[OLPC-Philippines] How Can I help in May?
Holsteins_pgh
kjholstein at yahoo.com
Wed Apr 7 16:34:50 EDT 2010
Hello,
I'm a U.P. BSBA grad (1977) and have been teaching economics
at a university in Pittsburgh PA since 1986. I'll be in Manila from May 18 to June4. Is there something I can help the group with during that time? Let me know.
Adora de los Santos
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1. Re: Need help with the training this April (Cherry Withers)
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Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2010 10:44:04 -0700
From: Cherry Withers <cwithers at ekindling.org>
Subject: Re: [OLPC-Philippines] Need help with the training this April
To: "OLPC Philippines/Pilipinas grassroots"
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Hey Gerald,
A kids-to-kids exchange would be great! Would be hard to manage the time
difference but I think we can manage a video exchange. I'm sure they have
LOTS of questions for your kids.
Cheers,
Cherry
On Sun, Apr 4, 2010 at 3:58 AM, Gerald Ardito <gerald.ardito at gmail.com>wrote:
> Cherry,
>
> I don't have a troubleshooting guide, but could put one together.
> Also, if you will have access to Skype, I'm sure my kids would love to help
> your kids via video conference.
>
> Gerald
>
> On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 6:00 PM, Cherry Withers <cwithers at ekindling.org>wrote:
>
>> Marife, you're giving away plane tickets? Whoah! Where's mine? :-D
>>
>> By the way Gerald do you have a hardware trouble shooting guide or diagram
>> (maybe a flow chart) that you use for your kids?
>> We will have a support team outside of the school but I would like for the
>> kids and teachers to debug
>> their problems first before they send over their laptops to someone else.
>> At least be able to articulate the problem in
>> repair ticket.
>>
>> I'm looking at the troubleshooting guide from the OLPC wiki and it goes
>> through a labyrinth of information. I would
>> rather keep it simple for the first responders (kids and teachers) .
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Cherry
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 9:02 AM, Gerald Ardito <gerald.ardito at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Marife,
>>>
>>> Thanks for the introduction. I am really looking forward to following the
>>> progress of your progress.
>>> Please let me know if I can help at all.
>>>
>>> Also, let me know when to expect the plane ticket. :)
>>>
>>> Gerald
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 11:51 AM, Marife Mago <marife.mago at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Cherry and All,
>>>>
>>>> Plz let me introduce Gerald Ardito, he's from Pierre Van Cortlandt
>>>> Middle School in Croton, Hudson NY. Ryan and I ...had a chance to visit
>>>> their first deployment.
>>>>
>>>> Gerald plz meet the team.
>>>>
>>>> Just got a word from him...he'll join Mitch in traveling to the
>>>> Philippines for the deployment. Right ...Gerald? :)
>>>>
>>>> Gerald: Plz feel free to join our mailing list.
>>>> http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-philippines
>>>>
>>>> Mabuhay!
>>>>
>>>> ~marife
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 6:56 PM, Cherry Withers <cwithers at ekindling.org
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi folks,
>>>>> (PAGING Carlos, Rowen and Hamilton and anyone else who have done
>>>>> XO/Sugar work)
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm going back home to the Philippines after 17 years of absence. I
>>>>> always thought I won't do this until I'm given a compelling enough reason to
>>>>> do so. I think affecting some changes on our education system in the
>>>>> Philippines (however small or big that may be) is compelling enough. So I'm
>>>>> heading back home this April to lend a hand in preparing the teachers in
>>>>> Lubang for the pilot deployment in June. But I need help especially from
>>>>> those who have experience playing with the laptop and Sugar.
>>>>>
>>>>> Tessa Yuvienco will work with the teachers on prepping them on how the
>>>>> technology will change the dynamics of the classroom (classroom management,
>>>>> curriculum integration, etc.). Harvey volunteered to do some second tier
>>>>> hardware support training (this is for training the technical support team
>>>>> who will be the main contact when hardware breaks) but his time is limited
>>>>> so he can only go over a handful of things. I can go over most of the things
>>>>> that's not covered but it would be great to break up the task. Mitch Seaton
>>>>> from OLPC-Aus will lend his support during the deployment and do a refresher
>>>>> course on what we talk about in April. Here are some of the bigger areas
>>>>> that we need help on:
>>>>>
>>>>> A) XS server training and support (I'm working on getting us the ideal
>>>>> hardware for this before I go home and OLPC-SF said that they can help but
>>>>> just in case, maybe someone can look into getting us a set-up even if it's
>>>>> just for the span of the training?). This is for teaching the teachers and
>>>>> students on how to log in and use the XS server and Moodle.
