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− | SugarCamp++ will be Mon Oct 22 to Wed Oct 24 in San Francisco, immediately following OLPC SF's global community summit: http://olpcSF.org/summit | + | SugarCamp++ will be Mon Oct 22 to Wed Oct 24 in San Francisco (business hours especially) immediately following [http://www.olpcnews.com/use_cases/community/olpc_san_francisco_community_summit_2012.html OLPC SF's global community summit]. |
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− | Please join & help strengthen collaborative global education! We strongly welcome new participants read up on [http://planet.sugarlabs.org ongoing] [http://planet.laptop.org projects], think about volunteering and put themselves [http://olpcMAP.net on the map] :)
| + | Presenting an opportunity for all to begin real hacking & implementation of the tech/learning/organizational ideas exchanged over the weekend summit |
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− | http://olpcsf.org/sites/default/files/u8/red_xo_in_sf_fog_2012.jpg | + | Please join & help strengthen collaborative global education! Inspired by the rapidly-approaching [http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/2012-August/015452.html dream of Sugar 1.0] and the [http://www.olpcnews.com/laptops/xo-4/olpc_xo_4_will_provide_significant_performance_boost.html XO-4]. |
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| + | We strongly welcome new participants. Read up on [http://planet.sugarlabs.org ongoing] [http://planet.laptop.org projects], think about [mailto:volunteer@laptop.org volunteering] with [http://www.sugarlabs.org Sugar Labs] and [http://one.laptop.org OLPC], open your imagination to what open-learning-for-all might become -- and [http://olpcMAP.net put yourself on the map] :) |
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| + | http://olpcSF.org/sites/default/files/u8/red_xo_in_sf_fog_2012.jpg |
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| + | = Photos = |
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| + | * From Adam Holt: http://flickr.com/tiayiti |
| + | * From Mike Lee: http://flickr.com/curiouslee/sets/72157631841452526 |
| + | * From Mark Battley: http://flickr.com/ntugigroup/sets/72157631839591590 |
| + | * From Pete Fecteau: http://flickr.com/africahacktrip/sets/72157631846071405 |
| + | * From Nancie Severs: http://blog.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/nsevers/4/1351172665/tpod.html |
| + | * From Mitchell Seaton: https://plus.google.com/photos/114766364529484115275/albums/5821209871799850449 |
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| = Topics = | | = Topics = |
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| Please add project topics below if you will give them legs :) | | Please add project topics below if you will give them legs :) |
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− | * [http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/server-devel/2012-August/006126.html School Server Community Edition] (Yes We Khan)
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| * [http://cananian.livejournal.com/66654.html XOrduino], Curricular Arcs, Streamlined Teacher Training | | * [http://cananian.livejournal.com/66654.html XOrduino], Curricular Arcs, Streamlined Teacher Training |
− | * Sugar 0.98 & 1.0 (vs Windows 8 releasing Fri Oct 26 ;) | + | * [http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/server-devel/2012-August/006126.html School Server] [https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1dnhU2F6EntepVXTgN8QpkME8fZVUuPjcCoMUfAVKbcc Community Edition] (hassle-free [http://ChildrensLibrary.org ICDL], Yes We [http://khanAcademy.org Khan], lessons learned from Oct 19-21 demo classroom @ SFSU? etc) |
− | * Hackers Without Borders, Feedback from Small/Medium-sized Deployments | + | * [http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/sugar-devel/2012-August/thread.html#38829 Sugar 0.98 & 1.0 and what lies beyond] (vs Windows 8 releasing Fri Oct 26 ;) |
| + | * Hackers Without Borders, Feedback from Small/Medium-sized Deployments, [http://meeting.sugarlabs.org/sugar-meeting/meetings/2012-05-30T21:08:10 NewCo], [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/ALEARN_Network ALEARN] |
| + | * Documentation within Sugar; Video Tutorials; Books/Histories of OLPC/Sugar |
| + | * Power Infrastructure: developing countries' schools need what?? |
