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<DIV>I want to share with everybody what was discussed in the second get together I organised last Sunday (28 Jun 2009) at Ascott Makati:</DIV>
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<DIV>- OLPC Foundation formation. I informed the group that I am in the process of forming the foundation that would assist us in providing the needed resources to deploy the OLPC program in the country.</DIV>
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<DIV>The foundation shall focus on promoting the OLPC program as envisioned by Nicholas Negroponte. Initially this shall focus on using the XO hardware device and Sugar as the default application.</DIV>
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<DIV>At the same time, I advised the group the foundation is open to assist other members of the group who may have projects using a different hardware and software to secure donations for their implementation. For as long as the donor is fully aware of the differences in technical requirements (vs using XO and Sugar as the hardware and software), the foundation will support these projects for the benefit of its volunteer members.</DIV>
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<DIV>- Browser/ PDF front end application. Naz Nazareno presented the idea of developing a front end application in the form of a browser which looks like Windows and using the PDFs to contain the content. This may be an ideal cost efficient approach that will make users comfortable in using an open source application.</DIV>
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<DIV>- Educational Content. Naz also shared with us the need of developing educational content as a key success factor in the deployment of the OLPC program. Jerome and Ryan had previously shared with the entire group the various reports on OLPC deployments in other countries and these reports confirmed the same conclusion.</DIV>
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<DIV>Naz suggested engaging volunteer programmers in developing content for this purpose. One approach is through partnering with schools and another through educator blogs for non-students.</DIV>
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<DIV>I shared with the group my recent meeting with Ray and his other co-teachers at the Asian Pacific Colleges on their intention to work with OLPC to assist us in our program. Ray later advised us they can offer to their students the option of working on an OLPC project as part of their on-the-job training/ practicum by assisting us in managing our school pilots. Another way is by engaging them to develop local educational content. </DIV>
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<DIV>I raised the advise from OLPC Australia on the availablility of free content online for our immediate use. It was agreed we will focus initially on identifying suitable content for teaching English since this will be one subject which may have abundant selection, easy to deploy as a curriculum supplement and where we can easy measure the learning results on the student. </DIV>
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<DIV>Naz suggested another approach is to develop content in a form of a video game to make this interesting for the student.</DIV>
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<DIV>School Pilot. A question was raised on what type of school (public or private) will be our focus for deployment. I informed the group the preference is in favour of public schools. However, Willie suggested it is essential also we also engage private schools as well given of the better resources available to deploy an OLPC program. He suggested a partnership arrangement where a private school will share with another public school in its same locality on its successful deployment. I advised that any private schools interested to deploy the OLPC program should be willing to shoulder the total cost of ownership as against public schools where we will have to assist them by covering the cost of deployment.</DIV>
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<DIV>Present in the meeting were Carlos (Naz) Nazareno, John Imbong, and Ray Baquirin. At the same time, I had invite Vicki Puno, Willie Pertubal, Bubot Santos, and Gab Pertubal. <BR><BR>Other matters. As previously mentioned, I met with Ray and other officials of Asian Pacific Colleges on their interest to partner with us in deploying the OLPC program. Their assistance can be in various ways ranging from developing educational content to tapping students to develop projects around the OLPC to assisting OLPC deployments in local public schools. I informed them as soon as the foundation is registered and operational, we will formalise our partnership through an MOU (Memorandum of Understanding). One good idea presented is the formation of cooperatives to support local school deployments.</DIV>
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<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid"><BR>From: olpc-philippines-request@lists.laptop.org <olpc-philippines-request@lists.laptop.org><BR>Subject: OLPC-Philippines Digest, Vol 20, Issue 41<BR>To: olpc-philippines@lists.laptop.org<BR>Received: Tuesday, 30 June, 2009, 2:00 AM<BR><BR>
<DIV class=plainMail>Send OLPC-Philippines mailing list submissions to<BR> <A href="http://au.mc540.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=olpc-philippines@lists.laptop.org" target=_blank rel=nofollow>olpc-philippines@lists.laptop.org</A><BR><BR>To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<BR> <A href="http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-philippines" target=_blank rel=nofollow>http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-philippines</A><BR>or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<BR> <A href="http://au.mc540.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=olpc-philippines-request@lists.laptop.org" target=_blank rel=nofollow>olpc-philippines-request@lists.laptop.org</A><BR><BR>You can reach the person managing the list at<BR> <A href="http://au.mc540.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=olpc-philippines-owner@lists.laptop.org" target=_blank
