OLPC:News/2008/Week 10
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the week in review: Week 10, 2008* |
^ Overview
Library : Michael Stone worked on a single-activity implementation of a dynamic library, running a webserver along with Browse and exiting both on completion. It is currently being tested.
Community networking : takeaways from the week's learning workshop included a discussion with Ryan Croke about how one might connect with individual teachers and community support centers across Illinois. He is organizing a call next Friday with represntatives from these centers and from an organization of school CTOs to discuss the topic, both to get practical ideas from them and to raise awareness about the bill they are trying to pass to provide funds for laptops and similar technology in primary school.
x Connections
opportunities, people, engagements
National libraries : eIFL.net is an electronic information for libraries foundation, committed to supporitng education and research in developing and transition countries. They are offering to help Haiti join their consortium to provide digital materials to community libraries in Haiti, in order to facilitate OLPC use in schools. They are working in-country through the foundation FOKAL.
School connections : One decision at the learning workshop was a recommitment to develop a simple google maps overlay with a paragraph of basic information and links about every school and potential trial, highlighting their blogs and local publishing channels. Ed Baafi was going to mock something up on dev.
TutorVista : They are returning to the idea of gathering content for us through their content-authoring arm, and pursuing a peer tutoring/mentoring program through OLPC communities to allow volunteer mentors to use their network and online tools.
· Artefacts
projects, events, news, materials
Events
- This past week : learning workshop #4, Mon-Thu.
- PyCon : this weekend, Fri-Sun. Lots of OLPC presence and presentations.
- NYC Story Jam : registration opens, for March 28-30.
Materials
from Ed Baafi : http://wiki.laptop.org/go/USB_Sensor
= Fundament
status, deadlines, assumptions, processes
+ Priorities
milestones, sequences, first and next
o Reflection
review, updates, analysis, feedback