<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Hi Everybody,<br><br>Let's welcome Meg's interest to do a project with OLPC and hope we can help her fullfill the dream of her former boss to start a school program in Lubang, Mindoro.<br><br>Meg, I'm Charles Chen and I am also a Filipino based in Sydney. Let me provide you additional information about the OLPC program for the Philippines.<br><br>1. OLPC PH is at the moment an informal group working independently but in support of OLPC Boston to promote online education using the laptop designed by Nicholas Negroponte of MIT. Unlike OLPC Boston which operates as a legal entity and has been the beneficiary of donations from the likes of Google, Ebay and Cisco, the Philippine group is working on the blood, sweat and tears of its many volunteer members. Please see enclosed an Overview of the OLPC program worldwide prepared by OLPC
Boston.<br><br>http://www.olpcnews.com/files/One_Laptop_Per_Child_Overview_2009.pdf<br><br>We are working to register as a non-stock, non-profit foundation this year. One of the principal handicaps we have is our inability
to raise donations for our program. As a foundation and hopefully
once we secured status as a tax exempt institution, we can accept
deductions from individuals as well as companies in support of our
program and provide them the benefit of treating the donation as a tax
deduction.<br><br>Just for the information for the guys in the Philippines, OLPC Australia has started a program which will be sponsored by one of the major banks and the Northern Territory state government to provide over 400,000 XO for remote Australian communities.<br><br>http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/304637/olpc_australia_uses_education_help_remote_communities<br><br>2. OLPC PH Pilot project. One of the first initiatives we will do once we have organised ourselves as a foundation is to do a school pilot. I am currently working on a proposal for the first school pilot to be conducted at an Antipolo (Metro Manila) public school. The pilot will seek to use 150 XOs for Grade V students in one of the city's 31 public elementary school to teach English. We will be using an open source software (Sugar) operating on a wireless environment and a USB flash for an educational supplement for this purpose.<br><br>3. OLPC Boston's Buy 1, Get 1 program.
In addition to what Ryan told you, I suggest if you have a desire to start an OLPC project, not to consider using this program. This is because you have no control on which country the donated XO (the name given to the OLPC laptop) will go. Imagine also how many people you will have to approach to do this to get the needed number of XO for your pilot. There is a better way.<br><br>4. OLPC Pilot for Lubang, Mindoro. Once OLPC Foundation is operational, we can help organise an OLPC pilot in partnership with your boss. One of the first things you can do in preparation for this pilot is get the needed local resources for this purpose. Like which school will be do the pilot? What are the current IT resources available to the school? Do the school teachers have computer skills to manage the pilot? Is the school equipt for a wireless PC access? What particular grade, subject and course will you use the laptop for? Moving forward after the pilot is successful,
who will continue managing the program? <br><br>The hardest part would be raising the needed funds for the pilot which will be used to purchase the XO and the costs of training and setting up the wireless environment to deploy this. We can assist you in organise this fund raising activity through the foundation.<br><br>5. XO features and Philippine operational requirements. I don't know whether you already know this but I just want you to put this information in the context of doing this in a public school in the Philippines. The XO is one of the few laptops designed for kids which is loaded with so many kid focused activities and is sturdy enough to survive the tough use of a kid. However, the laptop is best suited to be used wireless so that means the school has to have a wireless connection. The laptop runs on open source software to save on license fees but also requires its users as well as its administrators undergo some training to use it as they
may be more comfortable using a laptop operating on Windows software. The ideal context of an OLPC program is the XO is distributed to each student to use in the school as well as bring it home to continue its use for study. In a Philippine context, once the school year has ended, the student will turnover the XO for use of the next incoming class for the grade it will be offerred. The XO will be donated to the school who will be the owner of these assets.The use the XO in a Philippine school has to be in the context of using it as a tool for an educational supplement for an existing DepED subject. For example, use it for practicing speaking English as a supplement to teaching English. <br><br>5. What is a Green laptop. I assume a laptop is called a green laptop if it has been designed to be environmental friendly as what Apple is promoting its laptops. That means the laptop uses less energy, its parts highly recylable, uses less or no hazardous