rel=nofollow>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. DLSU & OLPC Philippines (Carlos Nazareno)<BR> 2. Re: DLSU & OLPC Philippines (Cherry Withers)<BR><BR><BR>----------------------------------------------------------------------<BR><BR>Message: 1<BR>Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:29:29 +0800<BR>From: Carlos Nazareno <<A href="http://au.mc540.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=object404@gmail.com" target=_blank rel=nofollow>object404@gmail.com</A>><BR>Subject: [OLPC-Philippines] DLSU & OLPC Philippines<BR>To: "OLPC Philippines/Pilipinas grassroots"<BR> <<A href="http://au.mc540.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=olpc-philippines@lists.laptop.org" target=_blank rel=nofollow>olpc-philippines@lists.laptop.org</A>><BR>Cc: Solomon See
<<A href="http://au.mc540.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=solomon.see@gmail.com" target=_blank rel=nofollow>solomon.see@gmail.com</A>><BR>Message-ID:<BR> <<A href="http://au.mc540.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=c58c2c4a0906282129t3007e586n677895b6324680c5@mail.gmail.com" target=_blank rel=nofollow>c58c2c4a0906282129t3007e586n677895b6324680c5@mail.gmail.com</A>><BR>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1<BR><BR>Hi All!<BR><BR>Some people from La Salle are interested in helping out with OLPC<BR>Philippines. Below is an email from Solomon See from the La Salle CCS<BR>faculty.<BR><BR>Solomon, to start participating in OLPC Philippines, it would be best<BR>to join the OLPC Philippines mailing list here at:<BR><A href="http://au.mc540.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=olpc-philippines@lists.laptop.org" target=_blank rel=nofollow>olpc-philippines@lists.laptop.org</A><BR>You can subscribe at:<BR><A
href="http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-philippines" target=_blank rel=nofollow>http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-philippines</A><BR><BR>You can also find more information at the OLPC Ph wiki at:<BR><A href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Philippines" target=_blank rel=nofollow>http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Philippines</A><BR><BR>Solomon, Rey, if you can come up with a good proposal, you can request<BR>developer XO Laptop units from OLPC Boston itself. Details are at the<BR>URL below:<BR><A href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Contributors_program" target=_blank rel=nofollow>http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Contributors_program</A><BR><BR>Basically you fill up a form and if your request is approved, the<BR>units will be shipped to your group.<BR><BR>Charles, Sandeep, it would be great if you guys can coordinate with<BR>the guys from La Salle as Solomon and co. are pretty enthusiastic<BR>about OLPC.<BR><BR>Best regards,<BR><BR>-Naz<BR><BR>"Anyway, DGDL and
DLSU College of Computer Studies is interested in<BR>helping out in<BR>the OLPC PH project, in creating Games and Educational Content for the<BR>OLPC. We have<BR>reviewed the specs and capabilities of the OLPC from the site and have a game<BR>project and development ideas for it. We could also help out in localizing the<BR>applications that are in the OLPC. We are also wondering how we could<BR>get access to<BR>OLPC's so we can start reviewing and evaluating the capabilities of<BR>the device and<BR>field out development projects to student as their thesis starting<BR>next term (June<BR>2009).<BR><BR>If you have any inquiries or would like to contact us for possible<BR>collaborations in<BR>this matter, you can contact me at this address or at this mobile number<BR>0917-8958530. Hope to hear from you soon.<BR><BR>Thanks!<BR>-Solomon"<BR><BR>-- <BR>carlos nazareno<BR><A href="http://twitter.com/object404" target=_blank
rel=nofollow>http://twitter.com/object404</A><BR><A href="http://www.object404.com/" target=_blank rel=nofollow>http://www.object404.com</A><BR>--<BR>user group manager<BR>phlashers: philippine flash actionscripters<BR>adobe flash/flex/air community<BR><A href="http://www.phlashers.com/" target=_blank rel=nofollow>http://www.phlashers.com</A><BR>--<BR>interactive media specialist<BR>zen graffiti studios<BR><A href="http://www.zengraffiti.com/" target=_blank rel=nofollow>http://www.zengraffiti.com</A><BR>--<BR>"if you don't like the way the world is running,<BR>then change it instead of just complaining."<BR><BR><BR>------------------------------<BR><BR>Message: 2<BR>Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:13:39 -0700<BR>From: Cherry Withers <<A href="http://au.mc540.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=cherry.withers@gmail.com" target=_blank rel=nofollow>cherry.withers@gmail.com</A>><BR>Subject: Re: [OLPC-Philippines] DLSU & OLPC Philippines<BR>To: "OLPC
Philippines/Pilipinas grassroots"<BR> <<A href="http://au.mc540.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=olpc-philippines@lists.laptop.org" target=_blank rel=nofollow>olpc-philippines@lists.laptop.org</A>><BR>Cc: Solomon See <<A href="http://au.mc540.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=solomon.see@gmail.com" target=_blank rel=nofollow>solomon.see@gmail.com</A>><BR>Message-ID:<BR> <<A href="http://au.mc540.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=958133bc0906282313g136f6242g9a6391f415125580@mail.gmail.com" target=_blank rel=nofollow>958133bc0906282313g136f6242g9a6391f415125580@mail.gmail.com</A>><BR>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"<BR><BR>Thank you for your interest and welcome to the group! We're in much need of<BR>developer<BR>support and any contribution is greatly appreciated.<BR><BR>In addition to what Carlos has said, I just want to add that one can start<BR>developing even with lack of the hardware<BR>itself.
