[OLPC-Philippines] OLPC-Philippines Digest, Vol 20, Issue 25

Mon Jun 15 01:05:14 EDT 2009

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for point #5, be interested in learning more about the school experience in
the
Philippines (how are students taught, what's the classroom culture like,
how are teachers trained, how are schools evaluated, are there
standardized tests, etc) and also DepEd (how decisions usually get made,
how people get elected, etc) and however else things tend to happen in
schools (are there a lot of PTAs,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parent-Teacher_Association?)
--Mel
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In conjunction to this (maybe a separate meeting all together), I'd like a
discussion on the curriculum building. Looking ahead for wifi inaccessible
deployment sites, I'd like to explore what the teachers want in terms of
content
for wikipedia packs.

I'm looking at what's included in the
wikipedia packs for the last build G1G1 and it has a lot of resources for
science, which
is GREAT, but I'd like to start compiling a wish list for teachers. If my
memory serves
me right, there's a lot of Philippine history lessons and civic lectures
that I had as
a child (though they were not my priority it might be to some teachers).
There might
also be some local information that they'd want to teach (indigenous species
in their area, that
may not be included in the pack etc.). People can start
checking sources, copyright permissions or just contribute for each wish
list topic in
a site!

I'll explore how these packs get integrated to a build (if it's then a
separate module since it's
unique to a country?), but if you know the answer please chime in!

---Cherry

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>   1. Reminder: meeting in 10 minutes (Mel Chua)
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> Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 08:56:02 -0400
> From: Mel Chua <mel at melchua.com>
> Subject: [OLPC-Philippines] Reminder: meeting in 10 minutes
> To: OLPC Philippines/Pilipinas grassroots
>        <olpc-philippines at lists.laptop.org>
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> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Philippines/Meetings has connection
> information, and an agenda. See you folks there soon!
>
> Since I'm likely to have to leave early (I have a ride that will be
> heading out sooner than I expected), some notes:
>
> for point #1, Introductions: I'm Mel. This is what I do:
> (http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/User:Mchua#Interests) and this is what
> I've worked on in the past: http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/User:Mchua,
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Mchua, and most recently
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Mchua.
>
> for point #4, Deployments: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Boston_pilots = for
> information on the pilot layout here in Boston; Sandeep (and possibly
> others) already know quite a bit about it.
>
> for point #5, scheduling the next meeting: I'm willing to talk whenever
> people would like (my schedule is generally super-flexible) and I'd also
> be interested in learning more about the school experience in the
> Philippines (how are students taught, what's the classroom culture like,
> how are teachers trained, how are schools evaluated, are there
> standardized tests, etc) and also DepEd (how decisions usually get made,
> how people get elected, etc) and however else things tend to happen in
> schools (are there a lot of PTAs,
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parent-Teacher_Association?)
>
> See y'all there.
>
> --Mel
>
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 22:58:00 +0800
> From: "James Shields" <james at marasbaras.com>
> Subject: Re: [OLPC-Philippines] Reminder: meeting in 10 minutes
> To: "OLPC Philippines/Pilipinas grassroots"
>        <olpc-philippines at lists.laptop.org>
> Message-ID: <MPEIKKIHAEKFDBMDPGJBAEILEDAC.james at marasbaras.com>
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> Sorry for not being there tonight ... LEYECO decided that they wanted to do
> some power work promptly at 9pm.
>
> Why they can't learn to use jumpers to keep power up while they do work, I
> will never understand.
>
> James Shields
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olpc-philippines-bounces at lists.laptop.org
> [mailto:olpc-philippines-bounces at lists.laptop.org]On Behalf Of Mel Chua
> Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 8:56 PM
> To: OLPC Philippines/Pilipinas grassroots
> Subject: [OLPC-Philippines] Reminder: meeting in 10 minutes
>
>
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Philippines/Meetings has connection
> information, and an agenda. See you folks there soon!
>
> Since I'm likely to have to leave early (I have a ride that will be
> heading out sooner than I expected), some notes:
>
> for point #1, Introductions: I'm Mel. This is what I do:
> (http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/User:Mchua#Interests) and this is what
> I've worked on in the past: http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/User:Mchua,
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Mchua, and most recently
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Mchua.
>
> for point #4, Deployments: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Boston_pilots = for
> information on the pilot layout here in Boston; Sandeep (and possibly
> others) already know quite a bit about it.
>
> for point #5, scheduling the next meeting: I'm willing to talk whenever
> people would like (my schedule is generally super-flexible) and I'd also
> be interested in learning more about the school experience in the
> Philippines (how are students taught, what's the classroom culture like,
> how are teachers trained, how are schools evaluated, are there
> standardized tests, etc) and also DepEd (how decisions usually get made,
> how people get elected, etc) and however else things tend to happen in
> schools (are there a lot of PTAs,
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parent-Teacher_Association?)
>
> See y'all there.
>
> --Mel
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