chemicals, and has a longer battery life which you will purchase less of them compared to traditional laptops. <br><br>A green laptop would still work like a a regular laptop as it will have to work like one. <br><br>ATBP/ Other matters.<br><br>Get Together. I will be in Manila from 22 June only for 2 weeks only and will be organising a OLPC Get Together on Sunday, 28 June at Starbucks Greenbelt. This is located at the corner of Paseo De Roxas and Legaspi Street. There are 24 Starbuck stores in Makati so please take note of the address of this. I have enclosed a link below provided by ClickTheCity.Com giving you a map and other information on the store.<br><br>http://food.clickthecity.com/b/uv39d4<br><br>Thanks.<br><br>Charles<br><br><div><div><div><div><div><div><style><!--p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";}_filtered {margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt;}div.Section1
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target="_blank">http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-philippines</a><br>or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br> <a ymailto="mailto:olpc-philippines-request@lists.laptop.org" href="/mc/compose?to=olpc-philippines-request@lists.laptop.org">olpc-philippines-request@lists.laptop.org</a><br><br>You can reach the person managing the list at<br> <a ymailto="mailto:olpc-philippines-owner@lists.laptop.org" href="/mc/compose?to=olpc-philippines-owner@lists.laptop.org">olpc-philippines-owner@lists.laptop.org</a><br><br>When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<br>than "Re: Contents of OLPC-Philippines digest..."<br><br><br>Today's Topics:<br><br> 1. OLPC Pilot Enquiry (Milagros simpson)<br> 2. Re: OLPC Pilot Enquiry (Ryan Letada)<br> 3. Re: OLPC Pilot Enquiry (Jerome
Gotangco)<br><br><br>----------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>Message: 1<br>Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 22:15:21 +1000<br>From: "Milagros simpson" <<a ymailto="mailto:milagros8@bigpond.com" href="/mc/compose?to=milagros8@bigpond.com">milagros8@bigpond.com</a>><br>Subject: [OLPC-Philippines] OLPC Pilot Enquiry<br>To: <<a ymailto="mailto:olpc-philippines@lists.laptop.org" href="/mc/compose?to=olpc-philippines@lists.laptop.org">olpc-philippines@lists.laptop.org</a>><br>Message-ID: <FE70DEE56D7F4466B2E700400D236532@MegiPC><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"<br><br>Hello OLPC Philippines,<br><br>I am a retired bank employee in Sydney Australia, I am of Filipino origin.<br><br>I have heard about OLPC on television and I immediately thought that OLPC could make my ex-boss's dreams come true.<br><br>The town mayor of Lubang Mindoro is my former boss in the National Computer Center (NCC) in Camp
Aguinaldo , Quezon City, Col. Juan Sanchez.<br>Being a technology person, Col Sanchez is embarking on an IT Program for the school children of Lubang, and he had asked helped from us former employees.<br><br>Some former NCC employees from Canada, US and the Philippines are coming over to Sydney for a reunion in September 2009. I would like to present in the reunion the OLPC scheme, as one of our community service program in the Philippines.<br>.<br>I have gone through the OLPC site and I have seen the webpage for donation, but I would like the donation to be treated as a project, not a casual donation.<br>This could be one of your pilots, if not the pilot pilot.<br>Could you please clarify for me what the give a laptop scheme is (donate 1 , get 1). This is a bit confusing. Do we pay $199 for one laptop, then we get one free?<br>I saw one page where it said $399 for a pair.<br>What is your view on the green laptop, does it work
like a 'proper' computer. Can a child be comfortable to shift from the green laptop to a 'real' laptop?<br><br><br>Looking forward to your early reply.<br><br><br><br><br>Regards,<br><br>Meg<br><br>Mobile: 0412 180 927<br>Home Phone: 02 4998 1142<br>-------------- next part --------------<br>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>URL: <a href="http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/olpc-philippines/attachments/20090528/5d20a45b/attachment-0001.htm" target="_blank">http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/olpc-philippines/attachments/20090528/5d20a45b/attachment-0001.htm</a> <br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 2<br>Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 16:37:51 +0800<br>From: Ryan Letada <<a ymailto="mailto:rletada@gmail.com" href="/mc/compose?to=rletada@gmail.com">rletada@gmail.com</a>><br>Subject: Re: [OLPC-Philippines] OLPC Pilot Enquiry<br>To: "OLPC Philippines/Pilipinas grassroots"<br> <<a
