User:Cbigenho

Educators, so you want to learn more about FREE Sugar software and how to get it for your classroom?

Come to my CUE Unplugged Session at the CUE conference in Palm Springs, CA on March 4-6. My session is on Friday in the 3:15 to 3:45 pm time slot.

Introduction:

I am a retired Los Angeles educator who spent 30 years teaching math, science, and computer science and serving as a counselor at the secondary level.

In 2007 I was a "First Day Donor" in OLPCs G1G1 program. Soon after receiving my XO in November 2007, I joined the OLPC support-gang. I continue to volunteer with OLPC and also with Sugar Labs, testing software and providing a teacher's perspective.

I especially enjoy helping with Contributors Program projects, helping answer questions from people in Spanish, and taking my Roadshow In A Box to conferences, expos, and other places that want presentations about the XOs and the Sugar software.

I also am a disaster services volunteer with the American Red Cross in California Montana and lead hikes with for the Los Angeles Chapter of the Sierra Club's Inner City Outings program.

In my spare time I do a lot of dancing, play in the garden, edit photos and DVDs, travel, try to play various musical instruments, and spend time with my family.

In the summer I escape, with my Roadshow In A Box to Montana where we are finishing a large log home on the Yellowstone River.

Caryl Bigenho, AKA "Sweet XO Grannie"

This is me with one of my RoadShow In A Box XOs. If you look closely at the XO screen, you will see my husband, Ed who took the picture. He helps me a lot with presentations and visits to schools with the Roadshow XOs.

Since I started this page, I have acquired more XOs via the Contributors Program and damaged machines which I have been able to repair. I take them to conferences, do presentations, booths and the like to spread the OLPC message in Southern California and Montana. I also lend them out to potential Contributors Program applicants.

The poster behind me is a reminder that I have also participated in 2 book sprints, the Floss Manual sprint in summer of 2008 and the Class Acts sprint in summer of 2009.

I have also been enjoying acting as a mentor for several Contributors Program projects.