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==About==
==About==


{{Highlight|'''Note''': '''http://foss.rit.edu/''' has by and large superceded OLPC Rochester, NY.
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. This is a page for those interested in volunteering or contributing to the project.
This site is still available for adoption by OLPC related projects or groups.}}


The [[has_location_city::Rochester, NY|Rochester, NY]] interest group is a way for people in the Rochester, New York [[has_location_country::USA]] 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.
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 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.
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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].
=== OLPC Rochester, NY ''is'' ===


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* just beginning to organize.
* a wiki page open for use by all interested parties in the Rochester area.


=== OLPC Rochester, NY ''is <u>not</u>''===

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=== Chapters ===

If you know of any Rochester area schools, organizations, or groups of interested people who have organized or want to organize a [[Grassroots]] group or an [[University_program|university, college, or school chapter]], please ask them to add a link below.

=== Existing projects ===

Usability Testing with RIT course 4004-749 [[12 March]] - [[21 May]] [[2008]]
* topic or issue selection - [[12]]-[[20 March]] - Submit ideas in [[OLPC_Rochester%2C_NY#Project_ideas|Project ideas below]].

== Events ==
We are planning an ad hoc workshop and demonstration at RIT on <font color=#0082c4><big>'''26 March 2008'''</big></font>. [[OLPC_Rochester%2C_NY/Show%26Tell|Announcement]], [[:Image:Mtg_Notice_26Mar2008.pdf|Notice.pdf]], [[:Image:Mtg_Notice_26Mar2008.doc|Notice.doc]]

This will integrate a Western New York Human Factors and Ergonomics Society [http://www.usabilityassociates.com/hfes/index.html (WNY HFES)] local section meeting, a graduate class of Professor Keith Karn, ''Usability Testing'', and interested parties from Professor Stephen Jacobs XO group.

The WNY HFES will meet at 4:30-6:00 pm for this meeting in [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=105485839377564769668.000446a5e32de6d2dbddc&t=h&z=17 RIT Building 70 Room 2400]. We can meet begining in the afternoon for a walk-in workshop, and perhaps test some ideas to share during the later meeting and class. Professor Karn's class usually meets on Wednesdays evenings from 6 'till 9:50 pm. He is planning to have his class arrive early to merge with the HFES meeting on 26 March 2008.

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<font color=#ce006e><big>'''One Laptop per Child,'''</big></font><font color=#fa8e12> an education project</font><br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <font color=#6cbe42>the '''$100 laptop''' that is changing the world</font><br>

<font color=#0082c4><big>'''Show & Tell, Look, Listen & Learn, Touch & Feel, Give & Take'''</big></font><br>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;An afternoon workshop with [[OLPC_Rochester%2C_NY|OLPC Rochester, NY]] leading to an evening meeting of the WNY HFES<br>

Presented by: Frederick Grose, MPH, CIH and collaborators

'''Location:'''<br>
RIT Building 70 Room 2400 (B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences)<br>
Park in Lot J. See campus map at http://inside.rit.edu/maps/

===Abstract===
<span class="plainlinks">[http://www.laptop.org/ One Laptop per Child]</span>, the [[One Laptop per Child|OLPC project]], is a non-profit association created by faculty members of the MIT Media Lab in 2005. The association oversees the Children’s Machine project and construction and deployment of the XO, the [[XO: The Children's Machine|$100 Laptop]], designed to “revolutionize how we educate the world's children,” including those with limited energy and other infrastructure resources. While they emphasize that OLPC is an education project, their strategy is to promote worldwide collaboration on the development of an open-source computing and communication platform. The platform would grow to accelerate learning in whole communities and among all associated with the project. Their ambitious goals and advanced, but low-cost, and energy-efficient hardware and software have captured the imaginations of hundreds of thousands of people. In November 2007 they started mass production of the XO laptop, and the pioneers of the next wave of worldwide computing seem to be in the making!

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'''1-5 pm - Drop In (at any time - All are welcome), Check Things Out, Get to Know Each Other, Try Things Out'''

:* 1:00 - doors open: set up XOs & networking; invite others to do likewise, casual introductions..
:* ~1:45 - Identify interests or topic groups among attendees, suggest that they gather and self-organize. Possibly:
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::* XO Activities
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::* XO Human Interface Guidelines
::* OLPC project areas
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::* XO emulated on VMWare Server 2.0 beta on Windows Vista32
::* Sugar on Ubuntu 7.10
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=== OLPC Rochester, NY ''is'' ===
:* ~2:30 (or as seems timely) - Break (popcorn popper) Report discoveries, suggestions, raise questions. Address questions, summarize and document on boards, redirect, regroup, or shuffle among topics as desired.
:* ~3:15 (or as seems timely) - Repeat previous step as appropriate.
:* ~4:00 - finalize additional demonstrations & topics for 5:00 pm WNY HFES meeting; topic groups summarize items learned, open questions, plans, and report same on wiki and on board in classroom.
:* 4:30 - Refreshments (sandwiches for full-day attendees), greet arriving HFES attendees, personal networking.<br><br>


