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'''OLPC San Francisco Bay Area''' is a general interest group in the San Francisco and the surrounding Bay Area. The group meets |
'''OLPC San Francisco Bay Area''' is a general interest group in the San Francisco and the surrounding Bay Area. The group meets on the second Saturday of every month to promote interest, generate ideas and learn from each other in a face-to-face environment. |
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New Web Site http://olpcsf.org/ |
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== Next regular meeting == |
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Saturday, 11th of January 2014 (10 AM to 1 PM). |
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Join us for our sixth birthday! |
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SFSU Downtown Campus |
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San Francisco, CA 94103 |
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==Projects== |
==Projects== |
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* [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/SFSU_Lending_Library San Francisco State University lending library] (ongoing) |
* [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/SFSU_Lending_Library San Francisco State University lending library] (ongoing) |
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* [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Senegal/KeurSadaro Keur Sadaro, Senegal] (ongoing) |
* [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Senegal/KeurSadaro Keur Sadaro, Senegal] (ongoing) |
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* OLPC-SF [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XS_Porting_to_ARM Porting XS to ARM] (ongoing) |
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* OLPC-SF Porting XS to ARM - Hardware received middle of July. Waiting for Fedora 11 ARM port and drivers to be ready for device before starting on XS work. |
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* [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects/MTSA Master Teachers by Satellite for Afghanistan] working with OLPC-Afghanistan |
* [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects/MTSA Master Teachers by Satellite for Afghanistan] working with OLPC-Afghanistan |
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* [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Activities/Toaster Toaster] - Sugar Activity to create USB sticks and discs |
* [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Activities/Toaster Toaster] - Sugar Activity to create USB sticks and discs |
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== Peer-reviewed educational content to implement == |
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== Past Events== |
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* '''Come and explore:''' [http://www.pio-pio.de/html/0.Contents.htm Interactive online schoolbook] |
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* '''[http://olpcsf.org/CommunitySummit2012/ OLPC San Francisco Community Summit 2012] (October 19-21, 2012)''' |
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* '''[http://olpcsf.org/CommunitySummit2011/ OLPC SF Community Summit 2011] (Oct 21 5pm, to Oct 23 5pm, followed by Sunday night party!) ([[OLPC_SanFranciscoBayArea/OLPCSF_Community_Summit_2011|wiki planning details]], [http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-sf organizers mailing list])''' |
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* '''We love to learn:''' [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Einstein.school Einstein.School 2.0] The interactive schoolbook that you can edit, update and improve. It makes passion the primary tool for learning. |
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* '''[http://olpcsf.org/CommunitySummit2010/ OLPC SF Community Summit 2010] (Oct 21/22 to 24th) drawing experienced deployment people from around the world!! ([[OLPC_SanFranciscoBayArea/OLPCSF_Community_Summit_2010|wiki planning details]], [http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-sf organizers mailing list])''' |
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This peer-reviewed [http://www.pio-pio.de/html/R_wissenschaftler.htm] [http://www.online-educa.com/audio-video-28] educational content is written under an open license [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/] and gives everyone the freedom to use or modify the material to suit his or her own needs. |
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* '''[[OLPC_SanFranciscoBayArea/OLPCSF_Community_Summit_2010|OLPC SF/Sugar/Realness Community Summit 2010]] (Oct 21/22 to 24th) drawing experienced deployment people from around the world this year!!''' |
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* [[OLPC_SanFranciscoBayArea/OLPCSF_Community_Summit_2009|OLPC San Francisco Bay Area Community Summit 2009]] |
* [[OLPC_SanFranciscoBayArea/OLPCSF_Community_Summit_2009|OLPC San Francisco Bay Area Community Summit 2009]] |
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* Stanford University visit - Chuck Kane and Paul Commons, Friday November 6, 2009 (12:00pm to 1:00pm) [http://wiki.laptop.org/images/2/23/Olpc-stanford-event.pdf PDF Poster] |
* Stanford University visit - Chuck Kane and Paul Commons, Friday November 6, 2009 (12:00pm to 1:00pm) [http://wiki.laptop.org/images/2/23/Olpc-stanford-event.pdf PDF Poster] |
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* UC Berkeley visit - Chuck Kane and Paul Commons, Thursday November 5, 2009 (3pm to 4:30pm) [http://wiki.laptop.org/images/f/fb/Olpc-berkeley-event.pdf PDF Poster] |
* UC Berkeley visit - Chuck Kane and Paul Commons, Thursday November 5, 2009 (3pm to 4:30pm) [http://wiki.laptop.org/images/f/fb/Olpc-berkeley-event.pdf PDF Poster] |
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== Mailing List == |
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http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-sf |
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Saturday [[Start date::July 17, 2010 10am]] - 2pm |
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===May meeting (May 14, 2011)=== |
