Extending XO Laptop Activities (Dale Joachim)

Extending XO Laptop Activities

Dale JoachimMedia Laboratory

MIT

XO and Beyond

Facilitator

Bold & Risky Adventure

simulation < > experimentation

local < > global

individual < > collaboration

Horizontal Learning

Environmental Concerns

• legacy to children

• important new tools

world participation(accessible, affordable, engaging)

world participation(accessible, affordable, engaging)

dynamic data(on-demand)

world participation(accessible, affordable, engaging)

human-powered

dynamic data(on-demand)

world participation(accessible, affordable, engaging)

human-powered

dynamic data(on-demand)

active exploration(simulate, observe, interact)

The Owl Project

Collective Participation

sample response

sample callback

sample response

sample callback

sample response

sample callback

TECHNOLOGY

• mobile telephone sensing• network data aggregation • interaction web interface• voice over IP controls

hanger & phone

+- 3.6V

NN

SS

WW EE

SESE

NENENWNW

SWSW

ad-hoc (radio) network

3D-printed enclosures

asterisk VoIP server

webserver

java

audiorepository

database[data repository]

sensormobile

application

scheduler

web page

audio browser

phone

website

server

sip client

audio player[songbird]

data relayGPS/time/pwr

[hedwig]

tel. audio

phone service

wifi

data/bluetooth

audio/out

http

voice

voIP

http

localmemory

SENSORWIRELESSSERVICE

-9m

-6m

-3m

+3m

+6m

now

spkr

out

inout

both

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ZOOM

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EVENT

STATION

add

delete

editadddelete

VIEW

mineothersauto

new experiment

Edward Baafi

world participation

bio-powered

dynamicactive exploration

An International Experiment

Schlumberger Excellence in Educational DevelopmentConnecting experts to youth and youth to one another, worldwide

ECOmedia Education

SEED Foundation

SEED Foundation

SEED Foundation

SEED Foundation

SEED Foundation

Public Health --- Malaria

ECOBat(class project)

observe batsassess mosquito population

• passive listening• active sonar

More Public Health Contributions

• reporting platform

• remote measurements

• post disaster data

challenges to you

• coupling material access, simulation, experimentation and discussion

• provide local and global views

• extend the individual and collaborative capabilities

• go boldly ...

• voila!