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== Potential locations == |
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* <strike>CUNY Macaulay Center</strike> |
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== Possible activities == |
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* Record stories using OurStories and other programs (not sure what the limitations are for what you can record with OurStories) |
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* Record lectures - get profs and teachers and experts to come in and talk for half an hour on something they're passionate about |
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* Record life stories from random people - adults, kids, everyone - wandering by on the street |
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* Record conversations, debates, discussions on difficult topics |
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* Record screencasts and demos of cool things people have done with their XOs |
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* Record musicians playing - XO music videos |
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* Record theatrical productions |
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* Record language lessons (see colingo.org) |
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* Subtitle and translate when possible (DotSub?) |
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* Morse code input peripheral |
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* Roscoe (USB radio peripheral, UNICEF) |
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* Accessibility peripherals - think mice, keyboard, joysticks for children who are disabled that can be made from a few dollars' worth of components - an mcu and supporting circuitry and a simple sensor, hooked up to objects that you have on hand (instead of using a plastic molded piece for a joystick handle, use a stick, etc) |
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* Datalogging sensors - the mic in port of the XO is an analog in port as well, so temperature, pH, light, etc. modules for logging science experiments (and then get some coders to work on a Measure activity add-on to make data collection easier, and put up a site where it's really easy to share the results of those experiments and data) |
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'Course, the "record!" part implies there's something to record, so some groups will spend most of the weekend making something and only a little time filming it, others will spend the entire weekend shooting or writing. We can hold a public screening of the results on Sunday afternoon - a little film festival of sorts, and screen OurStories stories from other parts of the globe as well. Filming stuff would also be less bandwidth-intensive on your wifi than a software-development Jam. |
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== What we need == |
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* movingpicturescollective.org |
* movingpicturescollective.org |
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=== Invitation letter === |
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<blockquote> |
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<pre> |
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Story Jam Invitation Letter |
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You are invited to Story Jam New York! |
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UNICEF, the world's leading children's organization, and One Laptop per |
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Child will be holding an open Storytelling Jam and Hackathon from Friday |
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March 28 through Sunday March 30. The three-day event will be hosted at |
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The focus of this event is to build and implement free and open-source |
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tools for collecting stories, as well as gathering and spreading the |
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stories themselves. |
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UNICEF is inviting software and hardware experts of all types to create |
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tools that enable young people to capture and share their stories on |
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various hardware devices including the XO. UNICEF's Youth Section has |
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been actively involved in developing various projects in this area, |
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including a radio station on a USB stick, software to allow people to |
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access web pages through SMS / Text messages, and ways to capture the |
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voices of young people through their mobile phones. |
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Developers will be working in groups to either extend existing programs |
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or create new ones. Check the projects page to see a list of proposed |
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projects or propose one of your own. In addition to a viewing for the |
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attendees on Sunday the 30th, Monday the 31st will feature a public |
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viewing at UNICEF HQ where work from the weekend will be displayed and |
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visitors will be able to record their stories. |
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To register or to view more information, including how you or your group |
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can participate, see http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Story_Jam_New_York. We |
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hope to see you there! |
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About UNICEF |
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UNICEF is on the ground in over 150 countries and territories to help |
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children survive and thrive, from early childhood through adolescence. |
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The world's largest provider of vaccines for developing countries, |
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UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, |
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quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of |
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children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS. UNICEF is funded |
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entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, |
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foundations and governments. |
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About OLPC |
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One Laptop per Child (OLPC) is a non-profit organization created to |
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design, manufacture, and distribute laptops that are sufficiently |
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inexpensive to provide every child in the world access to knowledge |
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and modern forms of education. The rugged, Linux-based, |
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mesh-networking-enabled, and power-efficient laptops have begun to be |
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deployed to children by schools across the world on the basis of one |
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laptop per child. OLPC is based on constructionist theories of learning |
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pioneered by Seymour Papert and later Alan Kay, as well as the |
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principles expressed in Nicholas Negroponte's Being Digital. |
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</pre></blockquote> |
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Latest revision as of 17:36, 15 March 2008
What we need
- Space ( and a date and max # of people ) - DONE -
- Equipment (film, video, sound, editing... screening)
- People (and people to coordinate people)
- Food. Plenty of it.
- Swag, if we can get it - tshirts? silkscreen-your-own?
Equipment
- marantz (handheld) audio recorder - as many as possible
- microphone (for spot interviews) - as many as possible
- large display (or projector) for displaying rapidsms - this would be on the main wall when you walk into UNICEF as a NOC - so you could actually see what people are doing, completed, send out sms's to groups of people (all people working on project x) etc.
- another display (or projector) for demoing additional products - so in total, at least 2 projectors; more would be nice (3-5 optimal)
- seth was also thinking about projecting in reverse onto the back of some white paper on the window with something like : call this number to record your story... basically making it a fishbowl kind of thing
- butcher paper, markers, and drywall tape for impromptu signs throughout the weekend
- making sure there is guest wireless - even if there isn't much bandwidth for it - downstairs during the Jam
Tech development
Mizizi and roscoe sound like the primary targets here. How many new developers (temporary, 3-day) can you accommodate, what can they do, what knowledge/experience should they have (we can require a quick test in the application to screen for this but it shouldn't be a problem), and what kind of development/resources needs to be done so they can hack?
If you have trac instances or some other type of "developers' center" for people to go to, with some tutorials, this is probably the easiest way to get started. I can help you find programmers to beta test these resources in the weeks leading up to the Jam.
For hardware hacking, NYCresistor is an excellent group to talk to (also: the local Make group, Dorkbot, and folks at NYU's ITP, and other places). Checking to see if they're interested - but ditto on the "where are schematics? where is code" type questions, above. We need to make sure folks have something good and solid to hack on.
Point people
- Space - cfabian
- Registration/communication - mchua
- Filming/showing - NEEDED (
- Food/open-space - NEEDED (Julian?)
- Tech development - ewheeler & mejymejy
should contact
- movingpicturescollective.org
Invitation letter
Story Jam Invitation Letter You are invited to Story Jam New York! UNICEF, the world's leading children's organization, and One Laptop per Child will be holding an open Storytelling Jam and Hackathon from Friday March 28 through Sunday March 30. The three-day event will be hosted at UNICEF's headquarters in Manhattan, NY. The focus of this event is to build and implement free and open-source tools for collecting stories, as well as gathering and spreading the stories themselves. UNICEF is inviting software and hardware experts of all types to create tools that enable young people to capture and share their stories on various hardware devices including the XO. UNICEF's Youth Section has been actively involved in developing various projects in this area, including a radio station on a USB stick, software to allow people to access web pages through SMS / Text messages, and ways to capture the voices of young people through their mobile phones. Developers will be working in groups to either extend existing programs or create new ones. Check the projects page to see a list of proposed projects or propose one of your own. In addition to a viewing for the attendees on Sunday the 30th, Monday the 31st will feature a public viewing at UNICEF HQ where work from the weekend will be displayed and visitors will be able to record their stories. To register or to view more information, including how you or your group can participate, see http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Story_Jam_New_York. We hope to see you there! About UNICEF UNICEF is on the ground in over 150 countries and territories to help children survive and thrive, from early childhood through adolescence. The world's largest provider of vaccines for developing countries, UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS. UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, foundations and governments. About OLPC One Laptop per Child (OLPC) is a non-profit organization created to design, manufacture, and distribute laptops that are sufficiently inexpensive to provide every child in the world access to knowledge and modern forms of education. The rugged, Linux-based, mesh-networking-enabled, and power-efficient laptops have begun to be deployed to children by schools across the world on the basis of one laptop per child. OLPC is based on constructionist theories of learning pioneered by Seymour Papert and later Alan Kay, as well as the principles expressed in Nicholas Negroponte's Being Digital.