Contributors program/February 6, 2009
Agenda
- Upcoming program changes
- New processes for triage and publishing projects
- Local XO pool updates and reports
Attending
Open proposals
PROJECT SUBMITTER XOs months
XO-based Teacher Training Yamaplos 80 6
needs more detail. Can it start smaller / with emulation? How/where would results be shared?
OLPC: The Bolivia Project leighmeldrum 10 12
Amicitia Am. School of Fez mhasbrouck 25 10
multilingual school proposal; needs detail. How would results be shared?
OLPC pilot in Israel - B2 upgrade guysoft 30 6
already started with B2s. Still needed? pending update from guy.
Requests needing contact/closure
AASDO:K12 Science and Tech Ed Mission in Ethiopia Abkebede 20 12
not very specific, though a promising topic. start smaller? needs feedback.
I have conducted several workshop involving teachers and teacher-student teams in Technology Tools for Teaching and Learning in North Carolina. I have a great deal of experience in simulations, virtual experiments and development of online resources, online teaching and general outreach programs. I am familiar with educational standards in North Carolina that are adaptable to situations in Africa.
The AASDO project is a component of a generalized Ethiopian School Development Organization, which is intern a component of the Africa-K12 communities. Initially we plan to target Ras Darge Preparatory School (currently known as Chilalo Terrara), and based on our experience we plan to extend it to other schools in Ethiopia, and beyond. The AASDO approach would become a model for any K12 outreach activity in Africa, because we depend heavily on the talent and resources of major universities in the US and elsewhere. The webistes for AASDO are located at http://sirius-c.ncat.edu/asn
Health Rec to Improve Outcomes Post Knee Replacement minnalevine 31 24
likely turned down; is one useful for development?
Smaller requests
Ghana Ed Enrichment Project aralston 4 4 Tutorius drykod 2 8 Zambia Rural Education bobfalzini 1 24 Bahamas westvilla 1 6 Create the Buzz KarinaD 1 4 niki @sloan nikigomez 1 5 olpcca0209 olpcca0209 1 4 Educational toolkit zubair.assad 1 3 Math Tutor dragon6158 1 6
New business
Action items
- sj, bjordan and holt are updating the CP submission form to allow public posting, and posting the 16 projects currently under consideration by Friday 2/13/09.