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====Alabama====
====Alabama====
* November 2007 - Birmingham Mayor [http://www.informationbirmingham.com/birmingham-mayors-office.aspx Larry Langford] [http://www.al.com/news/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/news/1194945540247570.xml&coll=2 announced plans] to purchase 15,000 XO laptops for Birmingham schools. The district has about 28,000 students. See [[OLPC Birmingham]]
* November 2007 - Birmingham Mayor [http://www.informationbirmingham.com/birmingham-mayors-office.aspx Larry Langford] [http://www.al.com/news/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/news/1194945540247570.xml&coll=2 announced plans] to purchase 15,000 XO laptops for Birmingham schools. The district has about 28,000 students. See [[OLPC Birmingham]]
* April 2008 - The [http://birmingham.schoolinsites.com/?DivisionID='1332' Birmingham Board of Education] and Birmingham City Council [http://bhamweekly.com/blog/2008/04/03/council-boe-approve-laptop-pilot/ approved a pilot of 1,000 units]. This is expected to include the 762 Glen Iris Elementary School students. Pictures of the council meeting can found from [http://birmingham.schoolinsites.com/Default.asp?PN='News2'&SubP='DNewsStory'&DivisionID=&DepartmentID=&SubDepartmentID=&NewsID=9426&ShowNav=&StoryGroup=Current this article]. The city has agreed to purchase 15,000 XO laptops for $300,000 USD. It is unclear what happens to these laptops if the pilot fails, and there is some pressure for the city to hold a competitive bid.
* April 2008 - The [http://birmingham.schoolinsites.com/?DivisionID='1332' Birmingham Board of Education] and Birmingham City Council [http://bhamweekly.com/blog/2008/04/03/council-boe-approve-laptop-pilot/ approved a pilot of 1,000 units]. This is expected to include the 762 Glen Iris Elementary School students. Pictures of the council meeting can found from [http://birmingham.schoolinsites.com/Default.asp?PN='News2'&SubP='DNewsStory'&DivisionID=&DepartmentID=&SubDepartmentID=&NewsID=9426&ShowNav=&StoryGroup=Current this article]. The city has agreed to purchase 15,000 XO laptops for $3,000,000 USD. It is unclear what happens to these laptops if the pilot fails, and there is some pressure for the city to hold a competitive bid.
* Birmingham also hosts an active [[OLPC_Birmingham|user's group]] and a [[Repair_center_locations#Birmingham.2C_AL|repair center]].
* Birmingham also hosts an active [[OLPC_Birmingham|user's group]] and a [[Repair_center_locations#Birmingham.2C_AL|repair center]].

====California====
* July 6, 2007 rumor that assemblyman Ira Ruskin has a bill to fund a pilot project to encourage use of Free Textbooks in CA junior colleges.


====Georgia====
====Georgia====
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====Massachussetts====
====Massachussetts====
* Mitt Romney, then Massachusetts governor, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitt_Romney#Governor_of_Massachusetts.2C_2003.E2.80.932007 proposed] giving every middle and high-school student an XO in 2003. The proposal did not pass the legislature.
* Mitt Romney, then Massachusetts governor, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitt_Romney#Governor_of_Massachusetts.2C_2003.E2.80.932007 proposed] giving every middle and high-school student an XO in 2005. The proposal did not pass the legislature.


== User groups and unoffical groups ==
== User groups and unoffical groups ==
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=== Alabama ===
=== Alabama ===
* [[OLPC Birmingham]]
* [[OLPC Birmingham]]
** OLPC Birmingham has both a Grassroots group and a planned full scale implementation of 15,000 machines. On the grassroots side, their team of volunteers is experimenting with the School Servers and and recently took part in BarCampBirmingham
** OLPC Birmingham has both a Grassroots group and a planned full scale implementation of 15,000 machines. On the grassroots side, their team of volunteers is experimenting with the School Servers and recently took part in BarCampBirmingham
::: We are a local group of XO laptop enthusiasts committed to co-learning, hacking, and expanding the One Laptop Per Child computational experience community.
::: We are a local group of XO laptop enthusiasts committed to co-learning, hacking, and expanding the One Laptop Per Child computational experience community.
::: Our members include
::: Our members include
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:::*Kids and parents who want to meet other kids and parents and do cool things together with their XOs.
:::*Kids and parents who want to meet other kids and parents and do cool things together with their XOs.
:::For more information about this group and news about upcoming events, visit http://groups.google.com/group/birmingham-olpc-userinterest-group-al
:::For more information about this group and news about upcoming events, visit http://groups.google.com/group/birmingham-olpc-userinterest-group-al

