Hi all -<br>It has been too long between status updates but I wanted to give you all an idea of what's going on in one corner of the documentation world related to OLPC. <br><br>Adam Hyde of Floss Manuals and I have been meeting regularly and work is proceeding on the Floss Manuals version of the XO getting started guide. You can see a published version here:
<br><a href="http://en.flossmanuals.net/OLPC_simple/Introduction" target="_blank">http://en.flossmanuals.net/OLPC_simple/Introduction</a><br><br>We plan to "freeze" this content on February 15th in order to publish a PDF of it that will hopefully be available for purchase on
<a href="http://Lulu.com" target="_blank">Lulu.com</a> (and also <a href="http://amazon.com" target="_blank">amazon.com</a>). I have been adding information about connectivity and file browsing/storage and would love any additions that others want to add. Floss Manuals is a neat infrastructure to use.
Plus the work that people have been doing on the <a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Wifi_Troubleshooting_Guide" target="_blank">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Wifi_Troubleshooting_Guide</a> and<br><div style="direction: ltr;">
<a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Wifi_Connectivity" target="_blank">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Wifi_Connectivity</a> pages is just great.<br><br>After that Feb 15th freeze date, it would be neat to try out Floss Manual's translation capabilities and recruit for translation again. <br>
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<br>Near the end of February/beginning of March, we want to have a print layout design done and Seth and I have been discussing this some. I'm just hoping it fits into Seth's schedule. :)<br><br>I've sent emails to people who have volunteered (thanks to Adam Holt for the forwards) to describe some of the documentation tasks that they could help with. Here's the list I usually send out. <br>
<ol><li>Sign up for a Floss Manuals account at
<a href="http://flossmanuals.net/" target="_blank">flossmanuals.net</a>. Jump in with edits or additions at <a href="http://en.flossmanuals.net/bin/view/OLPC_simple/WebHome" target="_blank">http://en.flossmanuals.net/bin/view/OLPC_simple/WebHome
</a>. We hope to publish a PDF from those pages and likely sell it via LuLu.com which also means it's available on <a href="http://amazon.com/" target="_blank">Amazon.com</a>. Any pages you add give you copyright recognition on the page, which is nice.
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</li><li>Feel free to edit or start a new page with a new audience in mind. I've started an Educator's Guide at <a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Educators_guide" target="_blank">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Educators_guide
</a>.
I am way out of my league writing about constructivism and intervention
guides (lesson plans) but I figure I have to start somewhere. :) <br></li><li>I also
want to link to as many additional reading materials about
constructivism and how to teach with that learning theory in the
forefront. There's a nice post over at <a href="http://www.olpcnews.com/hardware/peripherals/olpc_christmas_shopping_list.html" target="_blank">OLPC News that has great reading materials</a> and ideas for accessories. I'd also study the
<a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Educational_activity_ideas" target="_blank">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Educational_activity_ideas</a> page as well.</li><li>And there's always the Simplified User Guide at <a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Simplified_user_guide" target="_blank">
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Simplified_user_guide
</a> and read about the audiences at <a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Manual" target="_blank">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Manual</a>.
Edit or add sections as you see fit. I'm going to try to keep it in
sync with the Floss Manuals edition but I'm sure there is synchronizing
to do still.</li><li>These are just ideas and starting points, but if you
have other areas
of interest, just let us know. There's an e-zine as well if writing articles is something
that interests you - see <a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Weekly_zine">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Weekly_zine</a>.<br></li></ol>
As a side note, I'm planning an Austin XO user group meeting Sat. February 23 at 10 am at the Spicewood Springs library.
<br><br>Have a great weekend if that's upcoming in your time zone. :)<br><br>Anne<br><br><br>