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font-size: 10pt; color: #000000">Chris, Rory, et al<br>
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<u>School takeup</u><br>
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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.<br>
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<u>Reduced Pricing</u><br>
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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.<br>
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<u>XO-Trainer Activity</u><br>
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We're on track to have the 15-hour on-line teacher Certification
training become an XO <u>on-board</u> Activity that teachers can
<u>complete in about 5 hours</u>. 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.<br>
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<u>Web site</u><br>
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Mark Easton, who has been doing our web page
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.one-education.org.nz">www.one-education.org.nz</a>, 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.<br>
I know nothing about web development, does either of you?<br>
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-- B<br>
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Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>From: </b>"Barry
Vercoe" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:barry@laptop.org.nz"><barry@laptop.org.nz></a><br>
<b>To: </b>"Chris McClimans" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:chris@codecafe.com"><chris@codecafe.com></a>,
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:rory@footsteps.co.nz">rory@footsteps.co.nz</a><br>
<b>Sent: </b>Wednesday, 5 February, 2014 7:03:49 AM<br>
<b>Subject: </b>actions today<br>
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Chris, Rory<br>
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Just a WILD SHOT, but today I am teaching a 60 minute class in
these Te <br>
Puke schools.<br>
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9:00--10:30 TKKM o Te Matai, 309 SH2 Waitangi Te Puke<br>
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11:00-12:30 Te Puke Primary, Cameron Rd, Te Puke<br>
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1:00 - 2:30 Pukehina school, 1762 Old Coach Rd Pukehina<br>
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If either of you is free during one of those slots, it would be
nice to <br>
have some help.<br>
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2 local schools will submit to TECT on Monday 10:<br>
Te Kura Kokiri, Welcome Bay Rd for 30 XOs<br>
Pukehina, as above, for 10 XOs<br>
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Manaia school Coromandel has ordered 15 more XOs<br>
Others in South Auckland waiting for funding.<br>
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When the local schools get their XOs, April 20 or so, they'll
need<br>
help on reflashing with the latest bilingual build.<br>
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I've been in personal phone contact with about 40 of the 48 West
BOP <br>
schools, and will give demos to several of these in the next
weeks and <br>
months.<br>
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Best<br>
-- barry<br>
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