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-Here are few things to get you started. Please note that this information is only for current participants in the Jetpack for Learning Design Challenge.
+If you are a participant in the Jetpack for Learning Design Challenge, then this is a quick checklist to get you started. Please complete all of the following before our first seminar on Wednesday 9 December 2009.
-What do I do now?
+'''Checklist'''
 * Create an account for this wiki
-* Make sure you and your collaborators are registered to the jetpackforlearning google group.
+* Make sure you and your collaborators are registered to the [http://groups.google.com/group/jetpackforlearning jetpackforlearning google group]
-* Create a profile page for your project, and link to it from this page. If you already have a project page in another place, just link to it from here. The idea is that there is a place where you keep others informed about your prototype as you are building it.
+* Create a profile page for your project (including where you are based), and link to it from [[Education/Projects/JetpackForLearning/Profiles|this page]]. If you already have a project workspace on another server, no need to copy the content over, just link to it. The idea is that this is a place where you keep others informed about your prototype as you are building it.
-* We are using Adobe Connect for the live seminars. Please have a look at the requirements and make sure you have access to a computer that meets them to participate.
+* We are using Adobe Connect Pro for the live seminars. Please have a look at the [http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobatconnectpro/systemreqs/ system requirements] and make sure you have access to a computer that meets them.
-* Get an IRC client and connect to the Mozilla #education channel.
+* Get an IRC client and connect to the Mozilla #education channel and #jetpack channel. Here are some [[Education/Collaboration/IRC|instructions]].
+* Watch the [http://vimeo.com/4752576 Jetpack Tutorial] (by Aza Raskin)
+* Install Jetpack from https://jetpack.mozillalabs.com/ (bottom of page). After restart, about:jetpack appears and you can prototype and test jetpacks right away from the Develop link. Other than that, we are flexible, i.e. you can use whatever code editor you want.
+* Join the [http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla-labs-jetpack Jetpack devel group] - this is the place where you can share technical questions and answers with other Jetpack developers: http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla-labs-jetpack
+* As a place to store your code, we recommend [https://github.com/ Github] for source control, but you can self-host or use any revision control system/site that you like.
+* Get an account for the [http://jetpackgallery.mozillalabs.com/ Jetpack Gallery]
-If you have any difficulties with this please drop a message into the google group.
+If you have any difficulties with any of this please drop us a message into the google group.