* open to all interested parties in the Rochester or western New York area.
'''5-6:00 pm - WNY HFES Meeting time'''
:* 5:00 - HFES meeting introductions, Facilitator’s comments on OLPC project, screen demos, explain theme, begin to answer new questions.
:* ~5:30 - Identify any OLPC topic groups present; have attendees get up to mill around and exercise theme actions.<br><br>
'''6-9:50 pm - Keith Karn's Usability Testing Class'''
:* 6:00 - Solicit all to visit OLPC wiki, contribute ideas to the project via the OLPC Rochester, NY page, and spread the word about the project to friends and colleagues.
:* 6:05 - Keith Karn's class agenda
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== [http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?mode=AGENDA&amp;src=8oiuv3dqsb1kf1a11n9ru0hpqc%40group.calendar.google.com&amp;ctz=America/New_York Event calendar] ==
===About the Facilitator===
Frederick Grose volunteers for the OLPC project. He served for 27 years at Eastman Kodak Company in Rochester, NY as an industrial hygienist, asbestos hygiene manager, workplace epidemiology associate, health, safety, & chemical information systems architect & programmer, and ergonomics associate. Over his career at Kodak, he was the responsible industrial hygienist for significant tours of duty with Synthetic Chemicals, Roll Coating, & Photochemicals Divisions, and the Chemical Manufacturing, Construction, Maintenance, Facilities, Engineering, and Research & Development Organizations. He helped developed Kodak's asbestos control program, occupational exposure tracking systems, and exposure monitoring and analysis systems for historic and active cohorts of workers exposed to methylene chloride. He developed and delivered health education sessions for thousands of people working with asbestos and other hazardous physical, chemical, biological, or mechanical agents. Frederick is a Certified Industrial Hygienist, a Master of Public Health (University of California, Berkeley), and a Bachelor of Science in chemistry (University of California, Riverside). For most of his final 6 years at Kodak, he served as an ergonomics associate, helping industrial clients to develop, understand, and implement ergonomic solutions that improve jobs and workplaces.


'''OLPC XO user's group meetings''' at the [http://www.rit.edu/ '''''Rochester Institute of Technology''''']
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For HFES Meeting (5-6 pm) Only:
::::'''COST:''' Members & Students – no cost; Non-members - $ 5 payable at the door


The [http://ltl.rit.edu/ Lab for Technological Literacy] at RIT is supporting the OLPC XO Laptop project by raising awareness locally and conducting research and development initiatives.
::::'''RSVP:''' Contact Jennifer Dyck by 19 March, 716-673-3828, Jennifer.Dyck at fredonia.edu
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The Lab and RIT are hosting the user's group. All meetings will take place in [http://www.rit.edu/academicaffairs/centerforstudentinnovation/?page_id=7 ''The Center for Student Innovation''], Building 87, Rm 1600, (See [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=105485839377564769668.00047433a1534ad461dce&ll=43.083958,-77.679745&spn=0.004388,0.008605&t=h&z=17 RIT Building 87 Google Map], or campus maps at http://inside.rit.edu/maps/.)<br>


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


Please join us on the following dates:
'''Register your interest''' with ideas here: (sign with <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> )
* '''[[Start_date::25 March 2010]]''' from 7-9 pm - Discussion will include
** Walter Bender, Head of Sugar Labs, speaking at RIT on [https://secure.www.alumniconnections.com/olc/pub/RIT/events/RIT2245760.html [[Start_date::30 April 2010]] ], ''The Future of Living is Learning''
** Student Co-Ops and Progress on XO-1.5 [http://foss.rit.edu/projects/ovc Video Chat]
** Ways we can help BOCES with Educational Technologies in Monroe County classrooms
*** First suggestion is an informal hands on workshop or meeting regarding the XO and Sugar on a Stick
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Notice: We are now meeting in the RIT [http://www.rit.edu/academicaffairs/centerforstudentinnovation/?page_id=7 Center for Student Innovation]. If you haven't seen, this new facility, you should! It is well suited for ad-hoc collaboration.