=== Alaska, interior ===

[[User:Lylah|Lylah Caldwell]] is interested in helping start a user group in the Fairbanks/North Pole area for XO users. She has started a Yahoo Group for that purpose at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/XO_interior



=== Arizona ===
=== Arizona ===
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* [[OLPC California]], or [http://olpcnews.com/forum/index.php?board=11.0 XOCAL], has
* [[OLPC California]], or [http://olpcnews.com/forum/index.php?board=11.0 XOCAL], has
** [[OLPC SanFranciscoBayArea]] is a group of OLPC enthusiasts in San Francisco and around, meets on the second Saturday or third of the month.
** [[OLPC SanFranciscoBayArea]] is a group of OLPC enthusiasts in San Francisco and around, meets on the second Saturday or third of the month.
** [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Santa_Barbara OLPC Santa Barbara] is based in the University of California, Santa Barbara. It is a collabortion of students, faculty, staff, and external partners (including a pilot classroom in a Goleta elementary school).
**[http://groups.google.com/group/sv_olpc Silicon Valley OLPC Users' Group] Meets in South Bay Area, monthly on third Thursday evenings
**[http://groups.google.com/group/sv_olpc Silicon Valley OLPC Users' Group] Meets in South Bay Area, monthly on third Thursday evenings
::: 1/1/08 I'd like to start an OLPC group meeting around Mountain View, perhaps weekly for the short term while everyone gets up to speed, and then monthly later on. We'll likely meet at the Dana Street Cafe. It will be informal chit chat in the beginning. Send me your email address, and I'll add you to the list. -- carllinde the_usual_at_goes_here gmail.com
::: 1/1/08 I'd like to start an OLPC group meeting around Mountain View, perhaps weekly for the short term while everyone gets up to speed, and then monthly later on. We'll likely meet at the Dana Street Cafe. It will be informal chit chat in the beginning. Send me your email address, and I'll add you to the list. -- carllinde the_usual_at_goes_here gmail.com
::: I'm hosting a hacking at my house on Saturday, December 22. A group will likely form off of the [http://baypiggies.org Bay Area Python Interest Group (BayPiggies)] --[[User:CharlesMerriam|CharlesMerriam]] 16:42, 19 December 2007 (EST)
::: I'm hosting a hacking at my house on Saturday, December 22. A group will likely form off of the [http://baypiggies.org Bay Area Python Interest Group (BayPiggies)] --[[User:CharlesMerriam|CharlesMerriam]] 16:42, 19 December 2007 (EST)
** [[Projects/Southern_California_OLPC_Projects|Southern California]] has an ever growing variety of OLPC projects. Check them out! If you know of any that are missing, please add them to the list and map and join [http://twitter.com/sweetxogrannie SweetXOGrannie's] wonderful [http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-socal mailing list].
** Los Angeles is starting to form a local group at [http://olpcnews.com/forum/index.php?topic=5.0].


=== Connecticut ===
=== Connecticut ===
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: I would like to help contact the govt about getting involved in the OLPC program and supply these machines to kids/schools in FL. In fact I have just found a page that helps you do this: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC4USALobbying. We need more sample letters on here so that more people will write to their Reps.<br>Let Love Flow<br>affiliatelinks(at)goct.net
: I would like to help contact the govt about getting involved in the OLPC program and supply these machines to kids/schools in FL. In fact I have just found a page that helps you do this: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC4USALobbying. We need more sample letters on here so that more people will write to their Reps.<br>Let Love Flow<br>affiliatelinks(at)goct.net

I'm in Santa Rosa Beach, not far from Tally... Interested in helping too. 30abchgrl@gmail.com

I would love to get a chapter going at the University of Central Florida (UCF) in Orlando, FL. If anyone is interested email me at: schultzium@gmail.com

I'm in New Port Richey, Florida, just northwest of Tampa. I am interested in helping however I can. I have been an active volunteer for Pasco County Schools since 2004, and I'm willing to speak with local officials. My email is tekmom@gmail.com.


=== Georgia ===
=== Georgia ===
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** [[ILXO]] was a summer 2008 office of full-time OLPC volunteers; many are still active virtual community members.
** [[ILXO]] was a summer 2008 office of full-time OLPC volunteers; many are still active virtual community members.
** An XO User Group has been formed at Moraine Valley Community College (in Palos Hills, IL, a southwest suburb of Chicago). XO users from Wisconsin, Indiana, and Illinois (and beyond) are welcome to join. The first club meeting will be held on Saturday, January 26, 2008. Contact [[User:langellier|Larry Langellier]] for additional details.
** An XO User Group has been formed at Moraine Valley Community College (in Palos Hills, IL, a southwest suburb of Chicago). XO users from Wisconsin, Indiana, and Illinois (and beyond) are welcome to join. The first club meeting will be held on Saturday, January 26, 2008. Contact [[User:langellier|Larry Langellier]] for additional details.

=== Louisiana===
* [[OLPC New Orleans]]
** Organizing for a future deployment of XOs. If interested, contact adriennedu@hotmail.com (Adrienne Warren) for more details.


=== Massachusetts ===
=== Massachusetts ===
* Massachusetts has three different active user groups: Lexington and Olin
* Massachusetts has several different active user groups: Lexington and Olin
** Lexington: [http://groups.google.com/group/lexo LeXO: Lexington XO Users Group] is focused on spreading information on OLPC
** Lexington: [http://groups.google.com/group/lexo LeXO: Lexington XO Users Group] is focused on spreading information on OLPC
** Needham/Wellesley: [[Olin university chapter]] - is active, helps with tech support and is setting up a repair center
** Needham/Wellesley: [[Olin university chapter]] - is active, helps with tech support and is setting up a repair center
** [[OLPC Boston]] is an active XO Users group.
** [[OLPC Boston]] is an active XO Users group.
:: There is an [http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6145848838 XO Owners, Cambridge/Boston area] group on Facebook
** There is an [http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6145848838 XO Owners, Cambridge/Boston area] group on Facebook

:: See Bug Found. See Bug Squashed. [[XO_Giving/Users/CBUG|CBUG forming..]] -[[User:Bnardone | :)]][[User:Bnardone | Ben Nardone]]::[[User_Talk:Bnardone |My Talk]]::[[User:Bnardone/Internship |Internship]]::[[User:Bnardone/G1G1|G1G1]]::[[User:Bnardone/Software|Software]]::[[User:Bnardone/Countries/Peru|Peru]]::[[User:Bnardone/Countries/Nigeria |Nigeria]] 09:12, 22 November 2007 (EST)
=== Michigan ===
* [[ellohay! West Michigan http://www.ellohay.org]]
** Interest has been expressed by future-nonprofit organization's executive director, Marie-Claire Camp, but no group has yet formed


=== Minnesota ===
=== Minnesota ===
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=== Missouri ===
=== Missouri ===

[http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC-STL OLPC Saint Louis]
A Saint Louis Public Education OLPC awareness program looking for volunteers for School District wide fundraisers, events, and donations to the OLPC Organization from all the local schools. This is for Regional,local, and charter school districts as well as providing XO's for worldwide students. Find me @ [http://www.ZacharyJamesKraft.com ZacharyJamesKraft] or @ my [zjk@zacharyjameskraft.com E-mail] and also on facebook and twitter under the same name.

