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To become a contributor (which you all should do), send a message with your preferred email address to: lauren AT laptop DOT org and I'll add you to the list.
To become a contributor (which you all should do), send a message with your preferred email address to: lauren AT laptop DOT org and I'll add you to the list.


=== Week of 8/6 ===
=== Week of 8/13 ===
'''Library Automation'''
'''Library Automation'''


*Find owner for JavaScript
*In js, add in third-level menu
*'''DONE:''' Also in js, do default values for all fields:
**'''DONE:''' category_icon: should be "/library/[icon]". Otherwise, is "/images/[category_class].png". Also set image path.
**'''DONE:''' category_class: should get defaults from table. Also write function to check for new ones.
**'''DONE:''' subcategory: write fxn to assign subcat = cat if left blank.
**'''DONE:''' bundle_class should be category class if left blank.
*Write to l10n list abt localization issues
*Write to l10n list abt localization issues
*Add geodata to .info spec
*'''DONE:''' Make xol files for current library content.
*'''IN PROGRESS:''' Find new owner for js and pass on outstanding items, incl.
**Implementing l10n
**Implementing css support
**Ditto for xml


'''Curators and Coordinators'''
'''Publishers'''
*Refactor page a little
*Write to Macmillan, McG-H abt content matrices
*Draft email to curators
*'''IN PROGRESS:''' Set up 9/14 mtg.
*Add obvs missing ones


'''Our Stories'''
'''Our Stories'''
*'''IN PROGRESS:''' Talk to Roseli and other Brazil contacts
*'''DONE:''' Review/incorporate CGM notes
*Write back to OS/Brazil
*'''DONE:''' Do Bug Blitz activity, then
*'''DONE:''' Send back to EOW Found. Also,
*Introduce Thailand + EOWF
*Introduce Thailand + EOWF
*Do poll-builder activity, then
*Do poll-builder activity, then
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'''Administrivia'''
'''Administrivia'''
*Respond to wiki talk
*Respond to wiki talk
*Respond to C/N.c
*Follow-up w/ KG/M


'''Other'''
'''Other'''
*Do vertical activity template
*Do vertical activity template
*Wikifi Nigeria notes
*Various laptops
*LEA intro
*Learning activities for A.


===Activating Educators===
===Activating Educators===

Revision as of 22:52, 13 August 2007

en This user is a native speaker of English.
EDU Grades: University
Subjects: Subject Literature
School: City University of New York
Country: USA


About me

Hi! I'm Lauren! And here is a picture that I took with my XO:

Lauren and tree

See also:

Projects

OLPC Summer Blog

Did you know? There's a blog for the OLPC Cambridge office: http://olpc-cambridge.blogspot.com!

To become a contributor (which you all should do), send a message with your preferred email address to: lauren AT laptop DOT org and I'll add you to the list.

Week of 8/13

Library Automation

  • Find owner for JavaScript
  • Write to l10n list abt localization issues
  • Add geodata to .info spec

Curators and Coordinators

  • Refactor page a little
  • Draft email to curators
  • Add obvs missing ones

Our Stories

  • Introduce Thailand + EOWF
  • Do poll-builder activity, then
  • Send back to MMM for feedback

Educators Portal

  • Work on it

Blog

  • One blog post per day +
  • page on wiki for how to make a blog post/join the blog +
  • sidebar on blog for same.

Administrivia

  • Respond to wiki talk
  • Respond to C/N.c
  • Follow-up w/ KG/M

Other

  • Do vertical activity template
  • Wikifi Nigeria notes
  • Various laptops
  • LEA intro
  • Learning activities for A.

Activating Educators

Moved to Activating educators

Related:

Educational Activity Guidelines

Organizing organizing

Moved to Organizing organizing

Activity status

  • Status template for OLPCWiki: Template:status box; example: TamTam.
  • Contact Activity builders
  • List of Activities
    • In base or additional?
    • Currently playable?

Deprecated:

How-tos

  • Ideas for how-tos:
    • Laptops
      • What are they?
      • What are the main components
      • Keyboard and touchpad
      • Antennas and wireless network
      • Taking care of your laptop
      • What do you do when something goes wrong?
    • Starting to use them
      • Applications
      • Mesh and friends
      • Username
      • A browser and the internet
      • Google and finding content
      • Email and creating a gmail account
      • Wiki for kids?
    • Safety
      • Handling power
    • Resources
      • OLPC's website
      • Wikipedia
      • Dictionary (Marriam Webster)
      • Google's image search
  • Good how-to how-tos
  • Webclippy? Have webclippy people convert startup sheets, which involves...
    • Locating startup sheets (Adam Brandi) (emailed 5/24)

Ideas for lowercase "a" activity development

  • List of resources available
    • Base Activities/content
    • Additional Activities/content
    • Online resources/content repository
  • Ideas for projects/activites
  • How to adapt your existing activity/curriculum/lesson for use w/ XO.
  • How to create an activity for use w/ XO.
    • Sample activities
    • Links to models for activity creation/development (cf. three x's).
    • Conceptual templates for types of activites (research, games, etc).
  • Specific projects
    • Storytelling/Center for Digital Storytelling
      • Info abt. storytelling opportunities
        • Available Activties
        • Relevant resources
        • Examples we like
    • Mapping (Baktiar)
    • Language instruction
      • Avallain
      • Individs (Tim VanSlyke)