OLPC Jamaica
About
OLPC Jamaica is a general interest group for OLPC in Jamaica. The group started at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Jamaica on 5th September, 2008. OLPC Jamaica intends to foster interest, generate ideas and learn from experiences about OLPC both on the UWI campus and in its neighboring communities.
Mailing List
http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-jamaica This is a public list and anyone can join.
Event and Media Materials
An article by Marguerite Orane in Jamaica Gleaner from November 2006.
Business card-like information slip with all relevant URLs. get PDF here and original in Open document format here
Imagine: One Laptop Per (Jamaican) Child! A set of slides by Marguerite Orane
OLPC Workshop at UWI Mona Campus (Sept 16, 2008)
We had a meeting/workshop to introduce the project to a wider audience at UWI and around. Slides.
Software Freedom Day (Sept 18, 2008)
At SFD 2008 at UWI Jamaica XO laptops will be around for people to see and try. We'll also try to have Sugar running on some old machines.
ICT4D Jamaica Networking Event (Sept 19, 2008)
We were invited by ICT4D Jamaica to host a table with OLPC Jamaica information. It was one of the busiest tables there. In fact, we had to turn people away so that they could start the presentations! Sorry ICT4D for hogging the attention...the XOs are just way too cute to pass up though :-)
Check out the pictures
We also passed along a bunch of information slips to people. Feel free to do so yourself as well. Download PDF here
OLPC booth at UWI Research Day (Jan 29 and 30, 2009)
List of proposed projects
| The Caribbean is known for its rich culture of music extending from its history of slavery where this was the primary means of free expression. Music has transcended the centuries and is now a major aspect of the Caribbean culture. We intend to integrate the prolific steel pan - an instrument which was developed in the Caribbean, as a part of the TamTam suite of musical activities.
One of the main goals of the TamTam project is to provide children with a culturally-informed environment for making music and sound on the OLPC. A steel pan would most definitely provide a localized feel, and familiarity which would encourage usage and creativity. Implementing this task would take some effort, however our location (the University of the West Indies) provides a prime environment where we can collaborate with many Caribbean nationals. There is also a vibrant and talented steel pan band located on the campus who will be our major avenue of musical resource. Our goal is to create digital audio samples of of the many types of steelpan instruments and integrate them in TamTam, thereby providing children the ability to create real Caribbean music. |