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This is the wiki-homepage of the Olin college OLPC university chapter. [[User:Mchua/Braindumps/Wiki song|Please edit!]]
This is the wiki-homepage of the Olin College OLPC university chapter. [[User:Mchua/Braindumps/Wiki song|Please edit!]]


== Office Hours ==
== Welcome!==
The Olin College OLPC chapter is a student-run volunteer organization that works with Sugar Labs and OLPC. Our group is a mixed group of software and hardware engineer students, as well as people interested in curriculum design and technology-driven education. Our goals include learning and participating in a philanthropic cause as well as developing and exercising engineering and education skills
Weekly office hours are held at 1CC on Friday and Sunday afternoons. Use this space to update and organize transportation, as well as giving [[user:SJ|SJ]] a heads-up on how many people to expect.


Our current (what exactly is our hierarchy? elsa fill me in here) [[User:Yifiy|yifiy]] 03:48, 25 September 2009 (UTC)
=== 4:30-6:30 pm, Friday 2/1 ===
* ''Greg''
* Nikki
* ''Andrea''
* Sandra
* Jacob W
* ''Matt J''
*''kelliott''
* Andy P (can't go until 5 if this is possible)


== Meetings ==
=== 2:00-5:00pm, Sunday 2/3 ===
We have weekly meetings on Friday 3-5pm (Friday Service Time).
* ''drivers''
* passengers


[[/archives | Meeting notes]]
== XOs on campus ==
There are currently 4 XOs on Olin's campus. To check out a machine, contact [[User:GregMarra|Greg]].


== Upcoming events ==
* 1 B1 machine with Andy Barry
* Friday Oct. 2 - Meeting with CFS and Mission Hill teachers for activity bundle (include link to appropriate page here)
* 1 B2 machine with [[User:nlee|Nikki]]
* 1 B2 machine with Andy P
* 1 B4 machine with [[User:Nlee|Nikki]]


== Projects ==
== Current big projects ==
=== TurtleArt After School Program ===
We're developing a curriculum to teach various math and engineering concepts using Turtle Art. The program will run spring 2010 with 10 3rd-5th graders from the Needham area
Click here to visit the main [[Olin university chapter/Projects/Curriculum|Turtle Art After School Program]] page


=== XOBot ===
To see all projects associated with Olin's OLPC chapter, check out our [[Olin university chapter/projects|project page]].
A robot that can be controlled directly from Turtle Art.
Click here to visit the main [[Olin university chapter/Projects/XOBot|XOBot]] page


=== Repair Center ===
=== Repair Center ===
Click here to visit the main [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Olin_repair_center Olin Repair Center] page


=== Cambridge Friends School/Mission Hill Deployment ===
We are in the planning stages of creating a [[Olin repair center|repair center]] at Olin. Past brainstorming lives at [[Olin university chapter/Repair center]].
Click here to visit the main [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Cambridge_Friends_School CFS deployment] page


=== Hackathon/Mini-Jam ===
=== Support Gang participation ===


== Ideas for projects ==
See [[University Chapter Jam Boston]]. Planning notes can be found at [[Olin university chapter/hackathon]].
(hey look, I'm so empty. how sad.)


== Current tasklist ==
== Past projects/events ==


(we should really link these to something at some point.)
=== New Tasks ===


* [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/GuruFest Gurufest]
* get involved with rt and bug triage
* Sugar on a stick
* get B1s and B2s running latest builds of Sugar (Andy Barry is working on this; contact him to help out)
* Programming Design Challenge
* nameplates for XOs on campus
* Olin/IMSA Intersession deployment at CFS
* t-shirt designs (open to everyone)
* Olin Hackathon
* [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/University_Chapter_Jam_Boston Game Jam]


=== Ongoing Tasks ===
== Helpful info ==
*[[/wikiarchive|Archival]]

*[[/installation_guide|how to install images]]
* schedule visit to the Trotter School, coordinate with Engineering Discovery
*[[/xos|how to get an xo]]
* continue Yalp interface design
*[[/Software/PythonTutorial|python wiki]]
* schedule office hours
* brainstorming
* documentation

== Meeting notes ==

[[Image:Olin-university-chapter-students.JPG|right|Olin students visit the OLPC Boston office]]

Archives of minutes can be viewed at the [[Olin university chapter/archives]] page.

