I saw a microwave the other day. I stopped, stared at it for awhile, and didn't know what to think. My first week back in the US is going to be weird.
It's the weekend, so I'm planning my return and reconnecting with other projects. I have a few places to go the day that I'm in Kampala. Then by the time I get home, there will be a week's worth of data collected in Dhaka, Bangladesh and a page on the cs.cmu.edu site for me to map it. I'll hopefully be starting a project closer to home, profiling towns near Pittsburgh applying for the EPA SuperFund. The Boston laptop team wants to go to New Orleans. And by October I need to be ready for a mock disaster in San Diego and the Crisis Mapping Conference in Boston.
I also have a bit of a todo list built up from all of the other days. I need to complete my first WikiPack - a list of updated and useful articles from Simple English Wikipedia - with a few articles connected to the school's library books and some technologies. I've set it up so we can add 4 more WikiPacks and the Wikipedia activity will search and connect to all of them. Also we've been working on a Book Report activity which I ought to test with one of the reading groups before going home. And I should have lesson plans written out for everything.
I'm a bit stressed about finishing all of this in time, but as long as one class does it, the teachers will be able to continue it.
Showing posts with label Bangladesh. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bangladesh. Show all posts
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
OLPC Mesh Network
The laptops connect to each other over their own mesh network. This means several people can collaborate on a report, drawing, or map at the same time. An internet connection at one part of the network is extended out to all users. As humanitarian work and disaster relief goes high-tech, this type of network has a lot of applications beyond the classroom.
Here is a video from OLPC explaining it -- the first 2 minutes covers it and then they go on about hardware specs. One of the engineers uses the figure "300 feet" but the laptop's wireless can reach up to a kilometer with the ears up.
One of the reasons I posted this video is for an upcoming mapping project in Bangladesh.
Here is a video from OLPC explaining it -- the first 2 minutes covers it and then they go on about hardware specs. One of the engineers uses the figure "300 feet" but the laptop's wireless can reach up to a kilometer with the ears up.
One of the reasons I posted this video is for an upcoming mapping project in Bangladesh.
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