>>>>>
>>>>> B)* Detailed hardware debugging and repair. The hardware trouble
>>>>> shooting and repair training will likely be broken up into two tiers:
>>>>>
>>>>> 1st Tier: this will be a simple diagnosis that we can teach the
>>>>> technical support team including teachers and kids. Maybe just how to
>>>>> recognize trouble signs and to know how to articulate the problem to the
>>>>> tech support team.
>>>>>
>>>>> 2nd Tier (only for Tech support team): More detailed training on how to
>>>>> trouble shoot, debug and do quick repairs. We still have to figure out up to
>>>>> how much complexity of repairs the tech support team in Lubang can handle.
>>>>> We may add a third tier to the support or just escalate the hardware
>>>>> problems to OLPC main.
>>>>>
>>>>> *Note: any guidance on this part would be truly appreciated.
>>>>>
>>>>> The training will be from April 12-21st with the last two days
>>>>> dedicated to the Muscovado project and training in content creation using
>>>>> Etoys. Unfortunately space is limited (this is venue and hardware issue) to
>>>>> just the participants of the two pilots but let me or Ryan know if you'd
>>>>> like to get involved long term to the projects and we'll try to accommodate
>>>>> as much as we can possibly can.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you for your support!
>>>>>
>>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>> ---Cherry
>>>>> P.S. So far we have 6 XOs that we are guaranteed to have, but we could
>>>>> use more as there will be 12 participants in the Lubang project. If you have
>>>>> some hardware that you can lend that will be great. The teachers will need
>>>>> them till their laptops come in around late July or early August.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>> OLPC-Philippines mailing list
>>>>> OLPC-Philippines at lists.laptop.org
>>>>> http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-philippines
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>
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Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2010 14:18:13 -0400
From: Gerald Ardito <gerald.ardito at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [OLPC-Philippines] Need help with the training this April
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Cherry,
That would be great.
Since you are twelve hours ahead, we can have try something at night our
time, if you and your kids can come in early, say, 7am?
Let me know.
Gerald
On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 1:44 PM, Cherry Withers <cwithers at ekindling.org>wrote:
> Hey Gerald,
>
> A kids-to-kids exchange would be great! Would be hard to manage the time
> difference but I think we can manage a video exchange. I'm sure they have
> LOTS of questions for your kids.
>
> Cheers,
> Cherry
>
>
> On Sun, Apr 4, 2010 at 3:58 AM, Gerald Ardito <gerald.ardito at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Cherry,
>>
>> I don't have a troubleshooting guide, but could put one together.
>> Also, if you will have access to Skype, I'm sure my kids would love to
>> help your kids via video conference.
>>
>> Gerald
>>
>> On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 6:00 PM, Cherry Withers <cwithers at ekindling.org>wrote:
>>
>>> Marife, you're giving away plane tickets? Whoah! Where's mine? :-D
>>>
>>> By the way Gerald do you have a hardware trouble shooting guide or
>>> diagram (maybe a flow chart) that you use for your kids?
>>> We will have a support team outside of the school but I would like for
>>> the kids and teachers to debug
>>> their problems first before they send over their laptops to someone else.
>>> At least be able to articulate the problem in
>>> repair ticket.
>>>
>>> I'm looking at the troubleshooting guide from the OLPC wiki and it goes
>>> through a labyrinth of information. I would
>>> rather keep it simple for the first responders (kids and teachers) .
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Cherry
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 9:02 AM, Gerald Ardito <gerald.ardito at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Marife,
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the introduction. I am really looking forward to following
>>>> the progress of your progress.
>>>> Please let me know if I can help at all.