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May 2011 meeting will be held at SFSU Downtown Center. See details at email [http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/olpc-sf/2011-May/000920.html announcement] |
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===April meeting (April 16, 2011)=== |
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Current default location is at San Francisco State University Downtown campus unless otherwise stated, but please suggest other Bay area locations. |
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April 2011 meeting will be held at SFSU Downtown Center. See details at email [http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/olpc-sf/2011-April/000915.html announcement] |
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===March meeting (Mar 12, 2011)=== |
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Room 553, SF State Downtown campus |
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March 2011 meeting will be held at SFSU Downtown Center. See details at email [http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/olpc-sf/2011-March/000903.html announcement] |
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[[Has location city::San Francisco]], |
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CA 94103 |
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[[Has location country::USA]]). Note this location is ''not'' the main campus. This is the same building as the new Westfield mall that houses Bloomingdale's. Look for the SFSU banner on Market St. between 4th and 5th streets, right next to Walgreens. Take the elevator to the 5th floor. |
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===February meeting (Feb 19, 2011)=== |
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A huge thank you to [http://cob.sfsu.edu/cob/graduate-programs/overview.cfm San Francisco State University's College of Business Graduate Program] for letting us use a room on Saturdays. |
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Feb 2011 meeting was at SFSU Downtown Center. See details at email [http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/olpc-sf/2011-February/000900.html announcement] |
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===January meeting (Jan 15, 2011)=== |
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Jan 2011 meeting, the group's 3rd anniversary, was at SFSU Downtown Center. See details at email [http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/olpc-sf/2011-January/000887.html announcement] |
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* [http://www.sfsu.edu/~parking/directions/downtown_center/car.html by car] |
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* [http://www.sfsu.edu/~parking/directions/downtown_center/muni.html by Muni] |
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* [http://www.sfsu.edu/~parking/directions/downtown_center/bart.html by BART] |
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===December meeting (Dec 11, 2010)=== |
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== Mailing List == |
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http://lists.laptop.org/ |
Dec 2010 meeting was at SFSU Downtown Center. See details at email [http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/olpc-sf/2010-December/000863.html announcement] |
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===November meeting (Nov 13, 2010)=== |
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Nov 2010 meeting was at SFSU Downtown Center. See details at [http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/olpc-sf/2010-November/000847.html announcement] |
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===October Summit=== |
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Community Summit occurred Oct 22 - 24 see [http://olpcsf.org/CommunitySummit2010/ OLPC SF Community Summit 2010]! (email [http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/olpc-sf/2010-September/000783.html announcement]) |
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===September meeting (Sept 18, 2010)=== |
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September 2010 meeting was at SFSU's Downtown Center. See details at http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/olpc-sf/2010-September/000780.html |
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===August meeting (Aug 28, 2010)=== |
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August 2010 meeting was at [https://www.noisebridge.net Noisebridge]. See details at http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/olpc-sf/2010-August/000764.html |
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===July meeting (July 17, 2010)=== |
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===June meeting (June 19, 2010)=== |
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== Additional info == |
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June 2010 meeting was at SFSU's Downtown Center. See details at http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/olpc-sf/2010-June/000691.html |
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*[http://opensource.sfsu.edu/ Open Source at San Francisco State University] |
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===May meeting (May 15, 2010)=== |
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May 2010 meeting was at SFSU's Downtown Center. See details at http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/olpc-sf/2010-May/000677.html |
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===April meeting (Apr 17, 2010)=== |
===April meeting (Apr 17, 2010)=== |
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April 2010 meeting |
April 2010 meeting was at SFSU's Downtown Center. See details at http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/olpc-sf/2010-April/000656.html |
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===March meeting (Mar 13, 2010)=== |
===March meeting (Mar 13, 2010)=== |
Latest revision as of 21:17, 14 March 2015
OLPC San Francisco Bay Area is a general interest group in the San Francisco and the surrounding Bay Area. The group meets on the second Saturday of every month to promote interest, generate ideas and learn from each other in a face-to-face environment.
