[math4] FIRST robotics team working on math4 project

[Karlie Robinson]

Welcome to the group, Travis. 

Keep the list and the wiki up to date on your progress so we can all 
follow along.

~Karlie

Travis Axtell wrote:
> Hello math4 list,
>
> I'm a mentor for FIRST Robotics team 342 in Charleston, SC.  For a 
> summer project, I wanted to expose my high school students to some 
> OLPC game/activity programming and python to grow their skills.  
> Thanks to David Nalley and Fedora, we were able to get 10 OLPCs to our 
> teammates to get some hands on experience the XO-1capabilities.  This 
> also gave us direction for a game that promoted math skills.
>
> I have been following the list for a few weeks now and been keeping an 
> eye on the RIT projects and math4 skills list.  Our team met for the 
> first time yesterday and got everyone updated to the OLPC 8.2.1 
> release.  On Saturday we're going to discuss what math4 curriculum 
> chart items we're going to tackle to include in our game.  I'll report 
> back after we discuss on what the team at large decides.  My goal for 
> our summer project was at least 2 untouched line items from the list.
>
> Thankfully I do have some great help, with two mentors with prior OLPC 
> experience.  One of which helped get Fedora running on the OLPC and 
> the other participated in an OLPC Jam and previously built an OLPC 
> activity.
>
> I'm sure from time to time I'll have some questions too, so thanks 
> everyone in advance for your help.  We're looking forward to being a 
> part of the OLPC team at large.  I'm open to your comments and advice.
>
> Travis
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