[OLPC-Chicago] OLPC XO Meet Up @ UCHICAGO

[Mel Chua]

How did it go? (Write back to the list!)

I'm especially interested in the pilot project discussion, as the folks 
who'll be in the full-time Chicago grassroots office have been trying to 
figure out ways to assist with those, and myself and some others like 
Chris H. (crazy-chris) on the grassroots list are putting together a 
series of resources for pilots - see [[Pilots]], with a hackathon for 
writing and uploading these resources planned this coming Thursday the 
14th (alas, at 2am Central) on the #olpc-groups [[IRC]] channel. Input 
and ideas and help from Chicago folks is always appreciated. :)

Go go gadget [[University chapters]]! (Make sure yours is listed there 
so other schools can find you and collaborate, by the way.)

Greetings from (freezing, freezing cold) New York,

-Mel

shaz rasul wrote:
> We're having an informal OLPC @ UCHICAGO meetup at the University of
> Chicago on Tuesday February 12th (Lincoln's Birthday) at 9AM.  Details
> below.  Sorry for the last minute notice to this list...
> 
> --SR.
> 
> ---------------------------------
> Forwarded from Lucy Gray <elemenous at gmail.com>
> 
> Hi All -
> 
> Shaz Rasul of CUIP has organized an informal get together for people
> 
> interested in the One Laptop Per Child laptop called the XO. In the
> past two weeks, there have been similar meetings at Google's Chicago
> office and at Marie Murphy School in Wilmette's AVOCA school district.
> 
> We will be meeting in the technology conference room at the Center for
> Urban School Improvement which is located on the second floor of
> Chapin Hall at 1313 E. 60th Street from 9 AM - 12 PM on Tuesday,
> February 12th. Parking is scarce, but there are a few public metered
> spots behind Chapin. Bring a breakfast or snack item to share, and an
> XO if you have one. You do not need to have one of these laptop
> computers to participate.
> 
> The agenda will include:
> 
> a general overview of the OLPC project & the XO itself
> an opportunity to experiment with several XO's on hand & the mesh networking,
> a discussion of possible pilot programs in Chicago and general
> implementation strategies/challenges,
> a discussion of ways to get other people (at the University and at
> CPS) involved,
> and more...!
> 
> Please RSVP to me at  lgray at usi-schools.org  or to Shaz at
> shaz at cuip.uchicago.edu. Also, free to join Shaz's XO Facebook group
> which can be found here:
> 
> http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=22334600016
> 
> Pass on this info if you feel so inclined!
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Lucy Gray
> 
> --
> Shaz Rasul
> Managing Director
> CUIP -- Chicago Public Schools | University of Chicago Internet Project
> ph:  773.834.2159 fax: 773.702.8212
> email: shaz at cuip.uchicago.edu
> web:  cuip.uchicago.edu
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