[OLPC_Boston] CFS pilot status? (for IL deployment team)
Mel Chua
mel at melchua.com
Thu Dec 4 19:07:47 EST 2008
Yifan + 1 - I'm curious about the CFS pilot timeline myself, since
there's been talk about having teacher workshops around
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon/FUDConF11 which is Jan 9-11 and I'm
curious whether there might be some schedule overlap opportunities around.
Can we get a quick roadmap/timeline please?
Yifan wrote:
> Hey guys,
>
> Sorry to keep bugging you guys, but I was wondering if there was any
> sort of timeline going on for this. Sandra was telling me that
> deployment wasn't actually scheduled until February, but the IMSA people
> will be here in early January... Will CFS be in session, and what sort
> of things could we do and can't we do given that time restraint? Thanks,
>
> Yifan
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 11:59 PM, Mel Chua <mel at melchua.com
> <mailto:mel at melchua.com>> wrote:
>
> Answers that I can provide:
>
> a: server
>
> XS setup is the big one - I want to find a local team to take on
> maintenance if possible, but much of this can probably be done
> remotely. I'm not sure how much - whoever on the deployment team is
> doing XS stuff should find out.
>
> A thought for the Harvard loop team: It would be awesome to identify
> and recruit a small group of older students who want to be the
> "student tech team" on-site at CFS - 6th-8th graders that the
> deployment team can teach things like basic laptop repair, XS
> administration, and the like while they're there, so you'll have
> tech kids "on the ground" to work with at all times. Like a junior IT.
>
>
> what else? checking to make sure all the laptops work and all that?
>
> See http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Boston_pilots#Needed - Build is going
> to be a big one, and it'd be good to train the teachers on how to
> acceptance-test* builds and Activities, how to create and use
> customization keys, and how to upgrade. (This is the "so what
> software do we run on our XOs?" question.) I'd be happy to teach
> this if there's interest.
>
> *this is the most difficult/involved part of the process - not
> technically difficult, but it takes time for people to figure out
> what their requirements actually are.
>
> There's also...
>
> * helping the kids unpack and reflash their XOs once they arrive
> (the exciting time!)
> * cool sugar/xo tricks 101; being general XO buddies
> * observing/joining the volunteer (translation, content, curriculum,
> deployment, development, test, support, etc.) communities - for
> teachers, parents, and students. Not every user will become a
> volunteer, but they should all have the ongoing opportunity to do
> so, know that the option exists, and how to take advantage of it if
> they want.
> * teaching the teachers how to use the XS - maybe see if moodle is
> something they want to use/learn.
>
> -Mel
>
>
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