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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thank you Charles and Jerome for your comprehensive
replies.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I will start gathering information
about Lubang. I will introduce the OLPC concept to my
ex-colleagues from the National Computer Centre. Our intention is to ask
donations from all ex NCC employees all over the world to fund (or help
fund) Col Sanchez's IT program. You may be aware that NCC,
formerly based in Camp Aguinaldo , was one of the very first computer Centers
which supported the Phil government. We are doing this as a
'payback' to the boss who have turned us all into successful IT
professionals. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>More questions:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>- what is the age group that is targeted by the
OLPC program? Jerome mentioned that the laptop is designed for little
hands but larger hands can still use it. But how about the learning
benefits, will it suit high school students ?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>- how much it cost to start a project? Have you
done estimates for Antipolo? One time costs such as fitting classrooms
with wireless capability, training the trainers/administrators,cost of PC and
set-up, and on-going costs. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>- Could you give me a contact in OLPC
Australia ? Maybe they could teach me how to secure the required
funding. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Charles, I am so glad you are based in
Sydney. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>At the moment, the whole thing seems challenging,
but we will do our best.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>With best regards,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Meg Simpson <BR></DIV></FONT></FONT>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=milagros8@bigpond.com
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, May 30, 2009 7:05
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> A new pilot for Lubang, Mindoro
ATBP</DIV>
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<TD vAlign=top>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>
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1<BR>Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 22:15:21 +1000<BR>From: "Milagros simpson"
<<A href="/mc/compose?to=milagros8@bigpond.com"
ymailto="mailto:milagros8@bigpond.com">milagros8@bigpond.com</A>><BR>Subject:
[OLPC-Philippines] OLPC Pilot Enquiry<BR>To: <<A
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<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:
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29 May 2009 16:37:51 +0800<BR>From: Ryan Letada <<A
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Re: [OLPC-Philippines] OLPC Pilot Enquiry<BR>To: "OLPC
Philippines/Pilipinas grassroots"<BR> <<A
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<<A
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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
href="/mc/compose?to=milagros8@bigpond.com"
ymailto="mailto: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>>
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29 May 2009 17:24:26 +0800<BR>From: Jerome Gotangco <<A
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Re: [OLPC-Philippines] OLPC Pilot Enquiry<BR>To: "OLPC
Philippines/Pilipinas grassroots"<BR> <<A
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Milagros simpson <<A href="/mc/compose?to=milagros8@bigpond.com"
ymailto="mailto: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
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target=_blank>http://www.pinoytechpodcast.com</A><BR>Blog: <A
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