[IAEP] What can I do in an hour? (was: An interesting project I stumbled across)

[Edward Cherlin]

On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 9:28 AM, Frederick Grose <fgrose at gmail.com> wrote:
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> To all:
>
> If you have a free hour you want to contribute, please find a wiki page (http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/) that interests you--and could be improved with something you know or could explain more clearly.

+1

That's how I got started with OLPC. I wrote pages about something I
knew, starting with keyboard layouts, fonts, and other language
apparatus.

> It's simple to click the edit tab button, and enter some new text or links, or whatever you want.  Don't worry about making a mistake with the formating, others will come along to fix things up.
>
> If you don't want to edit the page directly, each page has a matching 'discussion' page, which you can reach by clicking the 'discussion' tab button at the top.  These pages are meant to collect reader comments and questions relevant to the parent page.  See for example, http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Talk:Welcome_to_the_Sugar_Labs_wiki.
>
> Remember to click the 'Watch' tab button so you will be notified of changes to the page.  When you register your email with you account name, you can also click the 'prefs' (preferences) link at the top right of any page, and then, on the 'Watchlist' tab page, you can set a preference to add any page you edit to your personal watchlist.
>
> If you want to enter whole new content pages, there are some guidelines at http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Wiki_Team/Guide/Page_Creation.  There are instructions there for experimenting with new pages in you personal 'User_talk:' section of the wiki.
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> By this means, you can share and collaborate on whole projects in the Sugar Labs fields of interest, like Ed Cherlin's http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Creating_textbooks

I'm about to start a new page that could use tons of research. One of
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn's staffers has asked me to provide data and
contacts on all state-level one-to-one computing initiatives,
including California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's plan for Free
Digital Textbooks. While we are at it, I would like to collect data
for all OLPC groups, and for city-level projects and country projects
outside the US.

This set of pages will support creation of a state consortium to
develop one-to-one computing programs, including those using the XO,
to share R&D costs and results, to demonstrate the benefits of Free
Software, and to get contracts let out for developing Free Digital
Learning Materials.

Here is our first lesson: Alan Kay's Gravity for Ten-Year-Olds, done
up in Turtle Art.

http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/images/0/0e/Gravity.odt

And now I am off to a Linux Installfest to spread the word further.

> Some of our wiki pages are meant to collect new ideas:
> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Request_New_Features
> or questions:
> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_help#Help_Requests:
> or problems:
> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Submit_Bugs/Problems
>
> Please take a hour to explore the wiki, learn what's there, and then consider what's missing.
> At your next opportunity, enter that missing piece!
>
> It's your collective intelligence and contributions that make wikis work well.
>
> Thank you,              --Fred
>
>
> On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 9:45 AM, Maria Droujkova <droujkova at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Caroline,
>>
>> "What can a volunteer do" is a good general question. I have been
>> lurking on this list for a while, and I am still looking for some
>> SHORT tasks (1 hour or so) someone completely new could do. The
>> problem with most tasks is hours of preparation they seem to require
>> before they even start making sense. Maybe I missed some noob tasks,
>> too, because I could not tell them among others.

I have lots more. Whatever you can do we can use.

>> Cheers,
>> MariaD
>>
>> Make math your own, to make your own math.
>>
>> http://www.naturalmath.com social math site
>> http://groups.google.com/group/naturalmath future math culture email group
>> http://www.phenixsolutions.com empowering our innovations
>
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