RIT Big Shot Event

On May 8th, I participated in RIT's 24th Big Shot Event photographing the Erie Canal & historic Schoen Place in Pittsford NY. The annual event is produced by RIT School of Photographic Arts and Sciences where hundreds of participants collaborate in an evening photograph by "painting with light" and illuminating a scene for the camera to capture. It was the first Big Shot I've participated in and it was a fun and exciting experience. I can't wait for next year!

Imagine RIT Innovation & Creativity Festival

On May 3rd, I was part of the Imagine RIT festival as a presenter representing the Lab for Technological Literacy.

The OLPC XO Laptop was a huge draw as I explained our mission and demonstrated the XO to hundreds during the festival.

Visit:
http://www.rit.edu/imagine
Videos:
http://www.rit.edu/imagine/videos.php?file=ImagineRIT_commercial
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPRnszKxQrU&NR=1

XO Laptop Workshop

On March 26th, 2008 I helped organize, administer, & facilitate an OLPC XO Laptop workshop at RIT in the GCCIS building. Many visitors stopped in to see & touch an XO in person. Visitors experimented with networking the laptops and collaborated with fun applications designed for interaction and education.

Visit: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Rochester,_NY

RIT OLPC XO Laptop Development

Visit the One Laptop Per Child Rochester Wiki for OLPC XO laptop development & research. Find out about new developments & initiatives, add comments & links, or even help by starting your own projects!

One Laptop Per Child is not just for youth or third-world country education, exciting local outreach projects & software development are happening in our own backyard. Participants include a wide range of technical enthusiasts to the technical illiterate, click the link & check it out!

One Laptop Per Child Rochester Wiki
Rochester OLPC Forum by Frederick Grose
OLPC Research by Jeff Sonstein

ArtPeace Inc. Press Release

I have been a proud member of the Board of Directors of a local non-profit organization, Artpeace Inc. for about a year now. The mission is to empower youth by transforming education through the integration of arts, recreation, technology, & entrepreneurship.

We are currently running a ArtPeace @ East Program with the Rochester City School District in East High School. Here is a link to a recent article in the D&C newspaper.

LTL Logo Update

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RIT Research

I am now doing research for the Lab for Technological Literacy at Rochester Institute of Technology. The focus of my research will be on One Laptop Per Child (OLPC), the XO Laptop, & Educational Software.

I will be assessing the educational value of the OLPC initiative with a focus on how the educational software & applications meet and/or exceed the United States National Public Educational Standards and the International Standards as well.

Resources include the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), National Educational Technology Standards (NETS), MIT Science Technology Engineering & Math (STEM), and several other sources.

Website Updates

Here are the press releases from the past couple of years including Jan. 15th, 2008:
http://ericmgrace.googlepages.com/pressrelease
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Edgerton Mural Program