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== | ==Math4 at RIT and in Rochester NY== | ||
It started as a [[User:Gdk/4th_Grade_Maths|big idea]]. | It started as a [[User:Gdk/4th_Grade_Maths|big idea]]. | ||
Then [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Ke4qqq| Dave Nalley], a [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors| Fedora Ambassador], | Then [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Ke4qqq| Dave Nalley], a [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors| Fedora Ambassador], asked for XO laptops to work on that big idea. | ||
Meanwhile, in Rochester NY on January 22, 2009, an [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Rochester,_NY OLPC Community SIG] was starting. At this initial meeting [User:KRobinson Karlie Robinson] learned that Rochester Institute of Technology Professor, Stephen Jacobs, wanted to teach a class around the XO using machines being donated by Nortel. | |||
On February 7, 2009 David Nalley announced the [https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-olpc-list/2009-February/msg00033.html Fedora Developers XO program]. A pilot program in North America that would begin to tackle the [[User:Gdk/4th_Grade_Maths|4th grade math curriculum]] using volunteers equiped with 100 donated XO laptops. | |||
Revision as of 12:13, 11 March 2009
Math4 at RIT and in Rochester NY
It started as a big idea.
Then Dave Nalley, a Fedora Ambassador, asked for XO laptops to work on that big idea.
Meanwhile, in Rochester NY on January 22, 2009, an OLPC Community SIG was starting. At this initial meeting [User:KRobinson Karlie Robinson] learned that Rochester Institute of Technology Professor, Stephen Jacobs, wanted to teach a class around the XO using machines being donated by Nortel.
On February 7, 2009 David Nalley announced the Fedora Developers XO program. A pilot program in North America that would begin to tackle the 4th grade math curriculum using volunteers equiped with 100 donated XO laptops.