OLPC New Zealand
There are several groups in NZ and the Pacific working on OLPC related projects and initiatives.
- [Wellington testers and promoters - they have met weekly since mid 2008 (see WellyNZTesters)
- Auckland group and Christchurch group starting to meet regularly .
- Computer Clubhouse Manukau City NZ
- Moodle developers (Martin Langhoff plus others from Catalyst IT)
- Translation to Maori
- Ian Thomson is the Oceania Project Coordinator
Watch the NZ video made by Spring TV Join our Facebook group
Come join us
To hear about our events, subscribe: http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-nz
Look at laptop.org.nz for current events in New Zealand.
Main contacts: Tabitha, Brenda, Tim, Alastair
Wellington group
The Wellington Testers is a group that gets together each Saturday mid-morning at a cafe (currently Southern Cross) to drink coffee and test-drive the latest version of the software for the XO.
We keep notes of the things we try, of the things that work well, and of the bugs we find. We post the notes to the development list, including all the things that did work (this makes programmers happy, after all, most of them are volunteers). For the bugs, we try our best to find steps to reproduce, and diagnose them.
To join in the testing action, you can find us in New Zealand's capital, Wellington, testing at Southern Cross, 35 Abel Smith Street on Saturdays from 10.30am/11.00am until our fingers don't work anymore. Check out the Cross
Who are we? Curious kids of various ages - some of us are involved in education, others in technology.
Auckland group
Meeting every Saturday at 11:00 am at the Windsor Castle 144 Parnell Road. The Windsor website Considering other venue options for other days as the testing group grows. This group is carrying out tests on multiple builds for XO-1.0s and XO-1.5s as well as looking at educational use and sugar translations. Contact tabitha@tabitha.net.nz for more information.
Suz & Tamara Olliver are OLPC owners who like to meet up to review progress, show off what they are doing, generally socialise and eat. Their domain is olliver.family.gen.nz and email addresses are of the form <firstname>@<domain>. Please feel free to email them.
Vik has been working on a one reprap per child project and is now an established supplier of viewfinders for XOs. He prints them on the RepRap using an XO to drive the printer. Watch the Video to see for yourself
Computer Clubhouse Manukau City NZ
Is looking at deploying a 1-1 Learning Programme in Otara Manukau City
Moodle Developers
A team of Moodle developers led by Martin Langhoff @ Catalyst has been working on several aspects of the OLPC project.
- At the moment, I am working on an OpenID implementation for Moodle, and doing some work on the School Server (XS). Others, more hardware tinkerers, have been playing with the ATest1 and B2 machines and debugging OS problems. At the moment there is a custom Moodle branch for OLPC in my development tree, and that is where my work is concentrated. (Martin Langhoff)
What else is going on?
Tabitha ran the education miniconf at the LCA2010 conference mid January 2010 and we had a "hacking the sugar layout" session
We are working on a translation to Maori in Pootle.
We're testing the deployment activities on 802B5 on XO-1.0 and testing 116 on XO-1.5s.
We have some Auckland University students working with us on a project for sending data via radio. They are using an XO-1.0 and XO-1.5 and looking at doing tests in the field, maybe Solomon Islands.