* The Grassroots projects in Missouri have two different mailing lists, but no groups yet.
* The Grassroots projects in Missouri have two different mailing lists, but no groups yet.
**[[xo-stl|XO-StL]] (USA, Missouri, Saint Louis) &mdash; [http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/xo-stl/tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/xo-stl/ list1]
**[[xo-stl|XO-StL]] (USA, Missouri, Saint Louis) &mdash; [http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/xo-stl/tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/xo-stl/ list1]
** [[xo-kc|XO-KC]] (USA, Missouri, Kansas City) &mdash; [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/xo-kc list2]
** [[xo-kc|XO-KC]] (USA, Missouri, Kansas City) &mdash; [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/xo-kc list2]


: Andrew Jensen is looking for others with XO laptops in the St. Louis Area, with the goal of sharing resources and seeing how they work together. Contact at PlatonicJensen(at)yahoo.com.
: Andrew Jensen is looking for others with XO laptops in the St. Louis Area, with the goal of sharing resources and seeing how they work together. Contact at PlatonicJensen(at)yahoo.com.


===Montana===
===Montana===
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=== New York ===
=== New York ===
* Three areas in New York are attempting to organize Local User Groups
* Three areas in New York are organizing Local User Groups
** New York Metro Area is meeting: [[OLPC New York]]
** New York Metro Area is meeting: [[OLPC NYC]] [[Image:Gold_star_small.jpg]]
* [[Long Island]] is still in the process of organizing
** [[Long Island]] is still in the process of organizing
* [[OLPC_Rochester%2C_NY|OLPC Rochester, NY]] is a student group that has worked on testing the XO
** [[OLPC_Rochester%2C_NY|OLPC Rochester, NY]] is a community group that evolved at the Rochester Institute of Technology. The RIT team has evolved into http://foss.rit.edu/.


=== North Carolina ===
=== North Carolina ===
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=== Texas ===
=== Texas ===
* [[xo-austin|XO-Austin]]
* [[xo-austin|XO-Austin]]
** In Austin, Texas, the local user group has a community Jabber server for it's users. At least one member of the group is an active technical writer for various documentation projects.
::Contact [[User:Annegentle|Anne Gentle]] if you are interested. Three of us got together Friday January 4th, 2008. We will try to meet again, perhaps at a Geek Austin event.
::[[User:Ericvh|Eric Van Hensbergen]] - technically, the OLPC is my 10-year old daughters, but I'm developing software and content for her (and others as well. I'm also running a Jabber collaboration server for Austin (see [[Xo-austin]])
::Update from [[User:Annegentle|Anne Gentle]]. I have reserved the Spicewood Springs library branch meeting room from 10-11AM Saturday February 23rd. All Austin XO owners and kids are welcome.


** Dallas has [http://dfwxo.blogspot.com DFWXO], Dallas FortWorth Area XO users group
* Dallas has [http://dfwxo.blogspot.com DFWXO], Dallas FortWorth Area XO users group


** In Houston, Texas, Robert Nagel has started an XO User Club. See http://www.olpcnews.com/use_cases/community/start_xo_user_club_houston.html and http://www.imaginaryplanet.net/weblogs/idiotprogrammer/?p=83399673 for more information. The first meeting is on a Saturday the 2nd or 3rd week of January.
* In Houston, Texas, Robert Nagel has started an XO User Club. See http://www.olpcnews.com/use_cases/community/start_xo_user_club_houston.html and http://www.imaginaryplanet.net/weblogs/idiotprogrammer/?p=83399673 for more information. The first meeting is on a Saturday the 2nd or 3rd week of January.


