[Grassroots-l] NON-TECHY Indivual beginning a program in Kyrgyzstan...

Thu Apr 24 20:27:19 EDT 2008

Wow, that's a pretty big order.  Cyrillic content is a little meager at the
moment on the XO, so I don't know what content resources we can send you
with.  And as for the keyboard, changing settings to Cyrillic is no real
issue, but physically the keyboard is just printed onto the rubber, so I'm
not sure what a change would entail.

We would love to help of course.  But I think we're going to be limited in
this time frame.  Are you going to be going back and forthto this location,
or is there any other way for communication once these machines are in the
field?  What else can you tell use about the area and your connection to
it?  Does the school already have computers of some kind?  Is there power in
the area?

Inquiring minds wish to know :)

Seth Woodworth

On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 1:57 PM, Nan A. Canter <nana_canter at yahoo.com>
wrote:

> Let's get to work.....
>
> I  have three (3) OLPC's as I call them...I am 63
> years old with NOt an inkling of what you all talk
> about.
>
> I am taking/donating my three (3) GOGO OLPC's to
> KYRGYZSTAN  this JUNE.  They will reside in an
> elementary school in a farming community in the
> eastern most corner, up in the mountains betwen
> Kazakstan and China. I ill only be bringing them.  I
> have no idea what they will be able to do....
>
> There is no internet access up there but there are
> internet cafes in the town about 2 hours away.  And we
> need a Cyrillic keyboard until they kids/teachers
> learn some english... which is part of what I hope
> they will get out of this adventure...
>
> I am looking for someone help us get started.  I want
> to put together an OLPC Kit to bring with basics so
> the kids/teachers can just start them themselves
> without the internet part.
>
> I hope to find someone who lives nearby to be the
> go-between with the school, the internet, and you
> folks.... someone who can downoad programs and bring
> them up and teach them.....
>
> I am in New York City.
>
> HELP!!!!! OUT THERE... PLEASE HAVE PITY ON US NON TECH
> FOLKS
>
> NANA
>
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> > Subject: Re: [Grassroots-l] [sugar] This project is
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> > On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 9:58 AM, Bryan Berry
> > <bryan.berry at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Our pilots at Bishwamitra and Bashuki schools
> > start this Friday and I
> > >  couldn't be more excited.
> >
> > I wish I were there.
> >
> > >  I find this discussion about the future of OLPC
> > frankly *annoying* and
> > >  tiresome.
> >
> > Ivan and Walter found the reality far more annoying
> > and tiresome than
> > our account of it is.
> >
> > >  The future of OLPC isn't at 1CC. It's at pilot
> > schools around
> > >  the world. It's in the hands of kids. The
> > software and hardware on the
> > >  XO are at mature point where we can really see
> > the impact on education.
> > >  Sugar needs a lot of work but it is functional
> > now, thanks to the heroic
> > >  efforts of many on the Sugar team.
> >
> > You are exactly right, and Nicholas and the
> > naysayers are dead wrong.
> > I'm looking forward to the time when the kids can
> > take over most of
> > the programming, most of the localization, and
> > pretty much all of the
> > strategy.
> >
> > >  The key question about participating in OLPC
> > shouldn't be what
> > >  Negroponte or Bender are up to, it should be what
> > Arjun Tamang uses his
> > >  XO for on Monday in Nepal or what Marisol
> > Gonzalez does w/ it in rural
> > >  Peru.
> >
> > Yes, it should be. But Nicholas doesn't see it that
> > way, and he has
> > interfered quite severely in getting the work done
> > here.
> >
> > >  As Bert says, Onward. There is much work to do.
> > Debating the future of
> > >  OLPC as an organization does little to advance
> > OLPC as a global movement
> > >  - which it very much is.
> > >
> > >  Roll up your sleeves folks, let's make this
> > happen.
> >
> > They won't go any higher. This is a work smarter,
> > not harder, moment.
> > If Nicholas is determined to pull resources off
> > Linux development and
> > turn them to Windows, disaster looms for OLPC. But
> > Sugar will be fine,
> > regardless, because most of the volunteers are
> > ignoring the kerfuffle
> > and continuing to code, test, and tweak. I'm still
> > recruiting
> > localizers and thinking about the design
> > possibilities for textbooks
> > and manuals for use on a ubiquitous hardware and
> > software platform.
> > And recruiting artists for one of them that I have
> > mostly worked out.
> >
> > >  Edward Cherlin: If OLPC the organization isn't
> > meeting your needs, start
> > >  your own. We started our own here in Nepal and it
> > was the best thing we
> > >  could have done.
> >
> > That's funny. I thought that's what _I_ said, about
> > forking Sugar.
> > Well, I haven't given up on Nicholas yet, so you're
> > going to have to
> > either put up with it or filter it. We're not
> > stopping the argument
> > until we get answers one way or another.
> >
> > Walter is currently thinking about what to create
> > and how. Mary Lou is
> > in the middle of Pixel Qi's A funding round with the
> > venture
> > capitalists. I don't know what Ivan is doing. But
> > I'm still here,
> > trying to get it through Nicholas's skull that _he_
> > is the problem
> > here. Right now he is dangerously close to, "When I
> > want to hear
> > _your_ opinion, I'll *tell* it to you."
> >
> > Thank you for your support.
> >
> > >  --
> > >  Bryan W. Berry
> > >  Systems Engineer
> > >  OLE Nepal, http://www.olenepal.org
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