| + | * Translating [http://google.com/search?q=olpc+butia Butía] construction instructions from Spanish to English (Christoph) |
| + | * Sensors... build, test, create lesson ideas (STEM, SET, and SCIB), maybe video tutorials of how-to make? KISS! (Caryl) |
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| = Attendees = | | = Attendees = |
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| Please add your name if you will come & contribute to the future of Sugar/OLPC or similar -- include 2 words about your preferred project: | | Please add your name if you will come & contribute to the future of Sugar/OLPC or similar -- include 2 words about your preferred project: |
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− | * Adam Holt, Boston | + | * [http://twitter.com/adborden Aaron Borden]? OLPC SF |
− | * Alex Kleider, SF - XS Community Edition | + | * Adam Gordon, Toronto/[http://ntugigroup.org Kenya] (Oct 19-22) |
− | * Bastien Guerry? Paris - XS Community Edition? | + | * Adam Holt, Boston (Oct 17-25) |
− | * Bernie Innocenti, Boston | + | * Alex Kleider, SF - [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XS_Community_Edition XS Community Edition] |
− | * Bill Stelzer? US Virgin Islands | + | * Aleksey Lim, Russia (Oct 19-24?) |
− | * Caryl Bigenho? Los Angeles | + | * Anish Mangal, UMichigan, former Dextrose Project Manager (Oct 17-21) |
− | * Christoph Derndorfer, Vienna | + | * Anna Schoolfield, Birmingham Alabama (Oct 19-24?) |
− | * Craig Perue, Jamaica - Curricular Arcs | + | * [http://lumiere.ens.fr/~guerry/ Bastien Guerry?] Paris - XS Community Edition? (Oct 19? 21-23?) |
− | * CScott Ananian? Boston - [http://cananian.livejournal.com/66654.html XOrduino?] | + | * [http://codewiz.org Bernie Innocenti], Boston - Google, Sugar Labs founder (Oct 19-28) |
− | * Daniel Drake? Nicaragua | + | * Bert Freudenberg, Germany - Etoys (Oct 19-21) |
| + | * Bill Stelzer, US Virgin Islands (Oct 18-27) |
| + | * Caryl Bigenho, Los Angeles area - Teacher & [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Contributors_program Contributors Program] mentor (Oct 19-24)(Robots, Sensors, XS) |
| + | * Christoph Derndorfer, Vienna - OLPC News Editor (in SF Oct 17-25) |
| + | * Cherry Withers? San Jose CA | Philippines |
| + | * Christine Murakami? Ohio - [http://csgolpc2012.weebly.com Columbus School for Girls] |
| + | * Claudia Urrea? Boston | Colombia - OLPC [http://one.laptop.org/about/people/claudia-urrea Director of Learning] (Oct 21-23) |
| + | * [http://twitter.com/craigperue Craig Perue] - Jamaica Ministry of Education (Curricular Arcs, Project Mgmt, Oct 19-21) |
| + | * CScott Ananian? Boston - [http://cananian.livejournal.com XOrduino?] [http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/2012-September/015518.html Arduino?] |
| + | * Dafydd Harries - alum of Collabora Ltd (Oct 16-23) |
| + | * Daniel Drake, Nicaragua (Oct 18-24) |
| + | * David Farning, Wisconsin - [http://activitycentral.com Activity Central] founder (Oct 19-24?) |
| + | * David Jessup? Florida - OLPC/Liberty City [http://one.laptop.org/about/people/david-jessup-jr Project Manager] (Oct 19-22?) |
| + | * Ed Bigenho, Los Angeles area-Volunteer "helper" (Oct 19-24)(Robots, sensors) |
| * Gary Martin? Scotland | | * Gary Martin? Scotland |
− | * George Hunt, NYC - XS Community Edition | + | * George Hunt, NYC - [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XS_Community_Edition XS Community Edition] (Oct 19-24) |
− | * Jerry Vonau? Winnipeg - XS Community Edition? | + | * Giulia D'Amico, Miami - OLPC [http://one.laptop.org/about/people/giulia-damico VP of Business Development] (Oct 19-21?) |
− | * Kevin Gordon, Toronto/Kenya | + | * Grant Bowman - [http://olpcSF.org OLPC SF] |
− | * Mark Battley? Toronto/Kenya - Curricular Arcs | + | * Janissa Balcomb - [http://olpc2010-lesotho.blogspot.com/ Lesotho] (Oct 19-23) |
− | * Mitch Seaton? Philippines/Australia/Denmark | + | * Jennifer Martino - [http://www.olpccanada.com/blog/ OLPC Canada] [http://twitter.com/olpccanada Director] (Oct 18-22) |
− | * Nancie Severs? New Hampshire | + | * Jerry Vonau? Winnipeg - [http://www.laptop.org.au/ OLPC Australia], [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XS_Community_Edition XS Community Edition] |
− | * Nick Doiron? SF | + | * John Watlington, Boston - OLPC VP of Hardware Engineering (Oct 20-22) |
