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Revision as of 20:45, 6 June 2008
This is the wiki-homepage of the Illinois Math and Science Academy Chapter. We are similar to a University chapter; however, we are a high school in Aurora, Illinois.
Projects
Ongoing Projects
- Organizing a Chicago area bulk purchase
- Setting up an Off grid power test lab
- IMSA Service Model Research Project
- Letter witting campaign for low cost laptop bill
Small group projects
We are working in small groups on a few separate experiments. Many were started during our intersession week of January 7-11, 2008.
Chapter Wide Goals
Presenting at TECH2008 on May 7 in Springfield, IL(accepted, but TECH2008 was cancelled)- Organizing a summer research group
- Running a student showcase session at NECC 2008 in San Antonio, TX (accepted!)
- Running a BoF at NECC 2008 in San Antonio, TX (accepted!)
- Developing an after-school program for Elementary Students near IMSA
- Evangelizing more K-12 chapters around the world
Completed Projects
- Presented at the ILCTO meeting in November 2007
- Distance
- Rewrote Emulating_the_XO/Quick_Start/Windows in January 2008
- Presented at the Chicago OLPC Grassroots Group meeting in January 2008
- Presented at IL-TCE in February 2008
XOs on campus
There are currently 19 XOs on IMSA's campus, but not all of them work properly. If you are interested in playing with a machine, or in helping to fix machines as a part of [IMSA Service Model Research Project] contact April-Hope, Kevin or Scott Swanson. You can also just come up to ITS (B205) sometime during the day, before 4:30 (or jabber Scott or April-Hope to see if either is still on campus after 4:30, which happens more often than he'd like to admit). If you are at home during the summer and interested in working with us, still let one of us know; we might be able to arrange something!
List of XOs on IMSA Campus
Machine Name | Machine Model | With Whom | Problems | Who Has Tried to Fix It in the Past | Colors (head/body) |
scott | G1 | Scott/IMSA Information and Technology Services (ITS) | None | N/A | blue/purple |
imsa | G1 | ITS (Donated by Jim Gerry) | None | N/A | light blue/blue |
Jim Strasma | G1 | ITS (Short-term loan by Jim Strasma, being picked up next Wednesday) | None | N/A | maroon/turquoise |
ahw | G1 | April-Hope (personal machine--ask for it; it's at home) | None | N/A | blue/yellow |
harper | B2 | ITS (Donated by Google Chicago) | None | N/A | N/A |
B2 | ITS (Donated by Google Chicago) | None | N/A | N/A | |
trow | B4 | ITS (Donated by Google) | None | N/A | blue/light blue |
yare | G1 | ITS* | Enter key torn. | ahw | yellow/maroon |
imsa2 | G1 | ITS* | None (No longer WP?) | ahw | orange/orange |
N/A | G1 | ITS* | DEAD | N/A | blue/yellow |
N/A | G1 | ITS* | Half display black. | Ruhiyyeh | green/purple |
grainger | G1 | ITS* | Keyboard software issue. | Sammy N. and Travis Mui | red/green |
N/A | G1 | ITS* | Boot Fail | N/A | light blue/light blue |
N/A | G1 | ITS* | DOA | N/A | maroon/blue |
BOGEY | G1 | ITS* | Keyboard issue? | Kevin | turquoise/green |
SPECTER | G1 | ITS* | Bad keypad. | Ross? | peat/blue |
entelec | G1 | ITS* | Keyboard issue. | Kevin? | peat/light green |
nopond | G1 | ITS* | Keyboard issue? | Kevin? | purple/yellow |
maxmcgee | G1 | ITS* | Stuck CTRL key. | Kevin? | light blue/peat |
For reference, [*] means that the XO is part of our IMSA Service Model Research Project.
If you are an XO owner and live in the Aurora area, and are willing to lend your XO to IMSA for special projects temporarily, please contact Scott Swanson. We would be forever grateful!
Contact Information
Try April-Hope, Kevin or Scott. We also maintain an IRC channel, #olpc-imsa, on freenode.
Members
Co-chairs- April-Hope W. and Kevin Crews
Collaborators- Meg Welter, Arjun Nayini, Kyle Hanson, Sanat Bhole, Gabi Heller, Colin Dodson, Ariel Liu, Jason Rock, Justin Johnson, Spencer Andrews, Grant Rotskoff, Will Getz, Kelly Zhang, Hannah Reiser, Mitra Veeramasuneni, Bob Lee, Tony Yunker, Adam Novak, Will Hahne, Cora Goldston, Ruhiyyeh Turner, Chris Gropp, Daniel Geiger, Liam Hession, Alex Jeria, Arika Verma, Shyam Saladi, and Ilya Nepomnyashchiy. If you are interested in becoming a member, contact Kevin at kcrews@imsa.edu.
Advisors- Scott Swanson, Jim Gerry, and Brian Sea.