Thanks for the Twitter heads up! I just followed, as I am following the development of this landmark event earnestly. Is it possible to observe the pre-training and deployment of the project at some point during the covered dates?
Best wishes to everyone in the Lubang project. - K Karissa Villa (/kaffee) On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 11:01 PM, Marife Mago <marife.m...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yey! since we're now on our full swing for our Lubang project. Let me also > page Allan Victorino and his group to step up, we need your help for this > up-coming Training, your familiarity of the XO would be a great help. If > you can bring the XO's too during the training would be great ...with your > technical support as well will be appreciated. > > I don't know if Nadine can help facilitate thru twitter? She's in Leyte. > Let's page her as well. > > For the contact info ... eKindling is in facebook, twitter and this mailing > list. > > Mabuhay! > > Marife > > On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 12:47 AM, Cherry Withers > <cwith...@ekindling.org>wrote: > >> Woot! Hamilton stepped up! Thanks Ham! Rowen's signed up as well. Awesome. >> Thanks guys! >> >> Last time I talked to Tessa she mentioned that the room has a cable >> internet line no wifi access. >> So we do need the WAP for the training. >> >> Let's talk next week to get everyone's availabilities for the training so >> we can schedule >> the classes accordingly? I'm pretty much available to Skype anytime after >> 6pm my time next week. >> >> Any takers for the hardware portion? >> >> >> Thanks again guys! >> Grateful, >> Cherry (on behalf of Lubang School and eKindling) >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Hamilton Chua <hamilton.c...@gmail.com> >> Date: Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 4:19 PM >> Subject: Re: Need help with the training this April >> To: Cherry Withers <cwith...@ekindling.org> >> >> >> Hi Cherry, >> >> I can help with A. I have a lower power atom based (easy to carry >> around) computer which I built into a NAS box. With a spare 80GB hard >> drive and fedora, I can repurpose it into an XS we can use for training. >> >> I wonder if we will have internet or a LAN in the venue. I have a spare >> 8 port 10/100Mbps switch and an old Linksys 802.11b wireless router >> which we can use. >> >> Best, >> >> Ham >> >> >> >> On Thu, 2010-03-18 at 15:56 -0700, Cherry Withers 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. 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