New Web Site http://olpcsf.org/
Next regular meeting
Saturday, 11th of January 2014 (10 AM to 1 PM). Join us for our sixth birthday!
Location: SFSU Downtown Campus 5th floor, 835 Market St. San Francisco, CA 94103
Upcoming Events
Projects
- Starr King Elementary, SF (ongoing)
- Madagascar/Maroantsetra, Madagascar (ongoing)
- OLPC-SF Repair Center (ongoing)
- Kid Camp (potential)
- Newbies Ramp Up (ongoing)
- OLPC-SF Lending Library (potential)
- San Francisco State University lending library (ongoing)
- Keur Sadaro, Senegal (ongoing)
- OLPC-SF Porting XS to ARM (ongoing)
- Master Teachers by Satellite for Afghanistan working with OLPC-Afghanistan
- Toaster - Sugar Activity to create USB sticks and discs
Past Events
- OLPC San Francisco Community Summit 2012 (October 19-21, 2012)
- OLPC SF Community Summit 2011 (Oct 21 5pm, to Oct 23 5pm, followed by Sunday night party!) (wiki planning details, organizers mailing list)
- OLPC SF Community Summit 2010 (Oct 21/22 to 24th) drawing experienced deployment people from around the world!! (wiki planning details, organizers mailing list)
- OLPC San Francisco Bay Area Community Summit 2009
- Stanford University visit - Chuck Kane and Paul Commons, Friday November 6, 2009 (12:00pm to 1:00pm) PDF Poster
- UC Berkeley visit - Chuck Kane and Paul Commons, Thursday November 5, 2009 (3pm to 4:30pm) PDF Poster
Mailing List
http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-sf
Previous Meetings
May meeting (May 14, 2011)
May 2011 meeting will be held at SFSU Downtown Center. See details at email announcement
April meeting (April 16, 2011)
April 2011 meeting will be held at SFSU Downtown Center. See details at email announcement
March meeting (Mar 12, 2011)
March 2011 meeting will be held at SFSU Downtown Center. See details at email announcement
February meeting (Feb 19, 2011)
Feb 2011 meeting was at SFSU Downtown Center. See details at email announcement
January meeting (Jan 15, 2011)
Jan 2011 meeting, the group's 3rd anniversary, was at SFSU Downtown Center. See details at email announcement
December meeting (Dec 11, 2010)
Dec 2010 meeting was at SFSU Downtown Center. See details at email announcement
November meeting (Nov 13, 2010)
Nov 2010 meeting was at SFSU Downtown Center. See details at announcement
October Summit
Community Summit occurred Oct 22 - 24 see OLPC SF Community Summit 2010! (email announcement)
September meeting (Sept 18, 2010)
September 2010 meeting was at SFSU's Downtown Center. See details at http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/olpc-sf/2010-September/000780.html
August meeting (Aug 28, 2010)
August 2010 meeting was at Noisebridge. See details at http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/olpc-sf/2010-August/000764.html
July meeting (July 17, 2010)
July 2010 meeting was at SFSU's Downtown Center. See details at http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/olpc-sf/2010-July/000705.html
June meeting (June 19, 2010)
June 2010 meeting was at SFSU's Downtown Center. See details at http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/olpc-sf/2010-June/000691.html
May meeting (May 15, 2010)
May 2010 meeting was at SFSU's Downtown Center. See details at http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/olpc-sf/2010-May/000677.html
April meeting (Apr 17, 2010)
April 2010 meeting was at SFSU's Downtown Center. See details at http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/olpc-sf/2010-April/000656.html
March meeting (Mar 13, 2010)
March 2010 meeting was at SFSU's Downtown Center. See details at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/667
February meeting (Feb 13, 2010)
February 2010 meeting was at SFSU's Downtown Center. See details at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/673
January meeting (Jan 16, 2010)
January 2010 meeting was at SFSU's Downtown Center. See details at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/671
December meeting
No meetings in December.
