last time I talked to the NYSCATE folks I had a booth for the RIT game dept again this year. Last year and this year I will be showcasing our OLPC efforts in that booth and am happy to use it to support the efforts in any way I can. Sent from my iPhone
On Jun 1, 2009, at 7:50 AM, "Karlie Robinson" <karlie_robin...@webpath.net > wrote: > Caroline Meeks wrote: >> Hi Karlie, >> >> Its looking like Rochester is going to be a hotbed of Sugar >> development. We are hoping to co-locate a Sugar conference with >> NYSCATE. >> >> Given that I think we should really go for it on in terms of >> presentations. My thought is lets propose two hands on 3 hour >> workshops. Using Sugar in the Elementary School Classroom and >> another specializing in Using Sugar in Math Instruction. Lets also >> sign up for a 1 hour lecture format session on Sugar. >> >> Who else is going to be there? Is there someone from Math4 group >> who can be Presentor 1 for the Math Class? >> > Of course I'll be in town and I've done a 50 minute presentation on > Math4 at Ithaca EdTech day and Bar Camp Rochester[1]. I was the one > who got everyone going on Math4 in Rochester (Fedora XO donation to > RIT and liaison work). > We also have Steve Jacobs the RIT professor who ran with my > suggestion to teach Open Source development. > And last but not least, Fred Grose who'll be overseeing the RIT Co- > ops this summer, Wiki Magician, and the guy who's been beyond > helpful filling in our knowledge gaps concerning OLPC and Sugar Labs. > Steve and Fred were also the driving force behind an OLPC Grass > Roots group in Rochester. I just happened to come to the first > meeting as a Fedora-OLPC SIG rep. The rest is kismet. (Rochester > NY is a hot bed for FOSS to begin with LUG of Rochester is one of > the oldest Linux User Groups in the world running continuously for > 15 years) _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep