[Olpc-philippines] Olpc-philippines Digest, Vol 2, Issue 6

Sun Dec 9 03:30:09 EST 2007

December 8, 2007

Dear friends,

There is an urgent need for community help! Friends there is a Project grant
competition named Panibagong Paraan 2008 – (*http://www.panibagongparaan.com
*). We need a better writer to write the proposal letter for our entry. We
really need your help. If you are a good writer for formal/proposal letter
please download the concept paper format (*
http://www.panibagongparaan.com/ConceptPaperFormat.doc*) then after making
your draft email it to us (*timhack007 at gmail.com*). If you need more
information for making the proposal letter, just email me and we will
provide the information. We need to finish the proposal letter before
December 22, 2007. After having the first draft I will make it available to
everyone so everyone can read and correct it before we send it as our entry.

Thanks,

Timothy Paul Martinez

OLPC Philippines

On 12/8/07, olpc-philippines-request at lists.laptop.org <
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>   1. Support  from PBSP appreciated (Charles Chen)
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>   3. Re: New member introduction (Greg Moreno)
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> Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2007 11:38:48 +1100 (EST)
> From: Charles Chen <ideasman88 at yahoo.com.au>
> Subject: [Olpc-philippines] Support  from PBSP appreciated
> To: olpc-philippines at lists.laptop.org
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> Hi Rowena,
>
> Tim who now is lead organiser for OLPC Philippines will be updating
> everybody shortly on the current developments.
>
> Have you been to our Wiki page? I suggest you add your name in the list of
> members so that everybody know we now have somebody in PBSP in our group. I
> have enclosed a link to the page for your reference assuming you have not
> seen it yet.
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> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Philippines
>
> I too just recently joined the group and had indicated to Sandeep who is
> the team leader in the working group managing the government communication
> my interest to help him in this area.
>
> I assume with you joining the group we can tap the benefit of having PBSP
> to further support us in rolling out OLPC. One of the significant hurdles I
> think we need to get OLPC off the ground in the Philippines is sign-off from
> DepED. If PBSP can assist us in successfully engaging them for their
> sign-off that will be already a big success. For now, we need someone on the
> ground in Manila to co-ordinate our efforts in this area as Sandeep is based
> in Boston while I am based in Sydney. Maybe you would like to be the person
> on the ground in Manila to coordinate our efforts here. Interested? Ideally
> we need to get the attention of Secretary Jesli Lapus on the value of the
> OLPC program for DepED. If you can help us get Manny Pangilinan and Mon
> Derige to raise the issue with Jesli I think that will be a welcome support.
>
> In regards to getting a demo XO for your evaluation I let Tim and Rowen to
> assist you on this matter.
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> Thanks from down under,
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> Charles
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> Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2007 19:31:26 -0800 (PST)
> From: Mark Gatela <mgatela at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [Olpc-philippines] introduction
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> Hello,
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> I'm Mark and I'm currently residing in the Bay Area, California in the US.
> I got introduced to OLPC-Philippines efforts through Sandeep at Facebook
> and I've been lurking on this list for a couple of weeks.
>
> My background is in project management. Back in Manila I was with
> ABS-CBN Interactive and Sun Cellular, working with mobile applications.
> I still have a few contacts working with Philippine media and it's
> at the group's disposal to use it at its discretion.
>
> Although I am deeply cynical about working government units about OLPC,
> I am willing to work with the group to make this work. Immediately after
> college, I taught freshmen college students from the poorest families
> of Cebu so I have a soft spot with the teaching component of OLPC. And if
> I may,
> I'd like to share this story that got me interested in OLPC intentions and
> how
> computers can help children: http://tinyurl.com/2q3svv
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> Please do let me know how I can contribute to the group.
> Nice to 'meet' you all.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Regards,
>
> Mark Gatela
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> Message: 3
> Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2007 21:28:12 +0800
> From: "Greg Moreno" <greg.moreno at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Olpc-philippines] New member introduction
> To: olpc-philippines at lists.laptop.org
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> Hi guys,
>
> I'm Greg Moreno, a freelance web developer based in the Philippines. I
> am focusing on applying technology to education both for business and
> "para sa bayan" initiatives. My first project is a free website tool
> for local schools (www.schoolpad.ph) and I'm starting a new project to
> address textbook quality and shortage problems using open-source model
> approach (i.e. similar model as Wikipedia). By the way, thanks Charles
> for dropping by at my blog.
>
> I would like to help get the schools adopt this project. My link to
> various schools all over the country (through SchoolPad) can be of
> help. A friend also pitch the idea of loading the laptops with
> materials from our textbook project.
>
> Negroponte said this is not a technology project, but an education
> project. I believe it can also help if we look at it from a business
> perspective. Here goes (hope no one gets mad at me, hehe)
>
> What problem are we solving?  Are we solving the lack of computer
> education at grade-school level? If yes, is lack of computer education
> really a problem? If no, then what is? What is the pain in our current
> education system that these laptops will solve?
>
> Once we have the problem, why is this the best solution? Are there
> alternative solutions?  Every solution has a cost-benefit ratio, and
> if the problem we have identified can be solved by a cheaper solution,
> then why go for the laptops? The cost of these laptops include not
> only the cost of importing them, but also training for teachers and
> maintenance.
>
> I ask because I think we should be clear in our message especially if
> we want to tap businessmen. The geek inside me wants to see every one
> with these laptops. Heck, I even want one for myself. But every time I
> see these poor school kids   I wonder if we are solving the right
> problem. I don't know the answer and I invite every one to explore.
>
> This is important because people will ask us why should they spend
> money on this project instead of this, this, and that. Unfortunately,
> we are also competing with other social projects and some have very
> very good marketing and PR like Bantay Bata Foundation. Former Sen.
> Drilon's classroom project is supported by many business organizations
> already.
>
> There are a lot of companies and rich people out there that would be
> willing to help but we should also remember that they are also looking
> for Return on Investment even if it is for a social service project.
> If I give you 1M pesos, is this aligned with what I want? Smart is
> pouring money on giving Internet access to public schools because it
> is aligned with SmartBro product, and so is the Ayala Foundation
> (owner Globe) with Txt2Teach. I guess we can no longer get the support
> of Asus and Intel (hehe).  Personal contributions may not be aligned
> with corporate interests but still it should have a bang for every
> peso.
>
> Let's think about this. What problem are we solving? And why OLPC is
> the best solution to this problem? It may not be a big present
> problem. It could be a small problem today, but will become very big
> and unsolvable if we don't act now.
>
> Regards,
>
> Greg
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> Recent post:  How to solve our textbook problems and give every
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> http://www.microisv.com.ph/blog/how-to-solve-our-textbook-problems.html
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