Contributors program/March 12, 2010
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[ AGENDA ] * XO-1.5 early production machines now available/shipping: http://blog.laptop.org/2010/02/25/xo-1-5-early-production-laptops-free-to-contributors-worldwide/ * New projects & libraries -- teaching them Community Outreach: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XO_Laptop_Lending_Libraries * Which projects might you enjoy Mentoring below?! http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects http://rt.laptop.org/Search/Results.html?Query=Queue=%27contributors%27 * Fast Review of the 3 latest (greatest!) HW/Project Proposals -- please join us advocating for, and/or reviewing shortcomings of these proposals: #1 Competitive Learning within a Mesh Network - Munich, Germany #2 Big Sky Science Partnership for Montana Indian Reservation Schools - Bozeman, Montana #3 Sugar on OpenSolaris - Chicago, Illinois [ PROJECT #1 - Competitive Learning within a Mesh Network - Munich, Germany ] <CanoeBerry> Hi all, Contributors Program meeting will start here in 5 MIN -- very quick meeting today! <CanoeBerry> AGENDA: http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/devel/2010-March/027725.html ... <CanoeBerry> Late start! <CanoeBerry> Shall we? <dogi> hi <CanoeBerry> Let's start reviewing Project #1 here -- everyone is encourage to critique/mentor/vote: <CanoeBerry> Competitive Learning within a Mesh Network - Munich, Germany <CanoeBerry> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Competitive_Learning <CanoeBerry> http://dev.laptop.org/git <CanoeBerry> http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=58992 <CanoeBerry> [SPECIFIC SITE NEEDS TO BE POSTED OFF <CanoeBerry> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects ] <CanoeBerry> Requests 2 XO-1.5's and 2 XO-1's over undetermined months <CanoeBerry> Project Objectives: <CanoeBerry> The project's aim is to develop an activity framework for competitive <CanoeBerry> learning/training activities over the mesh network. <CanoeBerry> Two or more teams within a learning environment compete against each <CanoeBerry> other. <CanoeBerry> They can see the learning/training effort of their own and of the other <CanoeBerry> teams, compare their own achievements, gain awards for achieving teacher <CanoeBerry> defined learning/training goals. They see in real time which team <CanoeBerry> members of <CanoeBerry> their own or other teams are actively learning at the moment and which <CanoeBerry> challenges their team and the other teams are actually facing. <CanoeBerry> By getting immediate feedback over the learning/training effort - as well <CanoeBerry> over their own, as over their team's and as over the effort of the <CanoeBerry> competing <CanoeBerry> team(s), pupils can be motivated to learn in a special way. * GrannieB has joined #olpc-meeting <CanoeBerry> Into the activity framework for competitive learning/training a model <CanoeBerry> learning/training activity will be integrated. This highly customizable <CanoeBerry> question/answer activity can be used to train foreign or first language <CanoeBerry> vocabulary, maths, or any other knowledge that can be training in a <CanoeBerry> sophisticated question/answer style. <CanoeBerry> The learning/training activity uses experience from learning research to <CanoeBerry> gain a maximum of learning effect within the given time dedicated to <CanoeBerry> learning by the pupils. As well as the pupils, the teacher(s) can see the <CanoeBerry> training achievements of the class and can retrieve detailed reports <CanoeBerry> about <CanoeBerry> the successes and the learning gaps of the class - via the mesh network <CanoeBerry> he/she can even see from home in the evening which lessons are <CanoeBerry> understood by <CanoeBerry> the pupils and which have to be deepened the next day. <CanoeBerry> Plan of Action <CanoeBerry> 1. Basic development of activity framework for competive <CanoeBerry> learning/training over a mesh network. <CanoeBerry> 2. Internal tests and development within the team. <CanoeBerry> 3. Integration of a simple model activity