November meeting (Nov 21, 2009)
See OLPCSF Community Summit 2009
October meeting (Oct 17, 2009)
October's meeting was at SFSU's Downtown Center. See details at http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/olpc-sf/2009-October/000543.html
September meeting (Aug 22, 2009)
September's meeting featured presentations from two deployments. Senegal (Bruce Baikie) and Afghanistan/MTSA (Carol Ruth Silver).
August meeting (Aug 22, 2009)
August's meeting will be at SFSU's Downtown Center. This meeting features presentations from two deployments. South Africa and San Francisco! See details at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/656
July meeting (July 18, 2009)
Meeting at SF State Downtown campus. This meeting will focus on the latest school server, and a handful of ongoing OLPC micro deployments. Details at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/653
June meeting (June 13, 2009)
Meeting at SF State Downtown campus. Details at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/643
May meeting (May 16, 2009)
Meeting at SF State Downtown campus. Details at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/637
April meeting (Apr 11, 2009)
Meeting at SF State Downtown campus. Details at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/628
March meeting (Mar 14, 2009)
Meeting at SF State Downtown campus. Details at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/619
February meeting (Feb 14, 2009)
Meeting at SF State Downtown Center. This meeting will focus on a local school and its deployment. Details at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/605 Meeting notes posted at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/617
January meeting (Jan 17, 2009)
Meeting at SF State Downtown Center. This meeting will focus on XOCamp2. Details at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/602
December meeting (Dec 13, 2008)
Meeting at SF State Downtown Center. This meeting will feature taking apart (and putting together) an XO laptop! Details at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/592
November meeting (Nov 15, 2008)
Meeting at SF State Downtown Center. See details at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/575
Presentation slides from "OLPC and India: My Observations" are at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/593
October meeting (Oct 11, 2008)
Meeting at SF State Downtown Center. See details at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/573
September meeting (Sept 20, 2008)
September meeting was announced on very short notice. http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/565 It ended up being a dud. Hopefully the October meeting will be better.
August meeting (Aug 16, 2008)
This meeting will be at SF State University's Downtown San Francisco campus. Details are at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/541
Meeting report and pictures at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/552 and http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/553
July meeting (July 19, 2008)
This meeting will be at San Francisco State University campus. Details are at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/529
June meeting (June 21, 2008)
This meeting will be at Google in Mountain View, CA. See details at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/522. Note that Jay McCauley has invited us to the Computer History Museum (about 1 mile away) for a tour of the Charles Babbage Difference Engine No. 2 and photo ops with the Babbage engine and XOs. This will be at the tail end of our meeting.
Report at: http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/524
May meeting (May 11, 2008)
May meeting will be at SF State campus. See details at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/515
April meeting (Apr 12 and 13, 2008)
This meeting will be at the LUG Radio live event. See details at http://lugradio.org/live/USA2008/ We have a table and we need volunteers for helping out with hosting at the table. The event has a $10 ticket, but volunteers get in for free. Current volunteers are: Sameer Verma, Sarah Mei, Dan Perez, Joachim Pedersen, Doug Jones, and Andrew Johnson. Please let me know if you are interested. sverma@sfsu.edu [1]
Saturday April 12 (10 am to 6 pm)
Sameer Verma
Dan Perez
Joachim Pedersen
Doug Jones
Sunday April 13 (10 am to 4 pm)
Sameer Verma
Sarah Mei
Doug Jones
March meeting (Mar 15, 2008)
Details at: http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/479
Report at: http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/482
Second meeting (Feb 9, 2008)
Details at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/451
Report at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/459
First meeting (Jan 12, 2008)
Details at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/445
Report at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/446
Give 1 Get 1 materials
Creative Commons licensed posters from 2007 at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/426
Creative Commons licensed posters from 2008 at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/580
OLPC-SF XO Repair Center
See details about the repair center at http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_SF_Repair