ymailto="mailto:olpc-philippines@lists.laptop.org" href="/mc/compose?to=olpc-philippines@lists.laptop.org">olpc-philippines@lists.laptop.org</a>><br>Message-ID:<br> <<a ymailto="mailto:662737460905290137w66cc8e02wa4cc34ccc2467165@mail.gmail.com" href="/mc/compose?to=662737460905290137w66cc8e02wa4cc34ccc2467165@mail.gmail.com">662737460905290137w66cc8e02wa4cc34ccc2467165@mail.gmail.com</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"<br><br>Hi Meg!<br><br>Ryan here from OLPC Philippines. Its great what you are doing for your<br>ex-boss. Hopefully, we can work together to turn your boss?s dream into<br>reality.<br><br>In regards to your question, here are some quick replies:<br><br>1. Unfortunately, the Give 1 Get 1 program is over. Due to terrible<br>sales via Amazon, they opted to end the program. You can still make a direct<br>donation, however, you will not receive a laptop. For now, laptops
are sold<br>on a wholesale basis with a minimum bulk purchase of 100 XO laptops. We are<br>in the process of getting financial breakdown/estimates of running pilot<br>programs. We are also discussing cost-efficient ways of acquiring our first<br>set of laptops, so please give us some time to put all of this together.<br><br><br>2. What is your view on the green laptop, does it work like a 'proper'<br>computer. Can a child be comfortable to shift from the green laptop to a<br>'real' laptop?<br><br><br><br>I can answer this from an educational perspective. However, if you are more<br>interested in the technical/technology perspective, I guess Jerome can chime<br>in on this.<br><br><br><br>I assume you are referring to windows/Mac PCs as the proper and real<br>computer/laptops. Although there is a difference in operating system (OS)<br>between XO laptop (Sugar) and most computers (windows OS), studies show that<br>children
transition between the OS easily. However, the question really lies<br>on what the computers are really used for?<br><br><br><br>Many computer (windows) based initiatives tend to focus on providing<br>vocational training in Excel, Microsoft Word, and Powerpoint to prepare<br>individuals for the job market. However, most learning activities created to<br>compliment the XO laptop focuses on transforming students into 21st century<br>learners ? meaning students who are leaders, critical thinkers, digitally<br>literate, Web 2.0 savvy, team oriented, etc. These are traits that are<br>needed in an increasingly competitive job market, and digital and globalised<br>world (Sorry for sounding like an Academic!).<br><br><br><br>Lastly, learning activities are very interdisciplinary ? so math, science,<br>and reading can be a heavy focus depending on curriculum design. We<br>recently added an education specialist to our core team, whose objectives<br>will be
to help form our educational approach and philosophy. We will update<br>everyone about this soon.<br><br><br><br>I hope I was able to answer your questions. If you are in need of further<br>explanation, we can definitely address your questions via email, skype or<br>phone. I am sure you will need help preparing your presentation in<br>September, I hope we can help you in this as well.<br><br>Sige, ingat!<br><br>Ryan<br><br><br>On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 8:15 PM, Milagros simpson <<a ymailto="mailto:milagros8@bigpond.com" href="/mc/compose?to=milagros8@bigpond.com">milagros8@bigpond.com</a>>wrote:<br><br>> Hello OLPC Philippines,<br>><br>> I am a retired bank employee in Sydney Australia, I am of Filipino origin.<br>><br>> I have heard about OLPC on television and I immediately thought that OLPC<br>> could make my ex-boss's dreams come true.<br>><br>> The town mayor of Lubang Mindoro is my former
boss in the National Computer<br>> Center (NCC) in Camp Aguinaldo , Quezon City, Col. Juan Sanchez.<br>> Being a technology person, Col Sanchez is embarking on an IT Program for<br>> the school children of Lubang, and he had asked helped from us former<br>> employees.<br>><br>> Some former NCC employees from Canada, US and the Philippines are coming<br>> over to Sydney for a reunion in September 2009. I would like to present in<br>> the reunion the OLPC scheme, as one of our community service program in the<br>> Philippines.<br>> .<br>> I have gone through the OLPC site and I have seen the webpage for donation,<br>> but I would like the donation to be treated as a project, not a casual<br>> donation.<br>> This could be one of your pilots, if not the pilot pilot.<br>> Could you please clarify for me what the give a laptop scheme is (donate 1<br>> , get 1). This is a bit confusing. Do
we pay $199 for one laptop, then we<br>> get one free?<br>> I saw one page where it said $399 for a pair.<br>> What is your view on the green laptop, does it work like a 'proper'<br>> computer. Can a child be comfortable to shift from the green laptop to a<br>> 'real' laptop?<br>><br>><br>> Looking forward to your early reply.<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> Regards,<br>><br>> Meg<br>><br>> Mobile: 0412 180 927<br>> Home Phone: 02 4998 1142<br>><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> OLPC-Philippines mailing list<br>> <a ymailto="mailto:OLPC-Philippines@lists.laptop.org" href="/mc/compose?to=OLPC-Philippines@lists.laptop.org">OLPC-Philippines@lists.laptop.org</a><br>> <a href="http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-philippines" target="_blank">http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-philippines</a><br>><br>><br>-------------- next part --------------<br>An HTML
