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

[Gerald Ardito]

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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