2011 RDC Summer Mentoring Program Application

Our 2011 Recruitment Materials for the Rural Design Collective Summer Mentoring Program. Please note that the deadline for application submissions has ended for 2011. Feel free to fill out an application if you are interested in the 2012 program (the application form is to the right). Our projects could be entirely different than the ones we are working on this year. It depends on the availability of work in our project pool and the talent of the individuals who apply for our program!

Technical Documentation

icons Title: genCollectionInterface (gCI)
Subject: An Interface Toolkit for Public Domain Books
Authors: Scotty Auble; Rebecca Hargrave Malamud.

Document Abstract: genCollectionInterface (gCI) is a set of templates and HTML generation tools written in Python which produce a web browser-based interface to a book collection … The goal of the project was to enable and/or enhance access to the Children’s Book Collection of the Internet Archive on the OLPC/XO laptop platform. [Read Entire Document]
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Title: E-Book Enlightenment
Subject: Reading and Leading with One Laptop Per Child
Authors: James Simmons, RDC 2010

Document Abstract: The Rural Design Collective worked with author James Simmons to create an eBook on how to make eBooks. This effort brought a wealth of information together to help everyone – especially teachers in the classroom. [Read Entire Document]


Presentations and Propaganda


RDC Logo – for use in slide presentations

Tutorials and Miscellaneous Curricula

We are polishing up a series of tutorials from our 2008 and 2009 seasons. We will make them available here.

Coming soon - Materials from our Bookmobile R&R World Tour and information on how to jumpstart RDC in your area!

Next: RDC WorkSpace! →