<div dir="ltr">Edward, I completely agree with your comment about the need for students to have their own laptop (eg. not share hardware), and to be able to take them home after school hours.<div><br></div><div>Svetlana, this summer I taught students in India with the OLPCs, and I published our lessons (both lesson plans and things to change for the next deployment) on the web:</div>
<div><a href="http://whereisholden.blogspot.com/search?q=OLPC">http://whereisholden.blogspot.com/search?q=OLPC</a></div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div><br></div><div>-Holden<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 10:56 AM, Edward Cherlin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:echerlin@gmail.com">echerlin@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 2:42 AM, Svetlana Senajova<br>
<<a href="mailto:svetla@paiwastoon.com.af">svetla@paiwastoon.com.af</a>> wrote:<br>
> Dear All,<br>
><br>
> Perhaps Afghanistan is not the first place you think of when considering<br>
> your next vacation or internship. But since OLPC are donating 10,000 G1G1<br>
> machines to Afghanistan and is working with the top level of the Ministry<br>
> of Education this could very well become a showpiece for OLPC in S. Asia.<br>
><br>
> Other 1,000 XO laptops are donated by telecommunication company Roshan and<br>
> PAIWASTOON Networking Services Ltd. is responsible for the complete<br>
> project implementation in upcoming months. XOs will be introduced to more<br>
> than 85,000 children as they will not be deployed at 1XO to 1 child but 21<br>
> XOs to 1 school in form of a computer lab, reaching 283 schools across the<br>
> country.<br>
<br>
That is a great shame. One of the most important aspects of the OLPC<br>
program is the ability of children to own their XOs and take them<br>
home. They get the greatest advantages of mesh networking and<br>
collaborative software not in class, but when doing homework together.<br>
It is also essential for parents to see what the children are doing.<br>
<br>
> We are looking for 2 Interns / Graduates / Motivated volunteers to help us<br>
> building the capacity of the local team. We need to operate university<br>
> outreach programs, training, and a fair bit of direct server config in<br>
> advance of having sufficient locally built capacity. We are looking<br>
> through various graduate/student/internship organisations.<br>
><br>
> We can offer flight support, accommodation, and a living stipend.<br>
><br>
> Afghanistan day to day in most provinces and most places remains pretty<br>
> safe - one can walk around, go out, visit people using taxis or your own<br>
> car. Driving can be just a little chaotic, but nowhere near as bad as in<br>
> India. If you look beyond the media there is a lot to see here,<br>
> hospitality that even exceeds other developing countries, and really rapid<br>
> progress. There are some places (like the south) that are dangerous, but<br>
> in Kabul and the north things are pretty stable. One just needs to know<br>
> places to go to and places to stay away from (like military bases, big<br>
> foreigner parties, etc).<br>
><br>
> Right now we are half way through setting up an open source localisation<br>
> team for Afghanistan and building the open source community. For those of<br>
> you who are more interested in remote contributions to Afghanistan<br>
> specifically, a chance is here too.<br>
><br>
> Afghanistan could be the case study that shows the ability of the XO to be<br>
> at the center of redevelopment. If we can make the XO work here - then we<br>
> can prove to the world that it can work almost anywhere! You might hear<br>
> on the news about the chronic waste of money out here, the hundreds of<br>
> millions missing, wasted, and worse. And you know how cost effectively the<br>
> XO can change that. The great thing about Afghanistan, is being a<br>
> development work in progress, we can together, and will, improve that<br>
> situation. I hope we can find some people to join us on the ground and<br>
> help make that happen.<br>
><br>
> For info about OLPC Afghanistan please visit <a href="http://www.olpc.af" target="_blank">www.olpc.af</a> or email me at<br>
> <a href="mailto:svetla@paiwastoon.com.af">svetla@paiwastoon.com.af</a>.<br>
><br>
> Thanks/Regards,<br>
><br>
> -Svetla<br>
><br>
> Svetlana Senajova<br>
> Business Development Director<br>
> PAIWASTOON Networking Services Ltd.<br>
> <a href="mailto:svetla@paiwastoon.com.af">svetla@paiwastoon.com.af</a><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
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