>>>>
>>>> Also, let me know when to expect the plane ticket. :)
>>>>
>>>> Gerald
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 11:51 AM, Marife Mago <marife.mago at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Cherry and All,
>>>>>
>>>>> Plz let me introduce Gerald Ardito, he's from Pierre Van Cortlandt
>>>>> Middle School in Croton, Hudson NY. Ryan and I ...had a chance to visit
>>>>> their first deployment.
>>>>>
>>>>> Gerald plz meet the team.
>>>>>
>>>>> Just got a word from him...he'll join Mitch in traveling to the
>>>>> Philippines for the deployment. Right ...Gerald? :)
>>>>>
>>>>> Gerald: Plz feel free to join our mailing list.
>>>>> http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-philippines
>>>>>
>>>>> Mabuhay!
>>>>>
>>>>> ~marife
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 6:56 PM, Cherry Withers <
>>>>> cwithers at ekindling.org> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi folks,
>>>>>> (PAGING Carlos, Rowen and Hamilton and anyone else who have done
>>>>>> XO/Sugar work)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm going back home to the Philippines after 17 years of absence. I
>>>>>> always thought I won't do this until I'm given a compelling enough reason to
>>>>>> do so. I think affecting some changes on our education system in the
>>>>>> Philippines (however small or big that may be) is compelling enough. So I'm
>>>>>> heading back home this April to lend a hand in preparing the teachers in
>>>>>> Lubang for the pilot deployment in June. But I need help especially from
>>>>>> those who have experience playing with the laptop and Sugar.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Tessa Yuvienco will work with the teachers on prepping them on how the
>>>>>> technology will change the dynamics of the classroom (classroom management,
>>>>>> curriculum integration, etc.). Harvey volunteered to do some second tier
>>>>>> hardware support training (this is for training the technical support team
>>>>>> who will be the main contact when hardware breaks) but his time is limited
>>>>>> so he can only go over a handful of things. I can go over most of the things
>>>>>> that's not covered but it would be great to break up the task. Mitch Seaton
>>>>>> from OLPC-Aus will lend his support during the deployment and do a refresher
>>>>>> course on what we talk about in April. Here are some of the bigger areas
>>>>>> that we need help on:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> A) XS server training and support (I'm working on getting us the ideal
>>>>>> hardware for this before I go home and OLPC-SF said that they can help but
>>>>>> just in case, maybe someone can look into getting us a set-up even if it's
>>>>>> just for the span of the training?). This is for teaching the teachers and
>>>>>> students on how to log in and use the XS server and Moodle.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> B)* Detailed hardware debugging and repair. The hardware trouble
>>>>>> shooting and repair training will likely be broken up into two tiers:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 1st Tier: this will be a simple diagnosis that we can teach the
>>>>>> technical support team including teachers and kids. Maybe just how to
>>>>>> recognize trouble signs and to know how to articulate the problem to the
>>>>>> tech support team.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2nd Tier (only for Tech support team): More detailed training on how
>>>>>> to trouble shoot, debug and do quick repairs. We still have to figure out up
>>>>>> to how much complexity of repairs the tech support team in Lubang can
>>>>>> handle. We may add a third tier to the support or just escalate the hardware
>>>>>> problems to OLPC main.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *Note: any guidance on this part would be truly appreciated.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The training will be from April 12-21st with the last two days
>>>>>> dedicated to the Muscovado project and training in content creation using
>>>>>> Etoys. Unfortunately space is limited (this is venue and hardware issue) to
>>>>>> just the participants of the two pilots but let me or Ryan know if you'd
>>>>>> like to get involved long term to the projects and we'll try to accommodate
>>>>>> as much as we can possibly can.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you for your support!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>>> ---Cherry
>>>>>> P.S. So far we have 6 XOs that we are guaranteed to have, but we could
>>>>>> use more as there will be 12 participants in the Lubang project. If you have
>>>>>> some hardware that you can lend that will be great. The teachers will need
>>>>>> them till their laptops come in around late July or early August.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>> OLPC-Philippines mailing list
>>>>>> OLPC-Philippines at lists.laptop.org
>>>>>> http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-philippines
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
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>>>> OLPC-Philippines at lists.laptop.org
>>>> http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-philippines
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
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>>> OLPC-Philippines at lists.laptop.org
>>> http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-philippines
>>>
>>>
>>
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>>
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