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→Photos: Mitchell Seaton's photo album
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].
Presenting an opportunity for all to begin real hacking & implementation of the tech/learning/organizational ideas exchanged over the weekend summit. Please join & help strengthen collaborative global education!
Presenting an opportunity for all to begin real hacking & implementation of the tech/learning/organizational ideas exchanged over the weekend summit
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 put yourself [http://olpcMAP.net on the map] :)
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].
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
http://olpcSF.org/sites/default/files/u8/red_xo_in_sf_fog_2012.jpg
= Photos =
* 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
= Topics =
= Topics =
* [http://cananian.livejournal.com/66654.html XOrduino], Curricular Arcs, Streamlined Teacher Training
* [http://cananian.livejournal.com/66654.html XOrduino], Curricular Arcs, Streamlined Teacher Training
* [http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/server-devel/2012-August/006126.html School Server Community Edition] (hassle-free [http://ChildrensLibrary.org ICDL], Yes We [http://khanAcademy.org Khan], etc)
* [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)
* [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 ;)
* [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]
* 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
* Documentation within Sugar; Video Tutorials; Books/Histories of OLPC/Sugar
* Power Infrastructure: developing countries' schools need what??
* 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)
* [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
= Attendees =
= Attendees =
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:
* Adam Holt, Boston (in SF Oct 18-25?)
* [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 (will attend but not sure which days)
* 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)
* Mike Lee, DC (Oct 19-23)
* Jerry Vonau? Winnipeg - [http://www.laptop.org.au/ OLPC Australia], [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XS_Community_Edition XS Community Edition]
* Nancie Severs? New Hampshire
* John Watlington, Boston - OLPC VP of Hardware Engineering (Oct 20-22)
* Nick Doiron? SF
* Jonathan Ooms, Global Literacy Foundation
* Sameer Verma, SF
* 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
* Tony Anderson, Rwanda - Karma Learning System, XS Community Edition?
* SJ Klein? Boston - [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Trustees Wikipedia Board], [http://dp.la Digital Public Library of America] (Oct 20-21)
* Walter Bender, Boston
* 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
= Registration =
<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>
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.
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 :)
= Location =
= Location =
<b>In 2 modern classrooms, Oct 22-24 (Mon to Wed), 8AM to 5PM</b>:
San Francisco State University<br>
San Francisco State University
835 Market St, 5th Floor <b>(go downtown, NOT main campus!)</b><br>
Rooms 667 & 668
835 Market St, 6th Floor <i>(go downtown, NOT main campus)</i>
San Francisco, CA 94103
San Francisco, CA 94103
= Evening Excitement =
<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!
== Relevant SF Communities ==
* [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
= Accommodations =
= Accommodations =
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
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
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!
= Ride Board =
Drivers and Passengers: Post your ride information here.
* 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.
= Suggestions =
= Suggestions =