[olpc-nz] Fwd: Cutting down the curriculum/content development time

Fri Nov 20 19:24:02 EST 2009

Test request from Mitchell below:

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Mitchell Seaton <meaton.2v at gmail.com>
Date: 2009/11/20
Subject: Fwd: Cutting down the curriculum/content development time
To: Tabitha Roder <tabitha.mail at gmail.com>
Cc: Cherry Withers <cwithers at ekindling.org>

Hi Tabitha,

Would it be possible for the OLPC NZ team to look at these Flash based
learning activities (as a testing request) on the XO 1.5's and their
performance using Gnash and/or Adobe Flash Player plug-in?

I can also look at this at the next OLPC BoF (@ SLUG) in one weeks
time, and we can report back to Cherry.

Cheers,
Mitch

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Cherry Withers <cwithers at ekindling.org>
Date: Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 4:23 PM
Subject: Cutting down the curriculum/content development time
To: Mitchell Seaton <meaton.2v at gmail.com>, Ryan Onell Letada
<rletada at ekindling.org>

Hi Mitch,

I've attached the message that I got from e-Learning for Kids. They
are also a volunteer based NGO that develop courseware. Now I know
there are limitations to putting Flash plugins/programs in Sugar
(http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects/Flash_Gamedev) due to licensing
etc. but we can potentially ship these things in SD cards and run them
from those. Hopefully with the new XO Flash programs will run faster.
We lack Sugar developers in the Philippines, but we seem to have
plenty of Flash developers. The lead/turnaround time for a Sugar
activity would be much slower than Flash...I would presume. I will be
happy to come up with ebooks using Etoys and Creative Commons images
along with built-in activities to supplement, but this will cut down
our jobs.

Since you are connected to the people who have received initial 1.5
hardware, could you please possibly explore with them testing some of
the activities from e-learning for kids (or others that you may find)
and see if they're compatible with Gnash and if they run well with the
new hardware?

Thank you!
---Cherry

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: vicki cerda <vicki_cerda at hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 10:14 PM
Subject: FW: [Message from the EFK contact form]
To: cwithers at ekindling.org

Hi Cherry.  Thank you for your message and interest in e-Learning for
Kids! (FYI we also got your voice mail but as we are a virtual team of
volunteers, that # is not manned daily. My cell # is below should you
want to talk live.) As way of background, we offer our courseware in 2
ways:

1) Online access to ALL the courses via our Internet portal at
www.e-Learningforkids.org. Nothing you need to do besides link to it!
This is the best and most complete way to access our courseware. You
just click on the course(s) you want and that is it!

2) Offline access for about 40 courses (English version) via a
download link we provide to allow you to make a CD-ROM from. (This is
for when Internet access is not possible). Note that not all courses
are available in this format.  Neither the English language courses
nor most of the health curriculum are available in this manner due to
licensing restrictions or design of the courses requiring online
access.  If download/offline is the format you need to make a copy and
then install locally on computers, then we need you to fill out the
attached form first agreeing to the terms of usage terms/requirements
(e.g. courses cannot be sold or changed and access must be free to
all)  as well as other requirements.  See attached.

I see that you also have an online site. Would it be possible to have
our logo posted and linked back to our home page so courses could be
taken directly from your site? If so, I have also attached it as part
od this email. We offer over 175+ courses !

As for translating the courses, that is not going to be possible at
this time. We receive daily requests for many different languages and
our directors have asked us to focus on the ones we have chosen to
date (which are still in process) so there are no current plans to
begin other languages. It goes beyond translation (there is also
programming, voice overs, testing and many more activities too
numerous to name). I am sure you can understand.

Please let me know if you have further questions and we are happy you
can help us reach more children/parents/teachers in he Philippines via
your website and our courseware!

Vicki Cerda

Director of Communications, e-Learning for Kids

+ 1 305 776-0211

________________________________
Subject: [Message from the EFK contact form]
From: cwithers at ekindling.org
To: info at e-learningforkids.org
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:12:52 +0000

FirstName: Cherry
LastName: Withers
Organization: Education Kindling (located in Philippines)
email: cwithers at ekindling.org
Phone: 408-556-9485
Country: United States
message: Hi. I am a volunteer member for the content development team
in the Philippines. We are a non-profit organization currently
supporting the use of Sugar and OLPC and would like to request for a
copy of the courseware for us to study and possibly use to build our
curriculum. I would also be interested in how this can be translated
to a more regional context for Filipinos. Thank you!
Submit_x: 118
Submit_y: 14

Sender IP: 67.188.143.177
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