Today we were looking into what FOSS projects we would work on for this semester. The main one that jumped out at me and the rest of four's company was OLPC (one laptop per child). This project seeks to make sure that every child has a laptop. They have created a cheat and durable laptop that uses solar power so that kids in even the most remote regions would be able to have access to a computer. There are tons of possibilities in this project from creating educational activities, reporting bugs, helping with documentation, or even contributing to the user interface that runs on the laptop. This project was primarily written in Python, which makes me feel confident that we would be able to look through the source code and know what is happening. Not only would this be an exciting and fun project to work on, I like that it helps underprivileged children; it is definitely something I would like to contribute to.
Sugarland is another possibility for a project that we could work on. It ties into OLPC, but the focus on that would be the interface on the laptops. This would be my second choice because I am really interested in user-interface design. I think that it would be an interesting project to work on that we would be able to contribute to. I would prefer OLPC where we would be able to create activities for children.
Our third choice is Open office for children. We chose this because we are set on doing a project within the realm of education for children. We have all used open office, so our familiarity makes us feel comfortable with this project. We are looking forward to working on one of these projects, I really hope that we will be able to work on the OLPC project however, our group is very enthusiastic about it.
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