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PLEASE NOTE!! |
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== How this will work == |
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All Notes, Goals, Outcomes and general information has been redirected to [[Cambridge_Friends_School_Pilot]] |
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=== Things to do this week === |
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* Make a build and customization key for CFS. |
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* Make a school server for CFS. |
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* Document all of the above. |
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* Do the parent/student intro. |
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* Teacher training. |
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=== Roles === |
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* Katie: Teachers/CFS-to-us interface. |
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** Make sure teacher training happens |
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** Get the parent/student intro to be awesome |
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** Teacher interface for build & customization keys (Arjun is tech minion) |
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* Arjun: Build and customization keys (tech minion for Katie), documentation (mostly XS, but of everything in general), FUDcon presentation |
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* Jason: XS (Scott as Jason's technical minion) |
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=== Things that would be nice === |
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* Train the student tech team. |
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* Sugar Labs - XS, testing |
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=== January 3, 2009-January 9, 2009=== |
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*January 3-talked delegated roles |
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*January 4-met with Harvard OLPC chapter, prepared the first set of activities for teacher meeting on the 5th |
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*January 5-tested and finalized activities and had teacher meeting, got a response from all teachers as to what specific activities they would like |
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*January 6-test day and work day, tested additional activities and made up the FINAL LIST for teacher training. had a general customization key and then favorite different activities for the circle view |
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*January 7-second teacher training workshop |
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*January 8-after school activity for children (student tech team) |
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*January 9-FudCON presentation |
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===Notes from the Week=== |
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==January 3, 2009== |
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+Explained basics of how an XO works (technical aspect) |
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+Software stack-layering model-each layer interacts with the other (layered from physical (bottom) to activities (top) |
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'''XO/Application Interface (API):''' |
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+Activities |
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+Journal |
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+Sugar Non-Sugar |
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+OS (Fedora-ish) |
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+Open Firmware |
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Shell, Kernel, Network |
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+Hardware |
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'' |
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Define'' |
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Build: Activities-->OS (Fedora-ish) |
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Customization Key--> Activities (bundles) |
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Development Key--> password that gives you permission to use currently being developed builds (builds that are non-signed and non-released) |
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'''Sugar::windows; education::business''' |
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WINDOWS |
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business based |
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i.e. my documents/files |
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SUGAR |
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education based |
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i.e. communities, activities |
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1.sharing=collabration |
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(mesh network, my neighborhood) |
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2.reflecting/documenting=journal |
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3. discovery=activities |
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everything is automatically saved-->history is logged by the applications;shows learning/process of thinking |
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'''The Development Cycle::Textbook writing Process''' |
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Build 1--> Build 2--> Build 3-->Build 4 |
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release a build every six months |
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first start adding whatever you want |
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then start editing |
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get a release candidate |
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fact check |
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spell check |
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release. (but at the same time everything is still being updated) |
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you can update like firefox(?) |
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'''School Server and Mesh Network''' |
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SERVER |
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one hub with people connecting from one distance |
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MESH |
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one hub with one person connected...one person connected from them...peer to peer connecting |
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much better when in a faraway place (i.e. village in the middle of the dessert); one access point |
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SCHOOL SERVER |
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1. gives infrastructure |
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access point; mesh |
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2. squid=local cache; able to see what is used a lot, save on the server and save it locally |
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3. local moodle=community level content; common web server |
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+mailserver |
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+establishing a city library |
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==Notes from 1/4/09== |
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+Prepared for meeting with Mac/Katelyn at 5PM |
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30 minutes |
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+success criteria: know what we're doing with CFS |
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through Harvard when |
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"working relationship" |
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+Tried to use Emulator on Windows |
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at first try, cannot connect to network |
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even after entering wireless name into server |
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shut down |
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open again-worked on jason's and katie's computer |
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check for software updates |
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it works! |
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+Learned Terminal |
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command lines |
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cd: change directory |
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ls: list contents |
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cp: copy |
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cd ..: go up in directory |
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cp -r: copy recursive (copies everything in the folder) |
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rm: remove |
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wget: download |
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mu: move |
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Journal (technical) |
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Backlight |
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'''Compiled a list of possible activities for the customization stick''' |
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available at https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pFAYZYtRIh1CR_8ry7Tg8QQ&hl=en and |
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will get a prototype customization stick done by tomorrow |
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teacher meeting: 3:30PM the next day; awaiting confirmation |
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student server-Tuesday |
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teacher meeting-Wednesday (moved from Thursday) |
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after school: Thursday |
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'''Other points on agenda''' |
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How to download new programs |
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What build is and why it matters |
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Brief introduction in how networking works |
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Sharing activities with each other |
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Connecting to an access point |
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==January 7, 2009== |
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Agenda for second teacher' meeting |
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1. How to connect to wireless/do collaborative activities (first thing on agenda for Wednesday), demo with Chat) |
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a. have to be on the same mesh network in order to see each other and share stuff; technically, should be able to be on the same wireless and mesh network and be able to share-best case scenario |
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b. when sharing multiple activities, all activities will be shown on the neighborhood view, but only the one might not be able to share more than one activity |
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c. you can only pick one: either mesh or wireless..one always takes the other off |
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2. Explain differences among Read E-text (zipped+plain text), Read (PDF) and View Files (zipped+Jpgs) |
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a. Shared an example of each document on the XOs…see if people can view |
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b. explain to teachers that they have to download the actual file and then share it on neighborhood |
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3. Demo one on one with each teacher’s lessonone on one, show all activities on the Favorites view |
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a. Arjun- Biology |
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b. Katie-History |
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c. Jason-Spanish |
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==info== |
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Latest revision as of 18:16, 8 January 2009
PLEASE NOTE!! All Notes, Goals, Outcomes and general information has been redirected to Cambridge_Friends_School_Pilot
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software stack
- layers of abstraction
- clear interface between layers (API)
build and customization
What flavor of Sugardo you want What apps should be available