Who's got what
| Laptop | Serial Number | Who | Where | Project |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laptop 1 (Karora) | Andrew McMillan | Wellington | Testing 8.2-767 | |
| Laptop 2 (Loco) | CSN74701D32 | Liz Quilty (confirmed 24 May 2010) | Hamilton | XO-1.0 Testing 8.21 - build 767, firmware Q2E18 |
| Laptop 3 (Pyro) | SHF8150259E | Alastair Munro | Wellington | Testing 8.2.1, build 802B5, firmware Q2E41 |
| Laptop 4 (Simba) | CSN74802FFC | Tabitha Roder (confirmed 24 May 2010) | Auckland | XO-1.0, Testing 0.82.1, build 802B6, firmware Q2E41 |
| Laptop 5 (Shrek) | SHF81502638 | Nicoletta for Tongan translation (June 2010) | Auckland | 8.21 build 802b6 |
| Laptop 6 (Rocco) | CSN7480015B | Bex | Wellington | XO-1.0, Testing 8.21, build 767, firmware Q2E18 |
| Laptop 7 (Moodle) | Leslie (confirmed 22 May 2010) | Auckland | XO-1.0, Testing 8.21 - build 802b5, firmware Q2E41 | |
| Laptop 8 (Josh) | CSN749028BA | Steve Vincent (confirmed 24 May 2010) | Tauranga | XO-1.0 Testing 8.21 - build 802, firmware Q2E41 |
| Laptop 9 (Tio) | SHF7250080F | Grant | Wellington | XO-1.0, Testing 8.21 - build 802, firmware Q2E41 |
| Laptop 10 (Pogo) | CSN74802463 | Luci luci@wellsuited.co.nz (confirmed 24 May 2010) | Christchurch | Testing 8.2-767 |
| Laptop 11 (Zephyr) | SHF80802932 | Luci luci@wellsuited.co.nz (confirmed 24 May 2010) | Christchurch | Testing on....656 |
| Laptop 12 (Rambo) | CSN74802145 | With Alastair | Wellington | XO-1.0, Testing on 8.21, build 802, firmware Q2E41 |
| Laptop 13 (Mojo) | CSN74701F41 | Fabiana (confirmed 22 May 2010) | Auckland | XO-1.0, testing 0.82.1 build 802B6, firmware Q2E41 |
| Laptop 14 (Twilight) | CSN74804BF8 | Tabitha Roder | Auckland | Testing on 8.21, build 802, firmware Q2E41 |
| Laptop 15 (Monkey) | CSN74804D7E | Fabiana | Auckland | XO-1.0, Testing on 8.21, build 802, firmware Q2E41 |
| Laptop 16 (Ollie) | SHC937010DB | Tim | Wellington | XO-1.5, Testing on 0.84.2, build 54, OLPC release 11, Q3A18 |
| Laptop 17 (Shadow) | SHC93701143 | Dorothy Burt, Tamaki Transformation Programme (16 July 2010) | Auckland | XO-1.5, build 205 |
| Laptop 18 (Aslan) | SHC93701128 | Grant | Wellington | XO-1.5, Testing on 0.84.14, build 116, Q3A35 |
| Laptop 19 (Poppy-Copy) | SHC9370114B | Russell Burt, Tamaki Transformation Programme (16 July 2010) | Auckland | XO-1.5, build 205 |
| Laptop 20 (Camelot) | SHC937010FF | Bex | Wellington | XO-1.5, Testing on 0.84.14, build 116, Q3A35 |
| Laptop 21 (Anna) | CSN75000DC0 | Nevyn (26 June 2010) | Auckland | XO-1.0 testing on 180py |
| Laptop 22 (Tux) | CSN75002073 | John (26 June 2010) | Auckland | XO-1.0, Testing on 180py, firmware Q2E41 |
| Laptop 23 (me) | SHF7250056A | Steven Vincent (confirmed 24 May 2010) | Tauranga | Showing teachers and geeks in Tauranga and Rotorua |
| Laptop 24 (Milo) | SHC0050090D | Tim's niece | Wellington | X0-1.5, Testing on 0.84.2, build 201 customised, firmware Q3A33 |
| Laptop 25 (Ada) | SHC00500850 | With Alastair | Wellington | X0-1.5, Testing on 0.84.2, build 201 customised, firmware Q3A33 |
| Laptop 26 (Tank) | SHC005008D1 | Vinny and Team OneBeep for Imagine Cup | Auckland | X0-1.5, Testing on 0.84.14, build 125, Q3A35 |
| Laptop (Pinchy) | own | David and Sigi | Melbourne | Testing 8.2-767 on own machine, moved to Melbourne |
Log of things done and cool stuff we want to talk about
We keep a log of what we do every week. To view this log go to the WellyNZTesters page Also check out the laptop.org.nz site for our stories.
See us in action
Come to a testing session in New Zealand. Check laptop.org.nz or email olpc-nz@lists.laptop.org to make contact.
Testing | Volunteer | User:Tabitha |