[OLPC-Philippines] Welcome to the OLPC PH group

[Mel Chua]

> I should add (in response to another recent thread) that my son is in
> Xavier School and (as a parent) I would love for him to be using the
> XO and/or Sugar in his learning actvities.  If Ateneo becomes an
> institutional partner of OLPC I submit that Xavier School would be a
> good choice for a pilot project 8^).

Ooh - I didn't get to talk with Fr. Go the last time I was in Manila, 
but he knows about the project.

I think Sugar would be an excellent outreach opportunity for Xavier 
students - if the older children can develop, and the younger children 
test, curricular materials, activities, etc. that follow Filipino DepEd 
standards and can then be used in Filipino deployments with kids who 
*can't* afford an awesome Xavier education, that becomes Xavier's gift 
to the Philippines - think about how much goodwill and recognition MIT 
got when it started the notion of Open Courseware.

Ray, is that something you might be interested in?

--Mel