− | * Sameer Verma, SF | + | * Jonathan Ooms, Global Literacy Foundation |
| + | * Kevin Gordon, Toronto | [http://ntugigroup.org Kenya] (Oct 18-22) |
| + | * Luke Faraone, DC/Boston (Oct 19? 21-22?) |
| + | * Marina Zdobnova, LA/Russia (Oct 19-24?) |
| + | * Mark Battley, Toronto | [http://ntugigroup.org Kenya] - Curricular Arcs (Oct 16-25) |
| + | * Mary Lou Jepsen? Taiwan - [http://pixelqi.com/ Pixel Qi] |
| + | * Matt Keller, Connecticut | Ethiopia - [http://www.technologyreview.com/view/429206/emtech-preview-another-way-to-think-about/ OLPC Literacy Project] (Oct 19-21) |
| + | * Mitch Seaton, Philippines (eKindling) | Australia | Denmark (Oct 18-26) |
| + | * Mike Lee, DC - Tablets, [http://youtu.be/VuOvwJAwA0U XOrduino, XO Stick], Scratch, Etoys, [http://proyectojuanchacon.blogspot.com/2012/09/sugarlabs-dc-is-back.html SugarLabs DC], [http://olpcLearningClub.org OLPC Learning Club], [http://bib.archive.org/ Books in Browsers] (Oct 19-23/26) |
| + | * Nancie Severs, New Hampshire/Thailand/Vietnam - [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Contributors_program Contributors Program] coordinator (Oct 17/18-22) |
| + | * Nick Doiron? SF - Code For America (Oct 19-22) |
| + | * Richard M.Batna, Montreal (Oct 18-23) |
| + | * Richard Smith? Boston - [http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/power power electronics], OLPC [http://one.laptop.org/about/people/richard-smith Director of Embedded Engineering] |
| + | * Rod Weis, Global Literacy Foundation |
| + | * Ruben Rodriguez? Spain - Activity Central CTO |
| + | * Sameer Verma - [http://olpcSF.org OLPC SF] Chief Organizer |
| + | * Sarah Naguib? [http://laptopsforegypt.wordpress.com Ohio | Egypt] |
| * Simon Schampijer? Berlin | | * Simon Schampijer? Berlin |
− | * Walter Bender, Boston | + | * SJ Klein? Boston - [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Trustees Wikipedia Board], [http://dp.la Digital Public Library of America] (Oct 20-21) |
| + | * Tanja Kohn, Austria (in SF October 16 - 26 early morning) |
| + | * Tim Falconer, Pennsylvania (Oct 19-22?) |
| + | * Tony Anderson, Rwanda - Karma Learning System, XS Community Edition? (Oct 19-24) |
| + | * Walter Bender, Boston - [[Oversight Board|Sugar Labs Executive Director]] (Oct 21-24) |
| * Yoshiki Ohshima? Los Angeles | | * Yoshiki Ohshima? Los Angeles |
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| + | = Registration = |
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| + | <u>Be sure to add your name to the "Attendees" list above, with a couple words about your interests, and also write to <b>holt @ laptop.org</b> confirming there's still room!</u> |
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| + | Both rooms below will be free (thanks to the amazing generosity of SF State University's College of Business) with reliable Wifi included -- lunch/dinner is available for individual purchase downstairs at the large Food Court. |
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| + | Note the preceding weekend's [http://www.olpcnews.com/use_cases/community/olpc_san_francisco_community_summit_2012.html Oct 19-21 Community Summit] itself (structured talks/demos/panels etc, you don't want to miss, [https://www.eventbrite.com/event/4025544512 please register now!]) costs $25 to $40/person to pay for facilities rental, great community shirts, supplies etc. A price that would indeed be an order of magnitude higher if it weren't for the astonishing volunteer efforts of the http://olpcSF.org community :) |
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| = Location = | | = Location = |
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− | UNCONFIRMED BUT LIKELY:
| + | <b>In 2 modern classrooms, Oct 22-24 (Mon to Wed), 8AM to 5PM</b>: |
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− | San Francisco State University<br> | + | San Francisco State University |
− | 835 Market St, 5th Floor <b>(go downtown, NOT to the main campus!)</b><br> | + | Rooms 667 & 668 |
− | San Francisco, CA 94103 | + | 835 Market St, 6th Floor <i>(go downtown, NOT main campus)</i> |
| + | San Francisco, CA 94103 |
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− | In a modern classroom (or possibly 2!) If we're so lucky, cost will be kept to a minimum (keep praying, likely free) with reliable Wifi included -- lunch available for purchase downstairs at the large Food Court.
