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==Women in Computing at RIT== |
==Women in Computing at RIT== |
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Mel Chua was invited to RIT to work with Professor Stephen Jacobs' Honors Seminar, Programming for the OLPC XO on Friday 24 April 2009, and was a guest of Professor Sharon Mason, GCCIS Women in Computing Faculty Associate, on Saturday 25 April 2009 for a Women in Computing brown-bag luncheon entitled 'Meet Mel and test drive an OLPC XO. |
Mel Chua was invited to RIT to work with Professor Stephen Jacobs' Honors Seminar, Programming for the OLPC XO on Friday 24 April 2009, and was a guest of Professor Sharon Mason, GCCIS Women in Computing Faculty Associate, on Saturday 25 April 2009 for a Women in Computing brown-bag luncheon entitled 'Meet Mel and test drive an OLPC XO'. |
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Mel provided a review of the OLPC project history and highlighted the hardware and software advances made by the project teams. Professor Jacobs provided an XO laptop for each in the audience of six so everyone had a chance to test drive the XO with Mel's guidance. |
Mel provided a review of the OLPC project history and highlighted the hardware and software advances made by the project teams. Professor Jacobs provided an XO laptop for each in the audience of six, so everyone had a chance to test drive the XO with Mel's guidance. |
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Mel stayed after the noon to 2:00 pm scheduled time to work with a student. |
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From Mel's notes on the whiteboard: |
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==The Sugar stack== |
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Activity<sub>1</sub>, Activity<sub>2</sub>, Activity<sub>n</sub><br> |
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Sugar: (Python, Etoys, Squeak, Scratch, ...)<br> |
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Fedora<br> |
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Open Firmware<br> |
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Hardware |
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==Things one can do for the OLPC and Sugar Labs projects== |
==Things one can do for the OLPC and Sugar Labs projects== |
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* Work on the security infrastructure (Rainbow) |
* Work on the security infrastructure (Rainbow) |
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* Work on the |
* Work on the firmware (Open Firmware) |
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* Sugar core |
* Sugar core |
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** collaboration |
** collaboration |
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* Grassrooting (supporting volunteers) |
* Grassrooting (supporting volunteers) |
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==Commandment 0 of |
==Commandment 0 of open source software development== |
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'''Ask forgiveness, not permission''' |
::'''Ask forgiveness, not permission''' |
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==Contact Mel== |
==Contact Mel== |
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* mel [at] laptop [dot] org |
* mel [at] laptop [dot] org |
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Revision as of 00:31, 27 April 2009
Women in Computing at RIT
Mel Chua was invited to RIT to work with Professor Stephen Jacobs' Honors Seminar, Programming for the OLPC XO on Friday 24 April 2009, and was a guest of Professor Sharon Mason, GCCIS Women in Computing Faculty Associate, on Saturday 25 April 2009 for a Women in Computing brown-bag luncheon entitled 'Meet Mel and test drive an OLPC XO'.
Mel provided a review of the OLPC project history and highlighted the hardware and software advances made by the project teams. Professor Jacobs provided an XO laptop for each in the audience of six, so everyone had a chance to test drive the XO with Mel's guidance.
Mel stayed after the noon to 2:00 pm scheduled time to work with a student.
From Mel's notes on the whiteboard:
The Sugar stack
Activity1, Activity2, Activityn
Sugar: (Python, Etoys, Squeak, Scratch, ...)
Fedora
Open Firmware
Hardware
Things one can do for the OLPC and Sugar Labs projects
- Work on the security infrastructure (Rainbow)
- Work on the firmware (Open Firmware)
- Sugar core
- collaboration
- reflection
- exploration
- Sugar activities
- Run pilot deployments
- School server (XS) development
- Curriculum design
University level projects
- Networking, field and laboratory testing
- Testing
- Tool development
- Analyzing feedback
- School server development
- Curriculum development and evaluation
- Grassrooting (supporting volunteers)
Commandment 0 of open source software development
- Ask forgiveness, not permission
Contact Mel
- mel [at] laptop [dot] org
- mel [at] sugarlabs [dot] org
- mel [at] melchua [dot] com