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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


Our current (what exactly is our hierarchy? elsa fill me in here) [[User:Yifiy|yifiy]] 03:48, 25 September 2009 (UTC)
Office hours are up in the air right now, but weekly Boston grassroots meetups will be happening in Cambridge (see [[Boston Saturday OJ]] for information). We will try to coordinate rides for a couple of visits a semester.


== XOs on campus ==
== Meetings ==
We have weekly meetings on Friday 3-5pm (Friday Service Time).
'''This is out of date - will be fixed soon!'''


[[/archives | Meeting notes]]
There are currently 9 XOs on Olin's campus. To check out a machine, contact [[User:GregMarra|Greg]].


== Upcoming events ==
* 1 B1 machine in storage
* Friday Oct. 2 - Meeting with CFS and Mission Hill teachers for activity bundle (include link to appropriate page here)
* 2 B2 machines in storage
* 1 B4 machine in storage
* 6 working MP machines in storage
* 3 broken B2 machines in storage
* 2 broken B4 machines in storage
* 4 broken MP machines in storage


== Current big projects ==
(all MPs and other broken machines belong to the [[Olin repair center]])
=== 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


== Projects ==
=== XOBot ===
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 ===
To see all projects associated with Olin's OLPC chapter, check out our [[Olin university chapter/projects|project page]].
Click here to visit the main [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Olin_repair_center Olin Repair Center] page


=== Cambridge Friends School/Mission Hill Deployment ===
=== Courses ===
Click here to visit the main [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Cambridge_Friends_School CFS deployment] page
We are running an independent study course for peripheral development. Initial planning for the course can be found at [http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/OLPC_peripheral_development our Wikiversity page].


=== Support Gang participation ===
Current documentation and project details can be found at [[inertial navigation peripheral]].


=== Repairs ===
== Ideas for projects ==
(hey look, I'm so empty. how sad.)
Olin hosts an on-campus [[Olin repair center|repair center]] run by students. Our repair center works at cost of shipping and parts, with volunteer labor from trained students. Besides helping out G1G1 donors, the Olin repair center also plans to support any pilot or test schools in the area with repairs.


== Past projects/events ==
Past brainstorming for the repair center lives at [[/Repair center]].


(we should really link these to something at some point.)
=== Software development ===
In the capable hands of Yifan and Arash. Ilari is also heading up an effort to get us a shiny website and repairs tracking system.


* [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/GuruFest Gurufest]
Details live at [[Software]].
* Sugar on a stick
* Programming Design Challenge
* Olin/IMSA Intersession deployment at CFS
* Olin Hackathon
* [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/University_Chapter_Jam_Boston Game Jam]


=== Pilot school involvement ===
== Helpful info ==
*[[/wikiarchive|Archival]]
Olin's OLPC Chapter is getting involved with the pilot at the Cambridge Friends School. [[User:Slammy|Sandra]] is heading up our pilot efforts.
*[[/installation_guide|how to install images]]

*[[/xos|how to get an xo]]
Meeting minutes and details live at [[/Pilots]].
*[[/Software/PythonTutorial|python wiki]]

=== Events ===

Olin hosted a [[University Chapter Jam Boston|community Jam]] during the spring semester. The chapter is planning to host another jam during the 2008-2009 school year.

== 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.

=== Check-ins ===
==== repairs ====
* people interested in repairs - good
* will try new plan: people buy parts and have them shipped, then we repair
* laptops breaking in AC 313 - evil room or bad chargers?

==== stucourse: developing a USB peripheral for XO ====
* going well

==== software ====
* not sure - haven't met for two weeks
* sitting and coding not productive?
* sending website about sugar week

==== pilot ====
* also not sure
* people don't know what we can do for them

=== Grassroots event ===
* mass XO user group - day at olin
* people want to meet other XO owners
* have speakers, networking
* repairs workshop
* discussion
* early afternoon-evening
* food
* enthusiasm, happy people, thumbs up
* probably next semester, maybe between finals an expo
* publicity: ask people to blog about it, event site
* need webmaster

'''action item: Sandra in charge, Colin, Nikki, Elsa, will help'''

=== Charter ===
* no charter + Nikki will hopefully graduate sometime = not sustainable
* leadership positions besides chapter head?
* chapter head = contact with 1cc
* structure at the moment:
** head - project - people
** project - people
* project timelines?
* documentation? needs to happen, someone could be responsible for it (a secretary type person)
* Nikki wants to train people - doesn't want leadership next year
* elect people in the winter, train in spring
* need relationships...more than one semester
* trips to 1cc: Fedora this weekend, everyone else can come
* Olin van - get trained and drive to children's museum saturdays
* elections now? clearly it is election day
* next friday, elections for head/pong person and documentarian/recorder
* reelection? people can run for reelection if they are not seniors (must serve from spring to next fall and then train)
* how do we elect? speech? nominations? email everyone? candidate's choice?
* for now, wing it. if not, write it up
* do we need a charter? yes, write up transition of leadership, don't need much more

=== Enthusiasm ===
* can has?
* more brainstorming projects - get projects people are passionate about
* field trips!
* candy
* SAC != SERV
* design challenges
* what makes things pop out?
* celebrity endorsement - Randall Munroe?
* what does 1cc think we should do - or what do individual people at 1cc thing we should do?
* make it intense: 24 hours learn python bonanza
* give people homework
* ask the users - pilot school?
* Python lessons
* more rigidly defined projects - timeline, goal
* less meeting, more actioning
* seeing direct effect of laptops
* Olin's own pilot school - needham, wellesley?
** get high schools involved - programming, testing(revive review squad)
* deployment penpals
** Rabi(OLE Nepal)
** talk to Peru kids
* outreach to other Oliners
* brainstorm direction of chapter

==== internships? ====
* deployment internships - keep ears open

=== Action items ===
* Yifan will drive to 1cc this saturday and wednesday of sugar sugar boot camp
* Elsa - design challenges
* Aaron will work on brainstorms and Nikki will help
* Yifan and Tank will teach Python lessons
* mumble to 1cc people- Xy
* sign at 1cc people - Elsa


== 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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