=== 1/25/08 ===
* We have one XO that is the current build
* Repair Centers
** Give one get one program launched, started shipping laptops- very hands off.
** People don't know how to use them, no official repair centers, can't buy spare parts
*** Do we know which laptops are gives/gets? No, but shipping might.
** Grassroots movement to start local repair centers
*** Buy parts, have them shipped, send you laptop, fix and test, send it back!
*** Pros: Not too expensive for donor, Cheap for us, no $$
*** Another give one / get one program for repairs?
** Olin Involvement?
*** Scaling is a problem
*** We'd get trained
*** We have a lot of questions to ask
**** How many would we get
**** Streamlining Things
*** We're interested, but we still have questions!
* Sustainable repair center business model
** See what happens
** Document!
* Help distribute with give/get many.
** Less viable, but mentioned
** Have people distribute to groups that have banded together to order
* Whether or not to design for something to stamp from cardboard so it's easy to ship OLPCs
** Repair center and distribution benefit from this
** Fold and tape shut!
* Targeting our skills
** Designing boxes > Packing boxes
* Hackathon/Mini-Jam
** See the mini-Jam from last summer for games.
** Could copy OSA Flash Conference, or be part of it.
** A week long thing for a couple hours everyday when people drop it and work and write code or build things or play with peripherals.
**:This is what [[IMSA]] did - it worked pretty well, for the record. More lead time to get parts, info, etc. for physical projects and ones that involved contacting people outside the original team. [[User:Mchua|Mchua]] 22:55, 28 January 2008 (EST)
** Nope. Better to have one day.
** Inviting other colleges?
** At Olin with student body?
** Saturday at Olin, get them to pitch in for guests, use dining hall
** Have projects people can attack already
** Really open ended now. People can write what they want.
** WHO WANTS TO BE IN CHARGE? AndyP, Ollie, Yifan
*** Report back within two weeks!
*** Themes,Dates
** See disassembling later
* Partnering with IMSA
** They're open but we need concrete ideas
** Do we want diplomacy?
** Mentoring, fabrication?
**: They especially need someone who can help the circuits team with designing sensor input modules. [[User:Mchua|Mchua]] 22:55, 28 January 2008 (EST)
** They seem into coding.
**: Actually, not so much - they're open to learning how to code, but want to do other things - grassroots org (they're doing a lot of outreach to the rest of Chicago), curriculum particularly language learning, documentation (especially filming), [[Health]] hardware and software but also medical-related content and testing, going out into the field in other countries - talk to them about things that aren't engineering or coding, too. [[User:Mchua|Mchua]] 22:55, 28 January 2008 (EST)
* Who wants to get back to Ian?
** Greg will help.
** Ellen likes to solder.
* Disassembling an XO
** Videotape profs and students taking apart an XO and talking about what they see
** Talk about user interface and code
** One of the jam themes!
**:I so want to see this film when it is done. [[User:Mchua|Mchua]] 22:55, 28 January 2008 (EST)
* Projects
** YALP
*** Good HFID thing?
*** Usability? Redesign?
*** Yes, we like HFID + YALP! Yay!
** Ideas?
*** Andy has ideas for subtasks.
** Streamlining new people so they can use the wiki and be functional and comfy!
*** Get wiki accounts and check these pages
*** Ollie is in charge of the page internships, needs a wiki account.
* Witty insults
** Python is a leftist programming language, and thus we are communists.
** C++ is capitalist, if anyone is wondering.
**: Sounds like a blast, folks. I miss you all. [[User:Mchua|Mchua]] 22:55, 28 January 2008 (EST)


== Contact Information ==
== Contact Information ==


The current Olin OLPC Chapter Pong Person is [[User:nlee|Nikki Lee]]. Contact her for general questions.
The current Olin OLPC Chapter Pong Person is [[User:estar|Elsa Culler]]. Contact her for general questions.


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Latest revision as of 19:10, 25 September 2010

This is the wiki-homepage of the Olin College OLPC university chapter. Please edit!

Welcome!

The Olin College OLPC chapter is a student-run volunteer organization that works with Sugar Labs and OLPC. Our group is a mixed group of software and hardware engineer students, as well as people interested in curriculum design and technology-driven education. Our goals include learning and participating in a philanthropic cause as well as developing and exercising engineering and education skills

Our current (what exactly is our hierarchy? elsa fill me in here) yifiy 03:48, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

Meetings

We have weekly meetings on Friday 3-5pm (Friday Service Time).

Meeting notes

Upcoming events

  • Friday Oct. 2 - Meeting with CFS and Mission Hill teachers for activity bundle (include link to appropriate page here)

Current big projects

TurtleArt After School Program

We're developing a curriculum to teach various math and engineering concepts using Turtle Art. The program will run spring 2010 with 10 3rd-5th graders from the Needham area Click here to visit the main Turtle Art After School Program page

XOBot

A robot that can be controlled directly from Turtle Art. Click here to visit the main XOBot page

Repair Center

Click here to visit the main Olin Repair Center page

Cambridge Friends School/Mission Hill Deployment

Click here to visit the main CFS deployment page

Support Gang participation

Ideas for projects

(hey look, I'm so empty. how sad.)

Past projects/events

(we should really link these to something at some point.)

  • Gurufest
  • Sugar on a stick
  • Programming Design Challenge
  • Olin/IMSA Intersession deployment at CFS
  • Olin Hackathon
  • Game Jam

Helpful info

Contact Information

The current Olin OLPC Chapter Pong Person is Elsa Culler. Contact her for general questions.

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