Thanks David, thanks Bill. The good thing about being controversial is that
it brings people up to share links and information in a pretty energetic
way. A terribly selfish point of view I know, and it wasn't my plan from the
start but it has worked out that way. Luckily its all on open forums and
On Dec 3, 11:28 am, "Leigh Blackall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Yes, I see that point but think it totally unreasonable. For one, I have no
> access to an OLPC because I'm within a wealthy nation.
It is possible to test out the Sugar software from a wealthy nation,
Leigh
I have done it in Aust
: wikieducator@googlegroups.com
Subject: [WikiEducator] Re: One Laptop Per Child OLPC
Hi David, thanks for all this information.. it is certainly helping me to
reflect on my experience.
Perhaps the problem was our expectation and approach to the OLPC in Tuvalu. We
were expecting to use the
t is where the
> transformational aspects will be seen.
>
>
>
> *David Leeming*
>
> *OLPC Coordinator, SPC and Technical Advisor, People First Network*
>
> Honiara, Solomon Islands
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>
>
> *From:* Maria Droujkova [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> *Sent:* Thursday, 4 D
slands
From: Maria Droujkova [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, 4 December 2008 7:24 a.m.
To: wikieducator@googlegroups.com
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [WikiEducator] Re: One Laptop Per Child OLPC
I have two questions for David Leeming, based on this conversation. Thank
you
I have two questions for David Leeming, based on this conversation. Thank
you for offering to answer, David.
1. From Leigh's experience, it looks like OLPC laptops take an onsite
specialist (or specific detailed instructions) to "get", even (or
especially?) for people with computer background. One
Yes, I see that point but think it totally unreasonable. For one, I have no
access to an OLPC because I'm within a wealthy nation. As I said in my post,
I have read about them, even seen them in use, even had a little test run a
few times, but it wasn't until actually in location did reality hit. 4
The issue that bothered me in your letter, Leigh, was: "he never ran through
a totally new hardware and software system before conducting a 40-person
workshop abroad." It takes significant resources just to organize a workshop
of that sort, counting time of everybody involved, travel, space and so
Thanks David
http://laptop.org/manual - very nice. I hadn't seen that before
Did you ever see the page for interested personal computer users who
had access to an XO? I keep hoping to find a copy. I don't remember
enough to find it in waybackmachine.
I thought it was a great idea because it ad
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To: WikiEducator
Subject: [WikiEducator] Re: One Laptop Per Child OLPC
When I first started looking into OLPCs, there was a one page guide
for people who had used other computers. It addressed lots of these
issues and explained work
nt: Tuesday, 2 December 2008 5:02 p.m.
To: wikieducator@googlegroups.com
Subject: [WikiEducator] Re: One Laptop Per Child OLPC
Thanks for the pointers Jim.
Actually, I never did work it out... nor did 40 others!
I'm fending off attacks on my blog... I knew I'd hit a nerve with my pos
Thanks for the pointers Jim.
Actually, I never did work it out... nor did 40 others!
I'm fending off attacks on my blog... I knew I'd hit a nerve with my post. I
can see how many people will dismiss my post as "couldn't get past my own
preferences", but that ignores the experience of the 40 other
When I first started looking into OLPCs, there was a one page guide
for people who had used other computers. It addressed lots of these
issues and explained work arounds or alternatives. It had a list of
"fun" activities that would help orient an experienced computer user
to XO behaviors.
By the
On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 14:22, Leigh Blackall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The next thing I noticed was the browser. At first glance it looks a little
> like Google's Chrome, but less than 3 clicks around you soon realise that
> its not of course. I couldn't for the life of me work out how to get n
again Leigh , I am doing what I can do ,
I am going to translate your post into Chinese and put it in yeeyan website
agian ,
if you don't mind , would you please post here the whole article coz I canot
get access to your blog here in China
many thanks and you are always my inspirtation !!!
2008
link to my blog post:
http://learnonline.wordpress.com/2008/12/01/my-experience-with-olpc-in-tuvalu/
On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 5:22 PM, Leigh Blackall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> Hi Valerie,
>
> Glad you asked, as I'm in the process of posting to my blog a text that
> basically outlines my over all
Hi Valerie,
Glad you asked, as I'm in the process of posting to my blog a text that
basically outlines my over all disappointment with them. I was guilty of
being charmed by their innovations, but that has always been from the
perspective of what the OLPC could offer computing generally, particula
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