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=== RIT | === RIT Pitches in on OLPC Project === | ||
The Fedora OLPC project seems to have found a friend at Rochester Institute of Technology[http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Rochester,_NY]. Fedora Ambassador Karlie Robinson contacted RIT professor Stephen Jacobs and discussed the project, which spurred Jacobs' interest in doing a class around the XO. | The Fedora OLPC project seems to have found a friend at Rochester Institute of Technology[http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Rochester,_NY]. Fedora Ambassador Karlie Robinson contacted RIT professor Stephen Jacobs and discussed the project, which spurred Jacobs' interest in doing a class around the XO. | ||
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Ambassadors
In this section, we cover Fedora Ambassadors Project.
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors
Contributing Writer: Larry Cafiero
RIT Pitches in on OLPC Project
The Fedora OLPC project seems to have found a friend at Rochester Institute of Technology[1]. Fedora Ambassador Karlie Robinson contacted RIT professor Stephen Jacobs and discussed the project, which spurred Jacobs' interest in doing a class around the XO.
Karlie brought Professor Jacobs up to speed on what Fedora is doing around the XO[2], where Fedora is providing XOs to those who will do development work. The deal revolved around getting XOs for Jacobs classroom in exchange for the RIT students working on Greg DeKoenigsberg's 4th Grade Math project[3].
So RIT students got XOs and the project got some more help.
Fedora at CUE
Karsten Wade represented Fedora at last week's Computer-Using Educator (CUE) conference in Palm Springs, California. Karsten gave a talk about the advantages of bringing a culture of participation to the classroom.
A detailed report of what happened at CUE can be picked up at Karsten's blog, i, quaid, specifically the items entitled "Stumbling around in the K-12 space" and "Moodle as a killer K-12 app."
Got Ambassador News?
Any Ambassador news tips from around the Fedora community can be submitted to me by e-mailing lcafiero-AT-fedoraproject-DOT-org and I'd be glad to put it in this weekly report.