into the framework. <CanoeBerry> 4. Beta release to the public and pledge for public testing/bug reports. <CanoeBerry> 5. Development and integration of a demo interface design attractive to <CanoeBerry> the first target group. <CanoeBerry> 6. Intensive testing within a class of 15 pupils. <CanoeBerry> 7. Integration of a sophisticated model training/learning activity. <CanoeBerry> 8. RC and Pledge for public suggestions for additional interface designs. <CanoeBerry> 9. Further development <CanoeBerry> Sorry if the massive paste above may have been partly throttled+blocked by freenode. <culseg> though I see mention of vocabulary cards, it is not clear what age group these 15 kids are to be for the project <CanoeBerry> Full original here: http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=58992 <GrannieB> how old are the students? <CanoeBerry> Hmm. <CanoeBerry> Aside: we have a 3rd project to review quick today as well in a bit: http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=59182 <CanoeBerry> (that'll be "Sugar on OpenSolaris") <culseg> can the project be reviewed by someone nearby with German language skills and local know-how, like Christoph <dogi> have heard about ETS <GrannieB> good idea <CanoeBerry> dogi speaks Tyrolian only <GrannieB> Greetings from Snow Valley! <culseg> can the project bake in a plan to create an XO activity with all the programming skills that appear? <dogi> :) <CanoeBerry> GrannieB: wherever that is, welcome! <CanoeBerry> How shall we proceed now? <culseg> I vote to defer until someone digs and develops answers, otherwise it is keen project idea and I would support <CanoeBerry> This writeup's impressive but we need Dogi/Christoph to recommend a course of action.. <GrannieB> need more info... refine <dogi> CanoeBerry, +1 <dogi> munich city moved 7 years ago into OpenSource <dogi> it is looking like they are connected to them <dogi> kaserf told me last week that a person found the phonenumbers of the tutors of him <dogi> and called them <CanoeBerry> Great <CanoeBerry> Applicant's photo is here: http://www.johannesponader.de/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite <GrannieB> how does this differ from clickers? <dogi> think that is the result of the meeting which happend after ... <CanoeBerry> GrannieB: please explain "clickers" for dogi <dogi> thx CanoeBerry * dogi is sitting next to adam <GrannieB> little gadgets kids hold... respond to questions... teacher gets immediate feedback <GrannieB> some people do this with cell phones too <CanoeBerry> Right: focus groups "Survey Says" technologies.. <dogi> I m in favor cause they was so fast ... the motiation must be really high <GrannieB> questions about content look for inderstanding <dogi> and we should surf on high motivation waves ... <CanoeBerry> +1 if Christoph or Bert or another German mentors <CanoeBerry> (but I'll admit I haven't studied the full proposal in detail yet) <CanoeBerry> 2min warning.. <CanoeBerry> Other votes please? <dogi> I mentor them only if they join #treehouse at OFTC <GrannieB> I'll abstain on this one. Not enough info for me. <CanoeBerry> We have a possible mentor, great -- Dogi does not like to mentor over email however, so we need to confirm this group is IRC fluent. <CanoeBerry> Final votes / Objections? <CanoeBerry> Calling once.. <dogi> :) <CanoeBerry> Calling twice.. <CanoeBerry> Calling thrice.. <CanoeBerry> Conclusion: CLOSE! Let's get a bit more info and review with German speakers like Dogi/Christoph/Bert. [ PROJECT #2 - Big Sky Science Partnership for Montana Indian Reservation Schools - Bozeman, Montana ] <CanoeBerry> Onto project #2 now -- please everybody critique/mentor/vote for: <CanoeBerry> http://www.johannesponader.de/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite <CanoeBerry> Big Sky Science Partnership for Montana Indian Reservation Schools - <CanoeBerry> Bozeman, Montana <CanoeBerry> http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=59123 <CanoeBerry> http://www.smrc.montana.edu (coming soon?) <CanoeBerry> [SPECIFIC SITE NEEDS TO BE POSTED OFF <CanoeBerry> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects ] <CanoeBerry> Requests 10 XO's over undetermined months <CanoeBerry> Project Objectives: <CanoeBerry> Ten XO laptops will be used in a pilot project in the classrooms of <CanoeBerry> elementary teachers on and near the Crow and Northern Cheyenne <CanoeBerry> Reservations in Montana. The Big Sky Science Partnership (BSSP) is a <CanoeBerry> National Science Foundation funded project, which has allowed us to <CanoeBerry> work with teachers on these two reservations since 2006. <CanoeBerry> Through our current funding BSSP is able to provide each teacher with <CanoeBerry> a Mac Book. This allows the teachers to share web-based resources <CanoeBerry> (simulations, videos, interactive media) with students. However, <CanoeBerry> students do not have hands-on access to computers and do not have the <CanoeBerry> freedom to browse and independently develop their understanding of <CanoeBerry> science. All BSSP teachers have less than 20 students per classroom; <CanoeBerry> therefore, 10 computers would allow students to work in pairs on <CanoeBerry> projects. Placing the XO laptops in the hands of students would <CanoeBerry> directly address three specific goals outlined in our BSSP project <CanoeBerry> description. <CanoeBerry> 1) improve the delivery of science instruction, <CanoeBerry> 2) improve the understanding of science content and pedagogy, and <CanoeBerry> 3) generate school based K-8 learning communities. <CanoeBerry> BSSP faculty and administrative staff will attend a workshop to learn <CanoeBerry> XO Laptop operation system and Sugar software. In turn, they will <CanoeBerry> provide training for the teacher leaders, and work closely with the <CanoeBerry> teachers particularly during inquiry-based science lessons to bring <CanoeBerry> real-world data sets, models and simulations of science processes <CanoeBerry> directly into the classroom. With the variety of learning styles <CanoeBerry> that have been observed in these classrooms, the STEM (Science <CanoeBerry> Technology Engineering Math) lessons will be much more engaging for <CanoeBerry> the students with access to the XO laptops and Sugar software. <CanoeBerry> GrannieB: are you connected with this project and can you advocate for it? <GrannieB> Scott Dowdle (Bozeman LUG/MSU) and I have been advising this project. <GrannieB> They have excellent support and a great team. Already involved with the Reservation schools via NSF sponsored project <GrannieB> Scott did a presentation about the XOs for them and they took it from there <CanoeBerry> I just viewed the 3 photos and the 1 gif timeline on-ticket here: <CanoeBerry> http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=59123 <GrannieB> yes... teacher training sessions <culseg> really the timeline means XO-1.5s <CanoeBerry> Web page lacking: http://www.smrc.montana.edu <CanoeBerry> GrannieB: should we send 2 XO's for starters to acclimatize all? <culseg> projec has strengths of people and ideas, but maybe they should test a couple of XOs for starters <CanoeBerry> +1 <culseg> and see what can be done in emulation <GrannieB> I was stalled. When does the timeline say they will start with teachers? <CanoeBerry> Perhaps sending them both XO-1 and XO-1.5 (one of each). <GrannieB> Bozeman LUG has an XO library. I don't know where they are checked out at this time. <culseg> kids get XOs in Fall 2010, so a preview of a few XOs for teacher testing and trial makes sense now. <CanoeBerry> http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Attachment/805895/437211/time.line.gif <GrannieB> Teacher training probably takes place in the summer <CanoeBerry> June 7-18 <CanoeBerry> BSSP Teacher Summer Institute <GrannieB> If the 10 machines would be XO-1.5s, sending a couple now and the others in fime for the training would be good <CanoeBerry> "discussions and intructions on integrating XO Laptops into curriculum" <GrannieB> I can attand thetraining if needed <CanoeBerry> Wicked! <CanoeBerry> Can we conclude? <CanoeBerry> GrannieB: which 2 XO's should I ship now, if we go with that recommendation? <GrannieB> XO-1.5s if that is