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The Rochester, NY interest group is a way for people in the Rochester, New York area and surrounding locations to talk about and work together on OLPC projects or activities. This is a page for those interested in volunteering or contributing to the project.
The Rochester, NY interest group is a way for people in the Rochester, New York area and surrounding locations to talk about and work together on OLPC projects or activities. This is a page for those interested in volunteering or contributing to the project.


We use a Google Groups [http://groups.google.com/group/olpc-rochester-ny group OLPC Rochester, NY] to manage member communications. You may subscribe there to receive group announcements.
A discussion thread, [http://en.forum.laptop.org/viewtopic.php?f=1304&t=153334 OLPC Rochester, NY] has been started on [http://en.forum.laptop.org/ forum.laptop.org].

We also have a discussion [http://en.forum.laptop.org/viewtopic.php?f=1304&t=153334 thread OLPC Rochester, NY] at [http://en.forum.laptop.org/ forum.laptop.org].


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To receive updates to this page, log in / create an OLPC wiki user account (at the top rightmost link of any wiki page), then use the 'my preferences' link on your account to enter a private email address and select the option to receive email whenever a page you're watching is changed. Finally, click the watch tab at the top of this page to include it in your watchlist.
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* just beginning to organize.
* just beginning to organize.
* a wiki page open for use by all interested parties in the Rochester area.
* open to all interested parties in the Rochester or western New York area.


== Events ==
== Events ==
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Please join us on the following dates:
Please join us on the following dates:


*'''26 February 2009'''
:The Agenda for our next meeting includes
:*Professor Jeff Sonstien on the potential use of the XO in disaster-recovery efforts
:*Fred Grose on getting started with Etoys and Squeak
:*Bill Hickock on getting started with Pippy and Python
:*Karlie has also offered to bring some CDs for PC and Mac Sugar emulation for those interested.
:::Drop [[Stephen_Jacobs|Stephen Jacobs]] a line to let him know if you’d like one and which flavor.
*'''26 March 2009'''
*'''26 March 2009'''
*'''23 April 2009'''
*'''23 April 2009'''
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<big>'''Past events'''</big>
<big>'''Past events'''</big>

*'''26 February 2009'''
*:The Agenda was
*:*Professor Jeff Sonstien on the potential use of the XO in disaster-recovery efforts
*:*Fred Grose on getting started with Etoys and Squeak
*:*Bill Hickock on getting started with Pippy and Python
*:*Karlie has also offered to bring some CDs for PC and Mac Sugar emulation for those interested.
*:::Drop [[Stephen_Jacobs|Stephen Jacobs]] a line to let him know if you’d like one and which flavor.
<br>


*[[OLPC_Rochester,_NY/Event_history/22January2009|22 January 2009 - '''''Getting to know you and the OLPC XO''''']] 2009 kickoff
*[[OLPC_Rochester,_NY/Event_history/22January2009|22 January 2009 - '''''Getting to know you and the OLPC XO''''']] 2009 kickoff
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*[[OLPC_Rochester,_NY/Event_history/26March2008_Workshop|26 March 2008 - Show & Tell Workshop at RIT]]
*[[OLPC_Rochester,_NY/Event_history/26March2008_Workshop|26 March 2008 - Show & Tell Workshop at RIT]]

Revision as of 17:06, 28 February 2009

a local grassroots group

About

The Rochester, NY interest group is a way for people in the Rochester, New York area and surrounding locations to talk about and work together on OLPC projects or activities. This is a page for those interested in volunteering or contributing to the project.

We use a Google Groups group OLPC Rochester, NY to manage member communications. You may subscribe there to receive group announcements.

We also have a discussion thread OLPC Rochester, NY at forum.laptop.org.

To receive updates to this page, log in / create an OLPC wiki user account (at the top rightmost link of any wiki page), then use the 'my preferences' link on your account to enter a private email address and select the option to receive email whenever a page you're watching is changed. Finally, click the watch tab at the top of this page to include it in your watchlist.

OLPC Rochester, NY is

  • just beginning to organize.
  • open to all interested parties in the Rochester or western New York area.

Events

OLPC XO user's group meetings at the Rochester Institute of Technology - (See the Flyer.pdf.)

The Lab for Technological Literacy at RIT is supporting the OLPC XO Laptop project by raising awareness locally and conducting research and development initiatives.

The Lab and RIT are hosting the user's group. All meetings will take place in B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences, Building 70, Golisano Auditorium, Rm 1400, (See RIT Building 70 Google Map, or campus maps at http://inside.rit.edu/maps/.)

7:00 pm - 8:50 pm, on the 4th Thursday of the month.

Please join us on the following dates:

  • 26 March 2009
  • 23 April 2009
  • 28 May 2009


Past events

  • 26 February 2009
    The Agenda was
    • Professor Jeff Sonstien on the potential use of the XO in disaster-recovery efforts
    • Fred Grose on getting started with Etoys and Squeak
    • Bill Hickock on getting started with Pippy and Python
    • Karlie has also offered to bring some CDs for PC and Mac Sugar emulation for those interested.
    Drop Stephen Jacobs a line to let him know if you’d like one and which flavor.



Projects

Usability testing

See the Usability testing class project page for the project description, work documents, and reports.

Other ideas

If you're in the Rochester area and want to work on a project with someone local, post ideas here.
  • your idea...