[OLPC-Philippines] Happy 2010

[Esther Jeong]

Hello everyone,

This marks our first update in the new year. eKindling has been very busy
and we have tons of exciting news to share. Thank you for all your support
in 2009 and we hope that you continue to stay involved/support our mission
in 2010!

Cheers,
Esther

*~~eKindling Updates~~*

*YES, WE ARE ON TWITTER. WHY DONT YOU FOLLOW US:* Best way to keep updated:
www.twitter.com/ekindling
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-eKindling Community Updates -*
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XO Laptop vs. Typhoon: Laptop Wins*

Recent typhoon left a trail of destruction as the rising floods overwhelmed
communities throughout Luzon. When Professor Harv Viray's home was flooded,
he couldnt save his XO laptop from the rising murky water. Guess what - the
XO laptop survive. Read more here: http://bit.ly/31HEpY

*Asia Pacific College's: Muscovado Project *
Submitted by: Ray B.

"The Muscovado project aims to develop localized educational content for,
and support deployments of, the Sugar Learning Platform in the Philippines.
The Sugar Learning Platform was originally developed for the One Laptop Per
Child XO netbook but now runs on most computers. By promoting the innovative
use of this technology, we hope to encourage collaborative learning and
critical thinking, leading to a quality education for our children." For
more information, please refer to: http://lms.apc.edu.ph/
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Wikimedia NYC eKindling Event*

Wikipedia celebrated its birthday in New York University and eKindling was
there to celebrate it with them. After presenting eKindling's work in the
Philippines, Marife M. and Ryan L. spoke about preserving local knowledge
through Wikipedia. How can we leverage students in the Philippines to create
wikipedia articles on their local histories, traditions, and culture?

*eKindling visits Ideals Creative*

Becoming Viral. Communication eKindling Mission to Audiences Across the
Globe. Inspiring others. The effort to bring innovative learning
technologies to underserved schools or mobile classrooms is a community
effort.  Thus, eKindling visited the folks at Ideals Creative to talk
website development and reach out to designers, creative geniuses, and
marketing gurus that will help us spread the word about our mission. Ideals
Creative is a social enterprise that provide multimedia solutions to enhance
the impact and outreach of mission-based organization. They are kinda
cool..Read Here: http://ideals.tumblr.com/
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*OLPC and eKindling Deployment*

*Lubang Deployment + Consultation Visit*

We are proud to present the first XO Laptop deployment in the remote rural
island of Lubang, Mindoro. This small island is filled with children the can
change their communities and the world. Through the XO laptop, and
activities like etoys, we aim to unleash their potential. In late November,
both Tessa Y. and Ryan L. visited Lubang to assess the infrastructure and,
knowledge base level of the educators, students, and other stakeholders in
regards to ITC in education. We will use our findings to build a customized
training and support program for the project participant. Read our guest
post on* OLPCnews Blog *here: http://bit.ly/bbI6hI
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Training Program Development*

Learning from past OLPC deployments, we understand that the training program
and support mechanism are integral to the sustainability/success of the
program. Thus far, the training program will cover basic maintanence and
repair, using the XO, making integrated lesson plan, classroom arrangement
and management, overview of available digital content. Educators, selected
students and parents, and municipal support team will take part in the
training session
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*Tech Talk*

Check out the 1.5 XO Laptop Motherboard! Bernie Innocenti's take on the
hardware: http://bit.ly/cUmCF0
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*How You Can Help!*

Trust us, we need as much help as possible?! We will send out calls for help
soon. Thanks to Jasmine Claridad by the way for donating her XO laptop.
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