Illinois Math and Science Academy Chapter
This is the wiki-homepage of the Illinois Math and Science Academy Chapter. We are similar to a University chapter; however, we are a public, selective, residential 10th-12th grade institution in Aurora, Illinois. We were the first high school chapter in the world.
Projects
Ongoing Projects
- IMSA Service Model Research Project
- Intersession 2009: ILXO Deployment in Boston, MA
- Organizing a Chicago area bulk purchase
- Setting up an Off grid power test lab
- Letter witting campaign for low cost laptop bill
Small group projects
We are working in small groups on a few separate experiments. Many were started during our intersession week of January 7-11, 2008.
Chapter Wide Goals
- Organizing a summer research group
- Developing an after-school program for Elementary Students near IMSA
- Evangelizing more K-12 chapters around the world
Completed Projects
- Presented at the ILCTO meeting in November 2007
- Distance
- Rewrote Emulating_the_XO/Quick_Start/Windows in January 2008
- Presented at the Chicago OLPC Grassroots Group meeting in January 2008
- Presented at IL-TCE in February 2008
Presenting at TECH2008 on May 7 in Springfield, IL(accepted, but TECH2008 was cancelled)- Ran a student showcase session at NECC 2008 in San Antonio, TX
- Ran a BoF at NECC 2008 in San Antonio, TX
- Presented at K12OMC in September, 2008 in Indianapolis, IN
XOs on campus
There are currently 19 XOs on IMSA's campus, but not all of them work properly. If you are interested in playing with a machine, or in helping to fix machines as a part of [IMSA Service Model Research Project] contact April-Hope, Kevin or Scott Swanson. You can also just come up to ITS (B205) sometime during the day, before 4:30 (or jabber Scott or April-Hope to see if either is still on campus after 4:30, which happens more often than they'd like to admit). If you are at home during the summer and interested in working with us, still let one of us know; we might be able to arrange something!
List of XOs on IMSA Campus
| Machine Name | Machine Model | With Whom | Problems | Who Has Tried to Fix It in the Past | Colors (head/body) |
| scott | G1 | Scott/IMSA Information and Technology Services (ITS) | None | N/A | blue/purple |
| imsa | G1 | ITS (Donated by Jim Gerry) | None | N/A | light blue/blue |
| ahw | G1 | April-Hope (personal machine--ask for it; it's at home) | None | N/A | blue/yellow |
| harper | B2 | ITS (Donated by Google Chicago) | None | N/A | N/A |
| B2 | ITS (Donated by Google Chicago) | None | N/A | N/A | |
| trow | B4 | ITS (Donated by Google) | None | N/A | blue/light blue |
| yare | G1 | ITS* | Enter key torn. | ahw | yellow/maroon |
| imsa2 | G1 | ITS* | None (No longer WP?) | ahw | orange/orange |
| N/A | G1 | ITS* | DEAD | N/A | blue/yellow |
| N/A | G1 | ITS* | Half display black. | Ruhiyyeh | green/purple |
| grainger | G1 | ITS* | Keyboard software issue. | Sammy N. and Travis Mui | red/green |
| N/A | G1 | ITS* | Boot Fail | N/A | light blue/light blue |
| N/A | G1 | ITS* | DOA | N/A | maroon/blue |
| BOGEY | G1 | ITS* | Keyboard issue? | Kevin | turquoise/green |
| SPECTER | G1 | ITS* | Bad keypad. | Ross? | peat/blue |
| entelec | G1 | ITS* | Keyboard issue. | Kevin? | peat/light green |
| nopond | G1 | ITS* | Keyboard issue? | Kevin? | purple/yellow |
| maxmcgee | G1 | ITS* | Stuck CTRL key. | Kevin? | light blue/peat |
For reference, [*] means that the XO is part of our IMSA Service Model Research Project.
If you are an XO owner and live in the Aurora area, and are willing to lend your XO to IMSA for special projects temporarily, please contact Scott Swanson. We would be forever grateful!
Contact Information
Try Gabi, Kevin, Arjun, or Scott. We also maintain an IRC channel, #olpc-imsa, on freenode.
Members
Co-chairs-
- 2008-2009: Kevin Crews, Arjun Nayini, and Gabi Heller.
- 2007-2008: April-Hope W. and Kevin Crews.
Collaborators- Meg Welter, Kyle Hanson, Sanat Bhole, Colin Dodson, Ariel Liu, Jason Rock, Justin Johnson, Spencer Andrews, Grant Rotskoff, Will Getz, Andrew Ericson, Kelly Zhang, Hannah Reiser, Mitra Veeramasuneni, Bob Lee, Tony Yunker, Adam Novak, Will Hahne, Cora Goldston, Ruhiyyeh Turner, Chris Gropp, Daniel Geiger, Liam Hession, Alex Jeria, Arika Verma, Katie Tu, Shyam Saladi, Ilya Nepomnyashchiy, Sid Sapru, Saurin Shah, Alex Goins, Kevin Baker, Milan Udawatta, Nikita Shah, Liz Zaretsky, Lisa Patel, Amy Zhou, Evan Balzuweit, and Ian McInerney. If you are interested in becoming a member, contact Kevin at kcrews@imsa.edu.
Advisors- Scott Swanson and Jim Gerry
Past Advisors- Brian Sea
Founders- April-Hope W. and Kevin Crews