[OLPC_Boston] CFS pilot status? (for IL deployment team)

[Mel Chua]

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
> 
>