The Innovations Center is south of B-70. (Walk down the sidewalk to the left [going south from the parking lots] of B-70 until you see a round,
*
glass-walled, new building&mdash;that's the Innovation Center.
*


==People==


<big>'''Past events'''</big>
* [[User:FGrose|Frederick Grose]]
* [http://www.it.rit.edu/it/people/facDetail.maml?t_Link=213&t_RenderAs=edit Professor Keith Karn]
* Professor Stephen Jacobs' [[Stephen_Jacobs|OLPC page]], [http://www.it.rit.edu/~sxj/ RIT page]
* you


* '''28 January 2010''' - '''Project Reviews and Workshop'''
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*[[OLPC_Rochester,_NY/Event_history/19November2009 | 19 November 2009 - '''Seminar Project Presentations''']]
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*[[OLPC_Rochester,_NY/Event_history/27October2009 | 27 October 2009 - '''Open Source Mixer''']]
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*[[OLPC_Rochester,_NY/Event_history/24September2009 | 24 September 2009 - '''Python Introduction with Jon Schull''']]
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*[[OLPC_Rochester,_NY/Event_history/29August2009 | 29 August 2009 - '''Picnic at Karlie's house with LUGOR''']]
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*[[OLPC_Rochester,_NY/Event_history/23July2009 | 23 July 2009 - '''Teotwawki Net Demo2 & Teacher Reporting Project''']]
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*[[OLPC_Rochester,_NY/Event_history/25June2009 | 25 June 2009 - '''Teotwawki Net & Disaster Software Discussion''']]
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*[[OLPC_Rochester,_NY/Event_history/04June2009 | 04 June 2009 - '''Sugar Summer planning''']]
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*[[OLPC_Rochester,_NY/Event_history/28May2009 | 28 May 2009 - '''Race Lockout, Rainout''']]
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*[[OLPC_Rochester,_NY/Event_history/25April2009 | 25 April 2009 - '''Mel Chua, Women in Computing at RIT''']]
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*[[OLPC_Rochester,_NY/Event_history/23April2009 | 23 April 2009 - '''More planning for educator involvement''']]
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*[[OLPC_Rochester,_NY/Event_history/26March2009 | 26 March 2009 - '''Welcome to RIT Honors Seminar students''']]
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*[[OLPC_Rochester,_NY/Event_history/26February2009|26 February 2009 - '''Sonstein on disaster-recovery networks''']]
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*[[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''']]


== Project ideas ==
== Projects ==
'''2009'''
===Usability testing===
=== [[RIT honors seminar, developing for the OLPC XO]] ===
Consider the possible topic areas or issues that might be prime for some usability testing. Here is a quick review of usability testing, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usability_testing.


Professor Keith Karn of the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, NY will have 4-5 graduate students (from his class of 20) propose, and over the next 10 weeks, execute a usability testing consultation around the XO or OLPC project. The class met for the first time on Wednesday 12 March 2008, and will meet, as a whole, every Wednesday 6-9:50 pm EDT through 21 May 2008. This OLPC project team will be asked to review the wiki.laptop.org and then contact [[User:FGrose|Frederick Grose]], serving as client representative. Because of the academic schedule, we need to review and select a testing topic area by 20 March and have a final testing plan by 26 March 2008.


'''2008'''
What usability issue is currently most timely and significant to the project? Since OLPC is developing a new information and communication technologies platform, there are many possibilities for significant target users, subsystems, components, and activities.
===[[OLPC_Rochester%2C_NY/Usability_testing_class_project|Usability testing]]===


:See the [[OLPC_Rochester%2C_NY/Usability_testing_class_project|Usability testing class project]] page for the project description, work documents, and reports.
Please think about the project design needs, possibilities, and constraints and suggest topics or issues here:
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===Other ideas===
===Other ideas===
:If you're in the Rochester area and want to work on a project with someone local, post ideas here.
:If you're in the Rochester area and want to work on a project with someone local, post ideas here.
* your idea...




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a regional, grassroots, interest group

About

Note: http://foss.rit.edu/ has by and large superceded OLPC Rochester, NY. This site is still available for adoption by OLPC related projects or groups.


The Rochester, NY interest group is a way for people in the Rochester, New York has_location_country::USA 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

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

Event calendar

OLPC XO user's group meetings at the Rochester Institute of Technology

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 The Center for Student Innovation, Building 87, Rm 1600, (See RIT Building 87 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:

  • Start_date::25 March 2010 from 7-9 pm - Discussion will include
    • Walter Bender, Head of Sugar Labs, speaking at RIT on Start_date::30 April 2010 , The Future of Living is Learning
    • Student Co-Ops and Progress on XO-1.5 Video Chat
    • Ways we can help BOCES with Educational Technologies in Monroe County classrooms
      • First suggestion is an informal hands on workshop or meeting regarding the XO and Sugar on a Stick


Notice: We are now meeting in the RIT Center for Student Innovation. If you haven't seen, this new facility, you should! It is well suited for ad-hoc collaboration.

The Innovations Center is south of B-70. (Walk down the sidewalk to the left [going south from the parking lots] of B-70 until you see a round, glass-walled, new building—that's the Innovation Center.


Past events

  • 28 January 2010 - Project Reviews and Workshop















Projects

2009

RIT honors seminar, developing for the OLPC XO

2008

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...
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