Organizing organizing: Difference between revisions

From OLPC
Jump to navigation Jump to search
(anh con Ta cung voi xem nap)
m (Reverted edits by 91.121.152.54 (Talk) to last revision by Skierpage)
 
Line 1: Line 1:
{{ Task | name = Organizing | unit = years | category = Organizing }}
New xrumer mod here. New xrumer mod here. New xrumer mod here. New xrumer mod here. New xrumer mod here. New xrumer mod here. New xrumer mod here. New xrumer mod here.

This is a meta-task-- a page devoted to ideas about mobilizing volunteers and organizing opportunities.

=== Clarify current volunteer roles/opportunities/processes ===
* Syndicate intern opportunities in one space on wiki
* ...and from various countries and organizations.
* Help redirect orgal interest away from donating funds and towards hosting and mentoring interns.
*: (Which requires info on how they might mentor said intern, and what s/he might do).
* Beginning some thoughts on an [[Internships]] program. [[User:Mchua|Mchua]] 14:02, 9 July 2007 (EDT)
* Merge OPLCwiki volunteer pages, which are:
*: ?
*[[Volunteer process]]

=== Online “welcome wagon" packet... what would this include? ===
*Basic checklist for getting started
*Model/templates for creating a local wiki, blog, & photojournal (see below).
*Links to (or pdfs of) some of the crucial OLPCwiki pages
*: [[OLPC_Human_Interface_Guidelines]]
*: ?
*"Official" OLPC documentary
*:From OLPC-open:

What I'm looking for is a fairly systematic presentation of the XO computer and how it is being used.
There are some basic pieces of information that I want to see, in addition to the scenes of children
demonstrating various activities.
These include:
* What kind of Internet connection does the school have?
How fast?
What does it cost?
* When the children take the XO computers home, does the mesh network really keep them connected to
the Internet?
At what distances,
and what speeds?
* If hundreds of XOs are distributed at a school, do icons for all of them appear on the screen in
Neighborhood view?
* Which icons will appear in Neighborhood view in an urban area that might have several schools?
* Which icons appear in Friends view?
How does the user control this?
* Does the school or teacher have to agree to apply the Constructivist approach to education before
they get XO computers for their students?

=== OLPC blog & photojournal ===
Ideally, this would document our own organizing/development process, and could be a model for others.
*Templates for creating OLPC user "homepage" (currently wikipage) w/ instructions on how to set up a free blog (blogger/wordpress) etc.
*Who is everyone, and what are they working on
*Have users take pix w/ XO
*3D tour of XO
*Anecdotal users like the "Poster Child"

=== How to document pilot programs ([[:Category:Pilot site]]) ===
{{Schools-nav}}

Globally...
* Aggregate existing self-documentation, including:
*: Uruguay (blog): [http://olpc-ceibal.blogspot.com http://olpc-ceibal.blogspot.com]
*: Brazil (YouTube): [http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=lecufrgs http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=lecufrgs]
*: Thailand (on wiki): [[Thailand/trial-200705]]
* Some sort of [[OurStories]] project?
* [[XO map]]

Locally...
* Photos
* Stories/anecdotes
* Examples of use
* Profiles of kids and their laptops (maybe via the OurStories project)
* Screenshot app-- develop + have kids take a screenshot of their laptop in its favorite use/config
* Questions for [[self documentation]]

=== Roles and Teams ===
Define and document...
* Install Team
** Instructions on getting the emulator installed
** A core team of people that help others to install the emulator
*** [[IRC]] Channel, Private chat on AIM, whatever it takes.
* Facilitators
** Direct volunteers toward projects they might be interested in by making themselves available for private chat or in a group chat. Someone comes in and says, hey I want to help, these are my skills. A director can help direct them where to go.
** Facilitators are most likely people who just lurk all the time on [[IRC]] or something along those lines.
* Candy Stripers
** coating community members and their computers in fine layers of Sugar... until the emulators are ''really good''.
** helping launch locos

=== Todo List for Vols ===
* Todo list should have difficulty levels, like the art of computer programming. E.g., If you know Python then a problem is a:
** 10 if you could do debug/fix/add feature in a couple minutes,
** 17 if you could do it in one sitting, but it may take a few hours,
** 20, means you could do it in a few days
** 29, means you could do it in a couple weeks with a lot of creativity.
** 30, maybe a couple weeks to a couple of months, but it's hard.
** 34, maybe a couple of months with a lot of creativity and innovation
** 40, Maybe a couple of years
** 50, you may be lucky to knock the problem into the 40s in a couple years.
** 51, first find a new base and reduce to a previous problem
*Todo list should indicate the urgency of the item for the project.
*... and the necessity of the item to the project.
*Should maybe be sorted by skill and subject?
*One possible model is the [http://www.mysociety.org/volunteertasks mysociety volunteer list]. Might be people worth talking to.
*Another is a bugtracker (or more user-friendly version thereof). Should we use the current OLPC bugtracker for these tasks as well?
* a variant of [https://www.bountysource.com/ Bountysource] adapted for things that aren't code, for short term projects not on the cycle

