Overview
Contacts Made
- Dogi (Stefan Unterhauser) <dogi@laptop.org>
- David and Anarag: BU steam
- Pat, BC student: <patrickcapello@gmail.com>
- Seth
- Deborah Donohue, educator--would like to be contacted about developing educational curriculum. <donohued@worc.k12.ma.us>
Other people to Contact
- Dianne (in OLPC) Sells the solar panels to power XOs. <olpc.auntie.mame@gmail.com> and <Xo@xoexplosion.com>
- John Maloney (media lab group that could help us)
- Nicky Gomez at Sloan
- Paul Commons-- conference call
- To get laptops on loan to play with: Kaitlyn Foley (owen has email) and Mckinsey (set up the list)
Organizations
- Peacecorps in Malawi (through Dogi)
- Cambridge friends school
- Americans Friends Service School
- instedd.org
- Olin University
Minutes
In attendance:
- OLPC Boston Group
- BU OLPCorp team
- Pat from BU
- OLPC employee Seth
- OLPC manager
DaveCommunity Support Manager Adam Holt
BU Team
- BU team contacted Paul to find out about meeting--another MIT team that might have been going to Ghana was supposed to be there?
- Team: David and Anarag
- Rural area near Nairobi Kenya--2 schools in rural areas
- NGO: Fred Auta Foundation
- Fred Auta is doing his own project
- don't really know demographics of area
- 100 students 6-12
- Contact with them- letter of support within the next 2 days
- Need new funding?
- What other things do we need to know about? Technical details
- Want to work with BU--how to teach the children
- Schools' objectives: to get kids to pass the high school exams
- If they pass the tests, they can move on to higher education: How do we use the laptops for practical objectives (like tests. If they do not pass the tests, they do not move on to higher education, as high school education in Kenya is not mandatory.
- These laptops can serve as a tool: 2 members in the team
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- Dianne--sells the solar panels
- works in OLPC office
Talked to Dave: very involved with OLPC. Not official spokesman
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