OLPC Pune
OLPC ----- ONE LAPTOP PER CHILD
OLPC started it's journey in India in September,2007 at Khairat, a rural village near Navi Mumbai in Maharashtra. After the successful stories of Khairat, Bangalore, Nashik, Dugawar...now it's the turn of Pune!
OLPC Pune is branch of OLPC. OLPC Pune took a start on 14th Feb in the event "Gnunify 2009" at Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies and Research with the support and interest of enthusiastic members believing in the noble cause of spreading knowledge and educating children of underprivileged sections of society. OLPC Pune has categorized the project primarily in three areas of learning, technology and outreach. Members are working in their own areas of interest. Sole purpose is to outreach students in rural areas and letting them experience the fun and pleasure of learning on laptops.
Getting Started XO Camp
The Getting Started XO Camp is scheduled on 1st March, 2009 in Pune.
The details for the camp is as follows :-
Venue :-
Room No. 207,
Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies and Research,
1st Floor, Atur Centre, Gokhale Cross Road,
Model Colony, Pune - 411016.
Agenda
| Time | Room No.207 | Session conducted by | |
| 0845 | Coffee and registration | ||
| 0900 | Introduction and Agenda Review | ||
| 0915 | XO World - Why, What, Where To | Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay from The Fedora Project | |
| 1215 | Break for Lunch | ||
| 1300 | Localization of Sugar -Introduction and Getting Started | Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay from The Fedora Project | |
| 1400 | Digital Bridge Foundation (DBF)- Introduction | Amit Gogna | |
| 1500 | Starting OLPC Pune Deployment - Road Ahead | Open Discussion | |
| 1600 | Break for Tea | ||
| 1615 | To be Scheduled ... | ||
The localization of Sugar bits require an Internet connection and, the need to have the Pootle instance up. Else, we would be doing a run through about various localization tools that allow off-line usage and, good things to know about localization.
Details of Each Session
XO World
- Quick introduction to OLPC (I promise to keep this short)
- Introduction to Sugar
- Learning about Activties on Sugar
- Howto Build New Activities (the usual bits that you-should-know)
- Hacking your XO
Localization of Sugar -Introduction and Getting Started
- Introduction to Pootle
- Localization of Sugar into Indian Languages
- Off-line tools
- Good to know stuff
Digital Bridge Foundation (DBF)- Introduction
- Introduction
- Vision / Mission
- Projects on Ground
- People
Starting OLPC Pune Deployment - Road Ahead
-- still to be listed --
Attendees
Sign up here if you plan to attend.
- Amit Gogna
- Sankarshan (sankarshan at fedoraproject dot org)
Suggestions for Getting Started XO Camp
Kindly let us know your view and opinions on your expectations for the session if any :-
OLPC Pune To do list
- Getting started camp and other meetings for volunteers
- finding potential sites for project implementation
- aiming an initial distribution of 30 XO within 30 days.
- finding potential sponsors
- finding out possible content that will be relevant
- signing up participants for testing the Sugar builds
- formalizing a process towards getting developers to for Sugar
- and....more....
Mailing list
More support and guidance is a must for the success and implementation of project. To be a part of OLPC Pune please follow the discussions on: http://groups.google.com/group/olpc-india
History
OLPC project is founded by Nicholas Negroponte.