=== Vermont ===
=== Vermont ===
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=== Washington, DC ===
=== Washington, DC ===
* [[OLPC Learning Club D.C.]]
* [[OLPC Learning Club D.C.]]
** The OLPC Learning Club has several very active members, including Mike Lee and Ian Daniher. The group gives educational demonstrations, contributes to various content projects and develops software for the XO, such as [[GASP]].
** The OLPC Learning Club has several very active members, including Mike Lee and Luke Faraone. The group gives educational demonstrations, contributes to various content projects and develops software for the XO, such as [[GASP]].
::The [http://www.olpcnews.com OLPC News] team is organizing a [http://www.olpclearningclub.org OLPC Learning Club] for the DC Metro area. We'll be having our first meeting on December 18 with guest speakers and (hopefully) a mass XO mesh. Come by and co-learn!
::The [http://www.olpcnews.com OLPC News] team is organizing a [http://www.olpclearningclub.org OLPC Learning Club] for the DC Metro area. We'll be having our first meeting on December 18 with guest speakers and (hopefully) a mass XO mesh. Come by and co-learn!
::*[http://www.olpclearningclub.org Blog]
::*[http://www.olpclearningclub.org Blog]
::*[http://www.wayan.com/mail/mail.cgi/list/OLPC_LCDC/ Listserv]
::*[http://www.wayan.com/mail/mail.cgi/list/OLPC_LCDC/ Listserv]

== Peer-reviewed educational content to implement in your classroom ==

* '''Come and explore:''' [http://www.pio-pio.de/html/0.Contents.htm Interactive online schoolbook] A cool new typ of textbook for XO. Please try out.

* '''We love to learn:''' [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Einstein.school Einstein.School 2.0] The interactive schoolbook that you can edit, update and improve. It makes passion the primary tool for learning.

This peer-reviewed [http://www.pio-pio.de/html/R_wissenschaftler.htm] [http://www.online-educa.com/audio-video-28] educational content [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Online_Schoolbook_%22GOLD_DUST%22] is written under an open license [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/] and gives everyone the freedom to use or modify the material to suit his or her own needs.


== See also ==
== See also ==
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* [[OLPC Birmingham]] for the deployment of XO laptops in Birmingham, AL
* [[OLPC Birmingham]] for the deployment of XO laptops in Birmingham, AL
* [[Regional groups]] for the many user groups in the USA.
* [[Regional groups]] for the many user groups in the USA.




[[Category:Countries|United States]]
[[Category:Countries|United States]]

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United States


 Country Information
 ISO Country Code US
 Wikipedia Article Wikipedia Link
 Government Support Low and OLPC Priority
 Deployment Wide adoption (over 5000 machines)
 Languages
 Keyboard Layout US Layout
 Written English (en)
 Spoken English (en)
 Secondary Written None
 Secondary Spoken None

The United States (U.S.) presents a special case to OLPC deployments.

  • Most software is initially localized to the United States and so requires no additional localization.
  • Most laptops deployed in the United States are from the 2007 and 2008 Give One, Get One programs and not from school or government programs.
  • The U.S. spends significantly more than many countries on education and has been a lower priority for deployment.
  • Each of the fifty United States, plus associated territories, has great discretion on which tools it uses for education.

News and Rumors

  • 9 Jan 2008 The OLPC announced the foundation of a group, OLPC America, to bring XO laptops to American students. Details are unavailable until a launch later in 2008.

3. OLPC added a new country this week: the USA. This move will engage a wider developer community, impacting and improving software and content. Please note that such a move into schools and learning in the USA is not necessarily a commercial machine.

Deployments and Trials

A prerequisite for wider deployment in the States is better compliance with the Children's Internet Protection Act.

Give One, Get One (G1G1)

The 2008 Give One, Get One program is again available to people in the United States, and now also in Europe.

The 2007 Give One, Get One program allowed people in the United States and some other areas to purchase laptops from the OLPC Foundation at cost in return for donating a laptop for a deployment to be named later. About 80,000 units were purchased in the United States with a matching number earmarked for future deployments outside the country (cite?). Logistics marred the program's success causing delayed deliveries and far more support calls than anticipated.

Government and Official Groups

  • OLPC America will be the official organization within the OLPC Foundation providing support to U.S. deployments.
  • The OLPC Foundation is located in the United States.

