datalogger|Datalogging]], [[Educational ideas#Basic Teacher Training|Basic Teacher Training]], many [[Educational ideas]], (GO OVER OTHER LINKS BELOW TO VALIDATE...)......and other such[[:Category:Tasks|Tasks]].




=== Pedagogy ===
* Outline the best way to use the XO as a [[OLPC_as_Datalogger|Datalogger]]; update the [[OLPC as Datalogger]] page with this information.
* Flesh out ideas about teaching students to make tools for art creation in resource-poor areas; create wiki page with these ideas linked from [[Educational ideas]].
* If you are an educator with experience using computers in the classroom, we need your input on questions listed at [[Educational ideas#Basic Teacher Training|Basic Teacher Training]].
* Outline the steps needed to set up a functioning Key Pals program that connects children using XOs either with children in developed countries or with children using XOs in other countries.
* Implement [[Educational activity ideas#Semantic Fields|semantic fields]] in either squeak or etoys.
* Implement [[Educational activity ideas#Semantic Fields|semantic fields]] in either squeak or etoys.



Revision as of 22:44, 4 March 2009

Projects : Activities · Collections · Testing

OLPC projects include creative activities and software, collections of content and resources, testing and assessment of other projects, and a wide assortment of related work, from the theoretical to the experimental.

Other projects include

  • Hardware and Firmware work
  • Interface design and Accessibility
  • Integration and aggregation of material

For more information about activities that could use your help, see the Participate page.

Project Categories

Most people taking part in the developer's program are involved in at least one project; please make sure that yours is listed below or on a related page. Click on the name of any linked activity for detailed information about its design and development status.

active projects

summaries of activities and collections

See Activity queries.

meta

in other languages


Help wanted

There are many other ways in which you could contribute to the OLPC Community. There are needs to be filled in translation, Datalogging, Basic Teacher Training, many Educational ideas, (GO OVER OTHER LINKS BELOW TO VALIDATE...)......and other suchTasks.


Design

  • Icon design: Xbook et al (cf. Don Hopkins); Calculator; Game activities
  • Pygtk help: for music activities

Software

See also Software ideas

Help offered

Translation

  • Translation/localization into En, from Es/De/Fr Sj talk

Other

  • Online design/interface design help : Humanized.com (contact User:Ianb for more)
  • Mentoring or hosting or site design : from name.com

Contractors / interns Wanted

  • UNICEF - looking for another 1-2 contractors to work on mapping and children's storytelling