what they will be able to get for the training in June <CanoeBerry> I don't want this group to assume they will receive 10 XO-1.5's, but I'm happy to ship them 1, along with an older XO-1, if these help. <dogi> hmm <dogi> sound good for me <CanoeBerry> MOTION: ship 1 XO-1 and 1 XO-1.5 for now, as Caryl mentors <CanoeBerry> Please vote. <culseg> 1.5s and highlight the Physics XO Activiity fro them to test as well <culseg> +1 <GrannieB> How long will have to wait for the other 8 and what do they have to do to get them ? <CanoeBerry> GrannieB: Depends on them & you entirely! <GrannieB> OK Website? <CanoeBerry> Let's just not assume that XO-1.5's will be as freely available as XO-1's in coming months. <GrannieB> Progress report? <CanoeBerry> Great! <CanoeBerry> Quasimontly Mentoring Progress Reports off of: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects <GrannieB> June is only 3 mos away <CanoeBerry> (standard operating procedure, thanks!) <CanoeBerry> Let us conclude. <CanoeBerry> Final objections to shipping 1 XO-1 and 1 XO-1.5? <CanoeBerry> Calling once.. <CanoeBerry> Calling twice.. <GrannieB> +1 for 2 XO-1.5s now. They can see Scott D for XO-1s if meeded <CanoeBerry> Calling thrice.. <CanoeBerry> Interesting.. <GrannieB> Bozeman LUG library <CanoeBerry> GrannieB: we'll need to see if we have enough XO-1.5's and you will have to keep this groups expectations realistic around limited XO-1.5 availability. <CanoeBerry> Anyway: APPROVED <CanoeBerry> Onto Project #3 -- final one of the day: <GrannieB> OK will do [ PROJECT #3 - Sugar on OpenSolaris - Chicago, Illinois ] <CanoeBerry> Onto Project #3 -- final one of the day: <GrannieB> OK will do <CanoeBerry> Sugar on OpenSolaris - Chicago, Illinois <CanoeBerry> 1 or 2 XO-1.5 laptops for 1 year <CanoeBerry> Project Objectives: Making Sugar Available on OpenSolaris. <CanoeBerry> I have already spent several weeks porting about 75% of the <CanoeBerry> Sugar platform to OpenSolaris. You can find the dozens of <CanoeBerry> SFEsugar* spec-files that I have already created here: <CanoeBerry> http://pkgbuild.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/pkgbuild/spec-files-extra/trunk/ <CanoeBerry> However, many programs do not seem to work, or seem to have <CanoeBerry> errors when running. Since the Sugar emulator is not supported <CanoeBerry> for OpenSolaris, I cannot use it for testing the platform. <CanoeBerry> Having 1 or 2 XO-1.5 units would assist me in this porting <CanoeBerry> effort by allowing me to become more familiar with how the <CanoeBerry> Sugar platform works on a system that fully supports it already. <CanoeBerry> Two units would be most useful since it would enable me to <CanoeBerry> learn how to use the networking features more easily. <CanoeBerry> My goal is to make Sugar fully functional on OpenSolaris and <CanoeBerry> to make the Sugar packages available to OpenSolaris users via <CanoeBerry> a package repository. This will expose Sugar to new users and <CanoeBerry> developers and will also provide needed software useful for <CanoeBerry> children available to OpenSolaris users. <CanoeBerry> http://blogs.sun.com/yippi <CanoeBerry> [SPECIFIC SITE NEEDS TO BE POSTED OFF http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects ] <CanoeBerry> +1 -- I've talked to this individual and so far he seems to have great outreach leads too. <culseg> if this project can stir the interest any new Sugar developers ( because their dev envir is OpenSolaris) then more power to this project,,,, 'ship em' <dogi> +0.5 ... <CanoeBerry> Criticism or Lobbying for all please ;) <CanoeBerry> Please vote and/or express your final objections! <culseg> XO 1-1.5 needs more developers, GNOME connections great, +1 <dogi> +1 if nexenta <GrannieB> +1 <dogi> -> http://www.nexenta.org/ <dogi> if they are to run opensolaris on a XO then nexenta is possible too .. <CanoeBerry> Calling once.. <CanoeBerry> Calling twice.. <CanoeBerry> Calling thricce.. <CanoeBerry> APPROVED-- Thanks all for a quick meeting! <CanoeBerry> Off to lunch, many thanks everybody :) <GrannieB> bye... gotta go watch family ski. <culseg> chao