States and Territories

US Virgin Islands - Waveplace

Alabama

Georgia

  • Some rumors that Georgia had a program requiring some sort of laptop, followed by several students denying such.

Maine

  • Said to have program requiring conventional notebooks in schools.
  • Said to have a program using Apple iBooks.

Massachussetts

  • Mitt Romney, then Massachusetts governor, proposed giving every middle and high-school student an XO in 2005. The proposal did not pass the legislature.

User groups and unoffical groups

  • There are many, many regional groups. See the list below or the OLPCNews forum to find a local one.
  • There are various unaffiliated groups promoting OLPC in the United States. Waveplace is one that is actually running pilot projects; another is Earth Treasury, which is at an earlier stage.

Alabama

  • OLPC Birmingham
    • OLPC Birmingham has both a Grassroots group and a planned full scale implementation of 15,000 machines. On the grassroots side, their team of volunteers is experimenting with the School Servers and recently took part in BarCampBirmingham
We are a local group of XO laptop enthusiasts committed to co-learning, hacking, and expanding the One Laptop Per Child computational experience community.
Our members include
  • Software developers interested in working on software for the XO.
  • People interested in seeing what all the XO can do (and trying out all of the cool features.)
  • Kids and parents who want to meet other kids and parents and do cool things together with their XOs.
For more information about this group and news about upcoming events, visit http://groups.google.com/group/birmingham-olpc-userinterest-group-al

Arizona

  • AZ XO
    • The Arizona XO user group has been meeting since February of 2008 and has over 10 members. They have their own forum, mailing list, and are starting to work with the local Global Literacy Foundation.

California

1/1/08 I'd like to start an OLPC group meeting around Mountain View, perhaps weekly for the short term while everyone gets up to speed, and then monthly later on. We'll likely meet at the Dana Street Cafe. It will be informal chit chat in the beginning. Send me your email address, and I'll add you to the list. -- carllinde the_usual_at_goes_here gmail.com
I'm hosting a hacking at my house on Saturday, December 22. A group will likely form off of the Bay Area Python Interest Group (BayPiggies) --CharlesMerriam 16:42, 19 December 2007 (EST)

Connecticut

Florida

Listen in Tally, FL would like to find out if any others in the area have gotten an XO laptop. It would be great to see how the XO works when there is more than one around.
I would like to help contact the govt about getting involved in the OLPC program and supply these machines to kids/schools in FL. In fact I have just found a page that helps you do this: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC4USALobbying. We need more sample letters on here so that more people will write to their Reps.
Let Love Flow
affiliatelinks(at)goct.net

I'm in Santa Rosa Beach, not far from Tally... Interested in helping too. 30abchgrl@gmail.com

I would love to get a chapter going at the University of Central Florida (UCF) in Orlando, FL. If anyone is interested email me at: schultzium@gmail.com

I'm in New Port Richey, Florida, just northwest of Tampa. I am interested in helping however I can. I have been an active volunteer for Pasco County Schools since 2004, and I'm willing to speak with local officials. My email is tekmom@gmail.com.

Georgia

  • Atlanta has a small ad-hoc user group. An elementary school in Fulton County is piloting a lending program with 10 XO laptops that arrived August '08. http://www.creekview.org, image
Tat Au is interested in forming an XO Learning Club in the Atlanta, Georgia area to allow young XO owners to get together, explore and have fun with XO and learn about OLPC.

Illinois

  • Chicago is the home of OLPC Chicago and ILXO, with the IMSA campus chapter in Aurora
    • OLPC Chicago is a grassroots group backing several initiatives, including the Illinois Low Cost Laptop Act
    • IMSA is a Highschool campus chapter (Aurora), they have several XO's and are active in testing and debugging
    • ILXO was a summer 2008 office of full-time OLPC volunteers; many are still active virtual community members.
    • An XO User Group has been formed at Moraine Valley Community College (in Palos Hills, IL, a southwest suburb of Chicago). XO users from Wisconsin, Indiana, and Illinois (and beyond) are welcome to join. The first club meeting will be held on Saturday, January 26, 2008. Contact Larry Langellier for additional details.

