[OLPC New Zealand] brief report

[Barry Vercoe]

Chris, Rory, et al

_School takeup_

Yesterday's 3 school visits v successful.  Great seeing the children of 
Pukehina school responding so enthusiastically as to win over all their 
teachers.  This tiny remote decile 1 school will increase its TECT BOP 
matching request from 10 to 30 XOs. That brings our sales for this week 
to 75 XOs.  I'm still seeking matching support for some already 
enthusiastic schools in South Auckland and beyond.

_Reduced Pricing_

Lowering the price to $350 per XO (including XOP power rack, student 
repair kit, HDMI cabling, bilingual OS build, help with installation, 
free shipment from our Sydney warehouse, all Customs and GST costs) has 
been a help for these low-decile NZ schools. With TECT matching, for 
instance, that puts a personal XO in the hands of a child for $175.

_XO-Trainer Activity_

We're on track to have the 15-hour on-line teacher Certification 
training become an XO _on-board_ Activity that teachers can _complete in 
about 5 hours_.  Fast local certification should allow shipment of 
classroom XOs from Sydney within 2 days of teachers receiving their own 
XOs (which I'm stockpiling here in Tauranga for fast local delivery).  
We anticipate having the XO-Trainer Activity in our bilingual NZ build 
by March 20.

_Web site_

Mark Easton, who has been doing our web page www.one-education.org.nz, 
is pulling out due to work pressures. The site needs a better NZ look 
and feel.  Also needs a Registration page so that schools can log 
details to assist ordering, invoicing, getting teacher XOs quickly, and 
DHL direct delivery of classroom XOs from Sydney.
I know nothing about web development, does either of you?

-- B

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*From: *"Barry Vercoe" <barry at laptop.org.nz>
*To: *"Chris McClimans" <chris at codecafe.com>, rory at footsteps.co.nz
*Sent: *Wednesday, 5 February, 2014 7:03:49 AM
*Subject: *actions today

Chris, Rory

Just a WILD SHOT, but today I am teaching a 60 minute class in these Te
Puke schools.

9:00--10:30  TKKM o Te Matai,  309 SH2  Waitangi Te Puke

11:00-12:30  Te Puke Primary, Cameron Rd, Te Puke

1:00 - 2:30   Pukehina school, 1762 Old Coach Rd Pukehina

If either of you is free during one of those slots, it would be nice to
have some help.

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2 local schools will submit to TECT on Monday 10:
      Te Kura Kokiri,  Welcome Bay Rd for 30 XOs
      Pukehina,  as above, for 10 XOs

Manaia school Coromandel has ordered 15 more XOs
Others in South Auckland waiting for funding.

When the local schools get their XOs, April 20 or so, they'll need
help on reflashing with the latest bilingual build.

I've been in personal phone contact with about 40 of the 48 West BOP
schools, and will give demos to several of these in the next weeks and
months.

Best
-- barry




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