attachment was scrubbed...<br>URL: <a href="http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/olpc-philippines/attachments/20090529/004d2298/attachment-0001.htm" target="_blank">http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/olpc-philippines/attachments/20090529/004d2298/attachment-0001.htm</a> <br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 3<br>Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 17:24:26 +0800<br>From: Jerome Gotangco <<a ymailto="mailto:jgotangco@gmail.com" href="/mc/compose?to=jgotangco@gmail.com">jgotangco@gmail.com</a>><br>Subject: Re: [OLPC-Philippines] OLPC Pilot Enquiry<br>To: "OLPC Philippines/Pilipinas grassroots"<br> <<a ymailto="mailto:olpc-philippines@lists.laptop.org" href="/mc/compose?to=olpc-philippines@lists.laptop.org">olpc-philippines@lists.laptop.org</a>><br>Message-ID:<br> <<a ymailto="mailto:c138e6150905290224q4592da43o13a16234b479dcc9@mail.gmail.com"
href="/mc/compose?to=c138e6150905290224q4592da43o13a16234b479dcc9@mail.gmail.com">c138e6150905290224q4592da43o13a16234b479dcc9@mail.gmail.com</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1<br><br>On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 8:15 PM, Milagros simpson <<a ymailto="mailto:milagros8@bigpond.com" href="/mc/compose?to=milagros8@bigpond.com">milagros8@bigpond.com</a>> wrote:<br>> What is your view on the green laptop, does it work like a 'proper'<br>> computer.? Can a child be comfortable to shift from the green laptop to a<br>> 'real' laptop?<br><br>Hi,<br><br>I'd like to answer this on a technical point of view.<br><br>The XO-1 laptop is the first generation release of the said machine<br>from OLPC. The architecture of this laptop is similar to that of<br>conventional laptops with the exception of a few things:<br><br>1. The CPU is x86, meaning that it is similar to most machines running<br>an Intel processor. However, the XO-1 device
runs at 433MHz which is<br>enough to run conventional applications. The unique proposition of<br>this processor is the low power requirements.<br><br>2. The laptop has a unique display at a resolution of 1200x900 with<br>two modes: A reflective monochrome mode which provides a paper-like<br>display when used under direct sunlight; and a backlit color mode.<br><br>3. The XO-1 memory is at 256MB running at 133MHz, and the storage is<br>at 1GB NAND flash.<br><br>So looking at this specs, this is comparable to a laptop during the<br>late 90s/early 2000, but the thing is that, you don't need Gigahertz<br>of power to provide an educational platform at the lowest cost<br>possible. The XO-1 was designed for that, along with the Sugar<br>interface.<br><br>A few months after the general release of the XO-1 and through the<br>G1G1 program, the community were able to provide alternative systems<br>to the XO-1 despite its limited hardware. We now have full
blown<br>operating systems like Ubuntu and Debian running with the use of the<br>SD card or USB sticks (3 slots are provided).<br><br>There is an expected hardware "refresh" of laptop, the XO-1.5 by the<br>end of the year. This would be the same form factor of the laptop,<br>with a more powerful CPU, more generous amount of memory and flash<br>storage to enable a full blown operating system to run natively when<br>needed. This roadmap provides an opportunity for a student who starts<br>with a simple interface (Sugar) to a more complex one (like Gnome)<br>when needed (say a student moves from grade school to high school).<br><br>Physically, the laptop was designed for little hands so grown up kids<br>to teenagers would most likely have more problems using it than a<br>conventional laptop. Although this is a physical limitation of the<br>device and not with the software.<br><br>Jerome<br><br>-- <br>Jerome G.<br><br>Pinoy Tech Podcast: <a
href="http://www.pinoytechpodcast.com" target="_blank">http://www.pinoytechpodcast.com</a><br>Blog: <a href="http://blog.gotangco.com" target="_blank">http://blog.gotangco.com</a><br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>OLPC-Philippines mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:OLPC-Philippines@lists.laptop.org" href="/mc/compose?to=OLPC-Philippines@lists.laptop.org">OLPC-Philippines@lists.laptop.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-philippines" target="_blank">http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-philippines</a><br><br><br>End of OLPC-Philippines Digest, Vol 19, Issue 13<br>************************************************<br></div></blockquote></td></tr></table><br>
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