[OLPC-Philippines] Need help with the training this April

Wed Apr 7 20:15:29 EDT 2010

I am going to a teacher conference FOSS VT in vermont tomorrow.  Can you
give me a quick update and maybe a picture so I can talk about what is
happening RIGHT NOW. :)

Thanks

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.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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