| + | = Evening Excitement = |
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| + | <b>Nearby pubs will be well-used too!</b> (And restaurants, and large food court below SFSU/downtown) |
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| + | * [http://twitter.com/AfricaHackTrip AfricaHackTrip] Drink-up, Wednesday Oct 17, 6:30PM @ Showdown saloon (happy hour!) 10 6th Street, San Francisco: http://www.meetup.com/AfricaHackTrip/events/85351052/ |
| + | * Reception @ SFSU/Downtown [http://olpcSF.org/summit Friday Oct 19, 5:00PM]. [https://www.eventbrite.com/event/4025544512 Please Register Now] for the summit if you haven't! |
| + | * Party in Bolinas Sunday Oct 21, 6PM (1hr from SF, across Golden Gate). Rental vehicles will be arranged in person during the weekend summit, ask for the awesome June & Alex Kleider on the summit floor! |
| + | * Will Obama/Romney mention OLPC in their [http://www.2012presidentialelectionnews.com/2012-debate-schedule/2012-presidential-debate-schedule/ foreign policy debate] Monday Oct 22, 6PM PDT? As [http://blog.laptop.org/2012/10/03/former-president-clinton-mentions-olpc/ Bill Clinton just did] Sept 23? Find out at a local bar with us! |
| + | * [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Cbigenho Caryl Bigenho] and [http://derndorfer.eu Christoph Derndorfer] invite you to an on-street segway city adventure for about $30, perhaps late Mon/Tue Oct 22-23? Music/shows also possible. Please contact them or jot something in right here ! |
| + | * SF [http://www.africahacktrip.org/ AfricaHackTrip] Meeting #1, Wednesday Oct 24, Noon @ SFSU downtown: http://www.meetup.com/AfricaHackTrip/events/85328062/ |
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| + | The olpc-social@googlegroups.com mailing list for [https://www.eventbrite.com/event/4025544512 registered summit attendees] can also help coordinate ad hoc/spontaneous in-city get-togethers etc! |
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| + | == Relevant SF Communities == |
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| + | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noisebridge Award-winning] anarchistic SF educational hackerspace: http://Noisebridge.net |
| + | * Silicon Valley-San Francisco Bay Area Python Interest Group, meets Oct 25: http://BayPIGgies.net |
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| = Accommodations = | | = Accommodations = |
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− | Great hostels are available in San Francisco but must be booked early. Please write to the olpc-sf public mailing list for tips: http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-sf
| + | San Francisco is not cheap, but great hostels are available if you book them early. Please write to the olpc-sf@lists.laptop.org public mailing list for tips, so you can get to know & stay nearby others: http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-sf |
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| + | The olpc-social@googlegroups.com mailing list for [https://www.eventbrite.com/event/4025544512 registered summit attendees] can also help coordinate ad hoc/spontaneous in-city get-togethers etc! |
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| + | = Ride Board = |
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| + | Drivers and Passengers: Post your ride information here. |
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| + | * Driver: Janissa Balcomb, traveling from Wayan, Idaho. Room for 1 passenger comfortably, 2 if one has short legs. Leaving Idaho Thu Oct 18, Returning ?Wed (or Thu) Oct 24 (or 25). Main route will be via I-80 thru Elko, Reno & Sacramento. Will probably camp overnight partway. |
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| = Suggestions = | | = Suggestions = |