Marife, Thanks for the introduction. I am really looking forward to following the progress of your progress. Please let me know if I can help at all.
Also, let me know when to expect the plane ticket. :) Gerald On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 11:51 AM, Marife Mago <marife.m...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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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