The document discusses plans for an "Etoys in Space Jam" event to take place on January 17th, 2009 at the Arlington Career Center. The event aims to surface issues with running NASA's Etoys in Space activities on OLPC XO laptops, repair files to be compatible, and foster understanding of open source concepts. A draft schedule is provided, including a user group meeting, introduction to Etoys in Space, team QA review of activity files, and discussion of findings. Randy Caton offered to fix issues logged from the Learning Club and wanted suggestions to improve usability and learning experiences, especially for least developed countries.

1. Etoys in Space Project Conference Call Friday, Jan. 9, 2009, 3pm EST Hosted by Nortel Networks DC

2. Participating Organizations OLPC Learning Club DC Nortel Networks DC Arlington Career Center Gallaudet Research Institute Viewpoints Research Institute Waveplace Foundation NASA OLPC Support Gang OLPC News

3. Informal Agenda for Call Call < 60 mins. Introductions Etoys in Space Project Background OLPC Learning Club Jam Tech Issues & Possible Solutions Guidance on Future Jams

4. Where the Learning Club Meets Arlington Career Center Gallaudet University Nortel Networks

5. Screenshot Screenshot of Sundial Challenge from XO Laptop

6. Initial Observations of NASA Squeak Web Activities Running on OLPC XO Sugar OS 8.2.1, Etoys 3 Slow load time on some activities New Etoys menu bar interferes with activity content objects Text in some text blocks overflows Animation sprites sometimes run slowly Layouts for 1024x768 now feel cramped 1024x768 background images repeat Some pages on NASA Connect web site don’t fit on XO screen

7. What is an OLPC Jam? “ An OLPC Jam is a creative event designed to encourage (simultaneously) experimentation and innovation in the field participants are Jamming in and to produce open-license content for the OLPC project in a short amount of time. Experienced, prepared participants work in small teams to collaborate with domain and local experts and produce a concrete product to a pre-specified problem; the creative output of the event is deployed in the field directly after the Jam. It's high-intensity improvisational fun - some participants say they've never created in such a productive development environment before.” http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Jams

8. Goals of the Etoys in Space Jams Near term: Surface issues with running Etoys in Space Activities on the OLPC XO Longer term: Repair all the files to be compatible with OLPC XO Build interest and excitement in the Learning Club for Jams and Etoys Foster understanding of open source concepts in a diverse and inclusive learning club

9. Etoys in Space Jam Draft Schedule for 1/17/09 at Arlington Career Center 10am - 1pm User Group Meeting 12pm - 1pm Pizza Lunch 1pm - 2pm Intro to Etoys in Space 2pm - 5pm Jam Team QA Review of Activity Files 5pm - 6pm Team Discussion of Findings 6pm - 7pm Dinner

10. Jam-related Takeaways from the Conference Call Randy Caton says it’s pretty easy to fix the NASA Squeak Web Activities. He’ll do it based on feedback logged by the Learning Club. But he would not only like bugs noted, he also wants suggestions for improving overall usability and the interactive learning experience. He also wants ideas on how the lessons can be redesigned for use in the least developed countries (LDCs) where there is much less classroom support. He provided a link to a site where the activities had been translated into Spanish. http://www.pcs.cnu.edu/~rcaton/sp/squeakindexSP.html

11. Links Etoys in Space Site Map & Content Inventory http://www.visuallee.com/etoys OLPC Learning Club DC http://www.olpclearningclub.org