Hi Cherry and All, Plz let me introduce Gerald Ardito, he's from Pierre Van Cortlandt Middle School in Croton, Hudson NY. Ryan and I ...had a chance to visit their first deployment.
Gerald plz meet the team. Just got a word from him...he'll join Mitch in traveling to the Philippines for the deployment. Right ...Gerald? :) Gerald: Plz feel free to join our mailing list. http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-philippines Mabuhay! ~marife On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 6:56 PM, Cherry Withers <cwith...@ekindling.org>wrote: > Hi folks, > (PAGING Carlos, Rowen and Hamilton and anyone else who have done XO/Sugar > work) > > I'm going back home to the Philippines after 17 years of absence. I always > thought I won't do this until I'm given a compelling enough reason to do so. > I think affecting some changes on our education system in the Philippines > (however small or big that may be) is compelling enough. So I'm heading back > home this April to lend a hand in preparing the teachers in Lubang for the > pilot deployment in June. But I need help especially from those who have > experience playing with the laptop and Sugar. > > Tessa Yuvienco will work with the teachers on prepping them on how the > technology will change the dynamics of the classroom (classroom management, > curriculum integration, etc.). Harvey volunteered to do some second tier > hardware support training (this is for training the technical support team > who will be the main contact when hardware breaks) but his time is limited > so he can only go over a handful of things. I can go over most of the things > that's not covered but it would be great to break up the task. Mitch Seaton > from OLPC-Aus will lend his support during the deployment and do a refresher > course on what we talk about in April. Here are some of the bigger areas > that we need help on: > > A) XS server training and support (I'm working on getting us the ideal > hardware for this before I go home and OLPC-SF said that they can help but > just in case, maybe someone can look into getting us a set-up even if it's > just for the span of the training?). This is for teaching the teachers and > students on how to log in and use the XS server and Moodle. > > B)* Detailed hardware debugging and repair. The hardware trouble shooting > and repair training will likely be broken up into two tiers: > > 1st Tier: this will be a simple diagnosis that we can teach the technical > support team including teachers and kids. Maybe just how to recognize > trouble signs and to know how to articulate the problem to the tech support > team. > > 2nd Tier (only for Tech support team): More detailed training on how to > trouble shoot, debug and do quick repairs. We still have to figure out up to > how much complexity of repairs the tech support team in Lubang can handle. > We may add a third tier to the support or just escalate the hardware > problems to OLPC main. > > *Note: any guidance on this part would be truly appreciated. > > The training will be from April 12-21st with the last two days dedicated to > the Muscovado project and training in content creation using Etoys. > Unfortunately space is limited (this is venue and hardware issue) to just > the participants of the two pilots but let me or Ryan know if you'd like to > get involved long term to the projects and we'll try to accommodate as much > as we can possibly can. > > Thank you for your support! > > Sincerely, > ---Cherry > P.S. So far we have 6 XOs that we are guaranteed to have, but we could use > more as there will be 12 participants in the Lubang project. If you have > some hardware that you can lend that will be great. The teachers will need > them till their laptops come in around late July or early August. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > OLPC-Philippines mailing list > OLPC-Philippines@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-philippines > >
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