Who: Alastair, Tabitha, Tom, Dave, Carl, Brenda, Callum, Tim, Grant, Becs<br><div class="gmail_quote"><br>Testing the new Sugar OS5 on XO hardware. Found the MESH does not work at all, cannot see Mesh1,6,11 only see olpc-mesh that we could not use, also the mesh icons show up as regular networks rather than the mesh target icon. Connected via shared internet through macbook with aircard, found that most XOs cannot see each other when all connected via macbook, though they can access interwebs. <br>
<br>Testing collaboration on different versions of Sugar and different hardware and in VM. We found some activities better than others. Struggle with audio and video in Sugar in VM. <br><br>Last week we had issues with creating soas strawberry - run script, script reports successful completion but the USB is blank. Resolved today - think it was to do with an existing boot partition. Have got it working correctly now.<br>
<br>Testing Lexar USB keys to check they mount and unmount on XO hardware. We like the way the behave so are buying more with a small donation we have received ($100 donation, the USB keys are $15 for 2GB). <br><br>Talked about SFD activities to do with kids and students during the day. Sorted out a SoaS install for the 150 USB keys that have been donated to the SFD. Now we just need the keys to arrive from USA and we are all go. Some of our ideas in case they are useful to others: get kids to measure each others height with distance activity and use spreadsheet activity to graph heights of kids (noisy environment would stop this from working); make a circuit of activities so kids get to try different activities in small groups doing 10 minute activities with a volunteer helping them at each circuit station; making memory games with memorize, making music with kazoos (or other instruments) and tamtam suite, recording each other with record (maybe interviews), maze races (this led to discussions on how we could map a maze out on the floor utilising distance and then getting them to race the maze), etoys or turtle art with sensors (makerspace can make sensors for us and the rep rap machine can make us view finders). More ideas welcome. We are hoping to give them a problem to solve, some kind of challenge. <br>
<br>Talked about Sahana project. This is a FOSS application for coordinating agencies response to disaster . Recently deployed on XOs aggregating areial photography into the maps in Sahana.<br><br>rotating main screen with rotate button kills the laptop when using new Sugar OS5. only thing still working is text mode console. <br>
<br>new sugar OS5, no video or picture capture in record activity anymore, only audio capture, Record-64<br><br>Decided next Saturday testing will be held at National Library as the OpenGovt Barcamp will be there. Opportunity to involve them (and drink free coffee).<br>
<br>Thanks for coming team!<br><br clear="all">Kind regards<br>Tabitha Roder<br>eLearning Consultant HRDNZ (Moodle Partner)<br><a href="mailto:tabitha@hrdnz.com" target="_blank">tabitha@hrdnz.com</a><br><a href="http://www.hrdnz.com" target="_blank">www.hrdnz.com</a><br>
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