Louisiana

  • OLPC New Orleans
    • Organizing for a future deployment of XOs. If interested, contact adriennedu@hotmail.com (Adrienne Warren) for more details.


Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Bill McTeer The Minnesota Chapter of the Independent Computer Consultants Association is starting a group. We would love to link up with others in the area. We have a Google Group located here: http://groups.google.com/group/icca-mn-olpc

Patrick Stein Bought an OLPC for my son Isaac, but I intend to develop some apps for it soon.

Mississippi

Missouri

OLPC Saint Louis A Saint Louis Public Education OLPC awareness program looking for volunteers for School District wide fundraisers, events, and donations to the OLPC Organization from all the local schools. This is for Regional,local, and charter school districts as well as providing XO's for worldwide students. Find me @ ZacharyJamesKraft or @ my [zjk@zacharyjameskraft.com E-mail] and also on facebook and twitter under the same name.

  • The Grassroots projects in Missouri have two different mailing lists, but no groups yet.
Andrew Jensen is looking for others with XO laptops in the St. Louis Area, with the goal of sharing resources and seeing how they work together. Contact at PlatonicJensen(at)yahoo.com.

Montana

New Mexico

New York

  • Three areas in New York are organizing Local User Groups

North Carolina

Ohio

Oregon

Jane Krauss began the group on November 16. Here's a link to our Eugene XO Users Workspace. Jane hosts an XO educator group in Classroom 2.0 also. --Mark 14:29, 21 November 2007 (EST)
    • Oregon State University has a group of OLPC users and developers who meet regularly and are developing a few XO-specific projects, including the Helix media player. Contact mburns.

Pennsylvania

Philadelphia/Delaware Valley: Any interest in a local user group? Give me a holler and we'll set something up! Ike9898 09:48, 9 January 2008 (EST)

Rhode Island

  • Rhode Island
    • A Rhode Island group formed for a few meetings, and appears to have a couple avid contributors, but seem to not have continued as a grassroots group.

South Carolina

Texas

  • Dallas has DFWXO, Dallas FortWorth Area XO users group

Vermont

  • OLPC Vermont Vermont Development and Grassroot Group.
    • The Vermont group is focusing on emulating the [[Sugar] UI and is spreading info about OLPC locally.

Washington

  • Washington is home to two distinct XO user communities; SeaXO and OLPC Bellingham
    • SeaXO The Seattle XO User Group meets once a month to help support local users and is very active in OLPC Health
Check http://www.SeaXO.com for the latest information. As we're all waiting for our XO computers, there's not very much to announce just yet. Certainly, a meetup and a chance to try out the Mesh network capabilities will be high on everybody's list. In the next few weeks more will be added to the site.
Meanwhile if you'd like to receive any announcement and meeting information, email your contact information and interest to mailto:SeattleXO@gmail.com , or go to the SeaXO.com contact page[1].
There appear to be a few people in our community with XO laptops - we'd love to find more, so created the XOBI google group at http://groups.google.com/group/xobi

Washington, DC

  • OLPC Learning Club D.C.
    • The OLPC Learning Club has several very active members, including Mike Lee and Luke Faraone. The group gives educational demonstrations, contributes to various content projects and develops software for the XO, such as GASP.
The OLPC News team is organizing a OLPC Learning Club for the DC Metro area. We'll be having our first meeting on December 18 with guest speakers and (hopefully) a mass XO mesh. Come by and co-learn!

Peer-reviewed educational content to implement in your classroom

  • We love to learn: Einstein.School 2.0 The interactive schoolbook that you can edit, update and improve. It makes passion the primary tool for learning.

This peer-reviewed [2] [3] educational content [4] is written under an open license [5] and gives everyone the freedom to use or modify the material to suit his or her own needs.

See also