Earn A Computer

Project Overview

The Earn a Computer project is a joint effort between Knox Makers and the Knoxville Technology Cooperative (TechCo). The intent is to provide a curriculum for the education of children in the Knoxville area, culminating in the donation of a fully functional computer to the recipient. The program is loosely modeled on the St. Louis, MO curriculum from byteworks.org We will begin with 5 pairs of Big / Little brothers and sisters from Big Brothers Big Sisters of East Tennessee. The first classes will be taught at the TechCo space in downtown Knoxville. There will be 6 classes of 1.5 hours each, 2 in a day with lunch in between. For instance, from 10:30 to 12:00, then from 1:30 to 3.

Tentative Dates

Tentative dates will be 3 Saturdays: November 10th, November 17th, and December 8th.

Presentation Topics

EAC 1.0 topics will include:

Sound Production - Shane

Link suggestions

• http://lmms.sourceforge.net/ - Linux MultiMedia Studio (LMMS), Ubuntu/Win open source answer to Fruity Loops Studio
• http://www.freesound.org/ - Free sound samples
• http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=9878646 - Information from different people about using Wine to install and run Fruity Loops Studio
• http://www.cockos.com/ninjam/ - NINJAM, "NINJAM is open source (GPL) software to allow people to make real music together via the Internet."
• http://www.ordrumbox.com/online-drum-machine.php - orDrumbox, neat open source music program
• http://www.atunes.org/ - aTunes, open source answer to iTunes
• http://www.traverso-daw.org/ - Traverso DAQ, "an audio recording and editing program which is very well suited to record a single voice, a band, an ensemble, a whole orchestra or any other source of music"
• http://www.hydrogen-music.org/hcms/ - Hydrogen Drum Machine, awesome simple tool
• http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ - Audacity

Project Dependencies

• Need to acquire hardware. Joe to work with Tellico Village Computer Users Group and see if we can get fully assembled systems. If not, we will build our own
• Need to acquire software. Each group member shall be responsible for requirements for their own class.
• Need to form curriculum - each member will form their own 1.5 hour class for their subject
• Need designated assistants for each class