On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 9:28 AM, Frederick Grose <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. > > 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 <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > [email protected] > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep -- Silent Thunder (默雷/धर्ममेघशब्दगर्ज/دھرممیگھشبدگر ج) is my name And Children are my nation. The Cosmos is my dwelling place, The Truth my destination. http://earthtreasury.org/worknet (Edward Mokurai Cherlin) _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
