[OLPC-Philippines] Weekly Update 2: Waveplace founder, DevCon Visayas, Sagip Testbed, and the Learning Buffet

[Ryan Letada]

Happy Fathers Day!!



Greetings and salutations everyone. Here is another mesmerizing update from
yours truly. The community has certainly been busy with activities. So
please help yourself with this smorgasbord of community updates!



PS. Please do not forget to submit entries for the weekly updates.

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*--Community Updates—*

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*OLPC and Sugar at DevCon Visayas*

Submitted by: Jerome G.



Jerome will be Cebu Bound this week to attend DevCon and CebuICT2009 (June
26, 2009). He will participate in the lighting talk session to discuss OLPC
and Sugar. If you are in the area, please come see his riveting talk! And
see him sprinkle water on the XO.



For more info, contact Jerome or click the following website: (
http://www.devcon.ph).



*OLPC Discovery Session*

Submitted by: Jerome G.



In coordination with Sagip Bata and members of the Singles for Christ,
Jerome will organize an OLPC discovery session with local educators and
developers. Although an agenda has not been set yet, two of the goals are to
spread awareness and elicit feedback. Depending on their schedules, the
meeting will most likely be held in July. If you are interested, please
contact Jerome.
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***--Meeting Updates –*

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*Tim Falconer, Founder of Waveplace and Squeakland – Agile Inspiration*

Submitted by Cherry W, Marife M., Ryan L.

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“Focus on the mission, not the vehicle (referring to the XO)!” - True words
of wisdom from the founder of Waveplace.  Marife Mago, Cherry Withers, and
Ryan Letada skyped with Tim Falconer this past week to discuss Waveplace’s
vision, philosophy, deployment approaches, challenges, and curriculum. Other
buzz words/phrases include “Agile approach,” “etoys,” and “16-unit
curriculums.”



Meeting notes will be posted soon at
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Philippines/Meetings



*The Mission – Meeting Update from June 14*

Submitted by Sandeep C.



After an hour and a half of discussion, the mission is as follows:

"Our mission is to enhance educational opportunities through open source,
technological and learning innovations for the empowerment of the children
in the Philippines."



For the minutes, please click:
http://meeting.sugarlabs.org/sugar-meeting.log.20090614_0858.html

Discussion regarding the vision is still taking place. The *next meeting*,
which will take place on the *24th of June* (same time, same place) will
revolve around organization structure.



*Sagip Testbed – Meeting Minutes*

Submitted by Mel C.


Mafe and Mel met to discuss the Sagip Testbed. Mafe is driving forward the
creation of a test bed in the Philippines to try out XOs, Sugar, and other
open-source educational technologies and curricula with Sagip kids at a
Gawad Kalinga (GK) village.

Check out the minutes at:
http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/olpc-philippines/2009-June/000585.htm
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*--Learning Buffet—*

A buffet of reading materials at your disposal..



*Evaluation of OLPC Programs Worldwide*

Submitted by: Ryan L.



These articles/full blown research cover lessons learned from the evaluation
of different OLPC programs worldwide.



   - Evaluation of OLPC programs worldwide:
   http://wiki.laptop.org/images/f/fb/Literature_Review_040309.pdf
   - Evaluation of OLE Nepal:
   http://blog.olenepal.org/index.php/archives/321
   - Evaluation of Teaching Matters approach with the OLPC [Harlem]:
   http://www.teachingmatters.org/evaluations/olpc_kappa.pdf

*Want a 5 minute overview of the Philosophy behind the OLPC Technology*

Submitted by: Jerome Gotangco



Click here:

http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2009/06/the-xo-laptop-two-years-later-part-1-the-vision/



*--Tech Talk—*



*Other Netbooks For Education*

Submitted by: Ray



The link provides a list of netbooks that can be used for our educational
purpose.

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-olpc-list/2009-June/msg00061.html



*---Help Wanted—*

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   - Attend DevCon 2009 and support Jerome G.
   - Attend the Discovery Session, Spread the Word, Help us Organize!
   - Spread the word! Engage and start conversations!
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