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

Sat Mar 20 22:00:34 EDT 2010

Thanks for the Twitter heads up! I just followed, as I am following the
development of this landmark event earnestly.
Is it possible to observe the pre-training and deployment of the project at
some point during the covered dates?

Best wishes to everyone in the Lubang project.

- K

Karissa Villa
(/kaffee)

On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 11:01 PM, Marife Mago <marife.mago at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yey! since we're now on our full swing for our Lubang project.  Let me also
> page Allan Victorino and his group to step up, we need your help for this
> up-coming Training, your familiarity of the XO would be a great help.  If
> you can bring the XO's too during the training would be great ...with your
> technical support as well will be appreciated.
>
> I don't know if Nadine can help facilitate thru twitter? She's in Leyte.
> Let's page her as well.
>
> For the contact info ... eKindling is in facebook, twitter and this mailing
> list.
>
> Mabuhay!
>
> Marife
>
> On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 12:47 AM, Cherry Withers <cwithers at ekindling.org>wrote:
>
>> Woot! Hamilton stepped up! Thanks Ham! Rowen's signed up as well. Awesome.
>> Thanks guys!
>>
>> Last time I talked to Tessa she mentioned that the room has a cable
>> internet line no wifi access.
>> So we do need the WAP for the training.
>>
>> Let's talk next week to get everyone's availabilities for the training so
>> we can schedule
>> the classes accordingly? I'm pretty much available to Skype anytime after
>> 6pm my time next week.
>>
>> Any takers for the hardware portion?
>>
>>
>> Thanks again guys!
>> Grateful,
>> Cherry (on behalf of Lubang School and eKindling)
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Hamilton Chua <hamilton.chua at gmail.com>
>> Date: Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 4:19 PM
>> Subject: Re: Need help with the training this April
>> To: Cherry Withers <cwithers at ekindling.org>
>>
>>
>> Hi Cherry,
>>
>> I can help with A. I have a lower power atom based (easy to carry
>> around) computer which I built into a NAS box. With a spare 80GB hard
>> drive and fedora, I can repurpose it into an XS we can use for training.
>>
>> I wonder if we will have internet or a LAN in the venue. I have a spare
>> 8 port 10/100Mbps switch and an old Linksys 802.11b wireless router
>> which we can use.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Ham
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, 2010-03-18 at 15:56 -0700, Cherry Withers 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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