Here are some links for XO emulators and also Sugar on Stick:<BR><BR>QEMU runs a virtual XO in any machine and is what's mostly used by OLPC<BR>developers:<BR><A href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OS_images_for_emulation" target=_blank rel=nofollow>http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OS_images_for_emulation</A><BR><BR>You can also run Sugar on top of existing OS (Windows Vista currently<BR>unsupported) through a<BR>USB stick (called "Sugar on a Stick"). Details can be found on this page:<BR><A href="http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Downloads" target=_blank rel=nofollow>http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Downloads</A><BR><BR>Hope this helps. Jerome Gotangco can chime in for additional tech info..<BR><BR>Cheers,<BR>---Cherry<BR><BR>On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 9:29 PM, Carlos Nazareno <<A href="http://au.mc540.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=object404@gmail.com" target=_blank rel=nofollow>object404@gmail.com</A>>wrote:<BR><BR>> Hi All!<BR>><BR>> Some people from La
Salle are interested in helping out with OLPC<BR>> Philippines. Below is an email from Solomon See from the La Salle CCS<BR>> faculty.<BR>><BR>> Solomon, to start participating in OLPC Philippines, it would be best<BR>> to join the OLPC Philippines mailing list here at:<BR>> <A href="http://au.mc540.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=olpc-philippines@lists.laptop.org" target=_blank rel=nofollow>olpc-philippines@lists.laptop.org</A><BR>> You can subscribe at:<BR>> <A href="http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-philippines" target=_blank rel=nofollow>http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-philippines</A><BR>><BR>> You can also find more information at the OLPC Ph wiki at:<BR>> <A href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Philippines" target=_blank rel=nofollow>http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Philippines</A><BR>><BR>> Solomon, Rey, if you can come up with a good proposal, you can request<BR>> developer XO Laptop units from OLPC
Boston itself. Details are at the<BR>> URL below:<BR>> <A href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Contributors_program" target=_blank rel=nofollow>http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Contributors_program</A><BR>><BR>> Basically you fill up a form and if your request is approved, the<BR>> units will be shipped to your group.<BR>><BR>> Charles, Sandeep, it would be great if you guys can coordinate with<BR>> the guys from La Salle as Solomon and co. are pretty enthusiastic<BR>> about OLPC.<BR>><BR>> Best regards,<BR>><BR>> -Naz<BR>><BR>> "Anyway, DGDL and DLSU College of Computer Studies is interested in<BR>> helping out in<BR>> the OLPC PH project, in creating Games and Educational Content for the<BR>> OLPC. We have<BR>> reviewed the specs and capabilities of the OLPC from the site and have a<BR>> game<BR>> project and development ideas for it. We could also help out in localizing<BR>> the<BR>>
applications that are in the OLPC. We are also wondering how we could<BR>> get access to<BR>> OLPC's so we can start reviewing and evaluating the capabilities of<BR>> the device and<BR>> field out development projects to student as their thesis starting<BR>> next term (June<BR>> 2009).<BR>><BR>> If you have any inquiries or would like to contact us for possible<BR>> collaborations in<BR>> this matter, you can contact me at this address or at this mobile number<BR>> 0917-8958530. Hope to hear from you soon.<BR>><BR>> Thanks!<BR>> -Solomon"<BR>><BR>> --<BR>> carlos nazareno<BR>> <A href="http://twitter.com/object404" target=_blank rel=nofollow>http://twitter.com/object404</A><BR>> <A href="http://www.object404.com/" target=_blank rel=nofollow>http://www.object404.com</A><BR>> --<BR>> user group manager<BR>> phlashers: philippine flash actionscripters<BR>> adobe flash/flex/air
community<BR>> <A href="http://www.phlashers.com/" target=_blank rel=nofollow>http://www.phlashers.com</A><BR>> --<BR>> interactive media specialist<BR>> zen graffiti studios<BR>> <A href="http://www.zengraffiti.com/" target=_blank rel=nofollow>http://www.zengraffiti.com</A><BR>> --<BR>> "if you don't like the way the world is running,<BR>> then change it instead of just complaining."<BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> OLPC-Philippines mailing list<BR>> <A href="http://au.mc540.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=OLPC-Philippines@lists.laptop.org" target=_blank rel=nofollow>OLPC-Philippines@lists.laptop.org</A><BR>> <A href="http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-philippines" target=_blank rel=nofollow>http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-philippines</A><BR>><BR>-------------- next part --------------<BR>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<BR>URL: <A
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