[[Category:OLPC ideas]]
[[Category:Feedback]]
[[Category:Tasks]]

Latest revision as of 11:14, 3 June 2012

Associated project ,|x|Related project::x}}
Short Description Short description::
Long Description Description::
Status Done::
Created Created::
Skills needed to accomplish task ,|x|Skills needed::x}}
Hardware and software needed to complete the task ,|x|Things needed::x}}
Date the task is finished Date finished::
Topic the task is related to ,|x|Topic::x}}
Person or persons working on the task ,|x|Contributor::x}}
Priority Has priority::


This is a meta-task-- a page devoted to ideas about mobilizing volunteers and organizing opportunities.

Clarify current volunteer roles/opportunities/processes

  • Syndicate intern opportunities in one space on wiki
  • ...and from various countries and organizations.
  • Help redirect orgal interest away from donating funds and towards hosting and mentoring interns.
    (Which requires info on how they might mentor said intern, and what s/he might do).
  • Beginning some thoughts on an Internships program. Mchua 14:02, 9 July 2007 (EDT)
  • Merge OPLCwiki volunteer pages, which are:
    ?
  • Volunteer process

Online “welcome wagon" packet... what would this include?

  • Basic checklist for getting started
  • Model/templates for creating a local wiki, blog, & photojournal (see below).
  • Links to (or pdfs of) some of the crucial OLPCwiki pages
    OLPC_Human_Interface_Guidelines
    ?
  • "Official" OLPC documentary
    From OLPC-open:
What I'm looking for is a fairly systematic presentation of the XO computer and how it is being used.      
There are some basic pieces of information that I want to see, in addition to the scenes of children 
demonstrating various activities.
These include:

* What kind of Internet connection does the school have?
  How fast?
  What does it cost?
* When the children take the XO computers home, does the mesh network really keep them connected to 
  the Internet?
 At what distances,
 and what speeds?
* If hundreds of XOs are distributed at a school, do icons for all of them appear on the screen in 
  Neighborhood view?  
* Which icons will appear in Neighborhood view in an urban area that might have several schools?
* Which icons appear in Friends view?
  How does the user control this?
* Does the school or teacher have to agree to apply the Constructivist approach to education before 
  they get XO computers for their students?

OLPC blog & photojournal

Ideally, this would document our own organizing/development process, and could be a model for others.

  • Templates for creating OLPC user "homepage" (currently wikipage) w/ instructions on how to set up a free blog (blogger/wordpress) etc.
  • Who is everyone, and what are they working on
  • Have users take pix w/ XO
  • 3D tour of XO
  • Anecdotal users like the "Poster Child"

How to document pilot programs (Category:Pilot site)

Ulaanbaatar.mn | Arahuay.pe | Khairat.in | Ban Samkha.th | Galadima.ng | Cardal and CEIBAL.uy | Bashuki.np | Bishwamitra.np | Atlas School.pk | Altos de Cazucá.co  [+/-]

Globally...

Locally...

  • Photos
  • Stories/anecdotes
  • Examples of use
  • Profiles of kids and their laptops (maybe via the OurStories project)
  • Screenshot app-- develop + have kids take a screenshot of their laptop in its favorite use/config
  • Questions for self documentation

Roles and Teams

Define and document...

  • Install Team
    • Instructions on getting the emulator installed
    • A core team of people that help others to install the emulator
      • IRC Channel, Private chat on AIM, whatever it takes.
  • Facilitators
    • Direct volunteers toward projects they might be interested in by making themselves available for private chat or in a group chat. Someone comes in and says, hey I want to help, these are my skills. A director can help direct them where to go.
    • Facilitators are most likely people who just lurk all the time on IRC or something along those lines.
  • Candy Stripers
    • coating community members and their computers in fine layers of Sugar... until the emulators are really good.
    • helping launch locos

Todo List for Vols

  • Todo list should have difficulty levels, like the art of computer programming. E.g., If you know Python then a problem is a:
    • 10 if you could do debug/fix/add feature in a couple minutes,
    • 17 if you could do it in one sitting, but it may take a few hours,
    • 20, means you could do it in a few days
    • 29, means you could do it in a couple weeks with a lot of creativity.
    • 30, maybe a couple weeks to a couple of months, but it's hard.
    • 34, maybe a couple of months with a lot of creativity and innovation
    • 40, Maybe a couple of years
    • 50, you may be lucky to knock the problem into the 40s in a couple years.
    • 51, first find a new base and reduce to a previous problem
  • Todo list should indicate the urgency of the item for the project.
  • ... and the necessity of the item to the project.
  • Should maybe be sorted by skill and subject?
  • One possible model is the mysociety volunteer list. Might be people worth talking to.
  • Another is a bugtracker (or more user-friendly version thereof). Should we use the current OLPC bugtracker for these tasks as well?
  • a variant of Bountysource adapted for things that aren't code, for short term projects not on the cycle