Humanitarian Free and Open Source Software Development Service Learning, Co-Op and Student Peer Mentorship

Building educational games and software for the OLPC XO users world-wide.

Free and Open-Source Software Grants the right of users to use, study, change, and improve it. “Free as in free speech, not as in free beer.” That said, many FOSS products are also free of cost, though not all of them.

Copyright Resistance and the Digital Age 40’s-60’s Software looked upon as a function of HW 1970 Microcomputers openly shared 1976 Gates letter Copy-It-Right and Distribution Religion: Phil Morton and Dan Sadin, video art and the Sandin Image processor schematics, 1976, current variation on the theme, Arduino Copy-It-RightDistribution ReligionPhil Morton Dan SadinArduino Copy-Left, software, 1975GNU, FSF: Richard Stallman, software, 1975,1985 Copy-LeftGNUFSFRichard Stallman Creative Commons: flexible licensing, Lawrence Lessig, all kinds of IP, 2001 Creative Commonsflexible licensingLawrence Lessig Pirate Party: A Swedish initiated political party centered around international anti-copyright efforts 2006, Rickard Falkvinge, Pirate PartyRickard Falkvinge The New Socialism

HFOSS

One Laptop per Child Mission Statement: To create educational opportunities for the world's poorest children by providing each child with a rugged, low-cost, low- power, connected laptop with content and software designed for collaborative, joyful, self-empowered learning. The XO Laptop, produced and distributed by OLPC

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First Community Users’ Group Meeting

03/09 Class begins, Includes Eric Grace, Adjunct professor and K-12 certified teacher.

Since then offered 3 additional times Now an official course “Humanitarian Free and Open Source Software Development” You don’t have to be a programmer to take it. Projects need artists, animators, project managers/team leaders, etc.

Course Content FOSS process topics such as how to join an on- going project or announce a new one. Hands-on sessions on tools and tool usage within the FOSS community such as repository systems, bug tracking, IRC, WIKIs and more. Project research and pitching, design document creation, distributed group management, blogging, etc. Child development, lesson plans and other aspects of educational software and game development.

Types of Projects Educational Games Educational Software and Teacher Support Government Transparency

After The Course Opportunities for… Community events like Hackfests, Conference Presentations and more Independent Studies hour/week campus jobs (when we have funding) Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships Co-Ops – Paid (when we have funding) – Unpaid (Depending on your program) GCCIS allows unpaid Co-Ops for students working for 501c3 registered not-for- profit organizations

The Stats active projects, as initiator or contributor 11 conferences as speakers 6 major speakers and events, organized and/or hosted 18 camps and hackfests Written and/or cited in nine articles active projects, as initiator or contributor 5 conferences as speakers 1 major speaker hosted 3 camps and hackfests. Written and/or cited in four articles

Digital Rochester GREAT! Awards Student Achievement Awarded to a student, currently enrolled in a Greater Rochester higher education institution, who showed leadership and skill in applying or advancing innovative technology for the betterment of themselves, their educational institution, and/or the greater Rochester Community. Justin Lewis, Fran Rogers and Taylor Rose for Open Video Chat.

The FOSSBox Our home in the Center for Student Innovation. Usually five-ten students there between noon and eight.

So, What are the “Take Aways?” Big Picture… – Service Learning isn’t limited to hands on work in a community. Open Source and/or Open Content are areas ripe for service – Co-Op can be a service opportunity

Next Steps Register for and/or send your students to register for , the HFOSS course this fall. Writers, Artists, Mathematicians, Scientists, all encouraged to register, faculty encouraged to sit in Join POSSE this summer ( a few seats left) or next summer (planning on doing it again)

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