Thanks for the Twitter heads up! I just followed, as I am following the development of this landmark event earnestly.<div>Is it possible to observe the pre-training and deployment of the project at some point during the covered dates?</div>
<div><br></div><div>Best wishes to everyone in the Lubang project.</div><div><br></div><div>- K</div><div><br></div><div>Karissa Villa</div><div>(/kaffee) <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 11:01 PM, Marife Mago <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:marife.mago@gmail.com">marife.mago@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">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. <br>
<br>I don't know if Nadine can help facilitate thru twitter? She's in Leyte. Let's page her as well. <br><br>For the contact info ... eKindling is in facebook, twitter and this mailing list.<br><br>Mabuhay!<br>
<br>Marife<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div></div><div class="h5">On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 12:47 AM, Cherry Withers <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cwithers@ekindling.org" target="_blank">cwithers@ekindling.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Woot! Hamilton stepped up! Thanks Ham! Rowen's signed up as well. Awesome.<br>Thanks guys! <br><br>Last time I talked to Tessa she mentioned that the room has a cable internet line no wifi access. <br>So we do need the WAP for the training. <br>
<br>Let's talk next week to get everyone's availabilities for the training so we can schedule <br>the classes accordingly? I'm pretty much available to Skype anytime after 6pm my time next week. <br><br>Any takers for the hardware portion? <br>
<br><br>Thanks again guys!<br>Grateful, <br>Cherry (on behalf of Lubang School and eKindling)<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Hamilton Chua</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hamilton.chua@gmail.com" target="_blank">hamilton.chua@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
Date: Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 4:19 PM<br>Subject: Re: Need help with the training this April<br>To: Cherry Withers <<a href="mailto:cwithers@ekindling.org" target="_blank">cwithers@ekindling.org</a>><br><br><br>Hi Cherry,<br>
<br>
I can help with A. I have a lower power atom based (easy to carry<br>
around) computer which I built into a NAS box. With a spare 80GB hard<br>
drive and fedora, I can repurpose it into an XS we can use for training.<br>
<br>
I wonder if we will have internet or a LAN in the venue. I have a spare<br>
8 port 10/100Mbps switch and an old Linksys 802.11b wireless router<br>
which we can use.<br>
<br>
Best,<br>
<br>
Ham<div><div></div><div><br>
<div><div></div><div><br>
<br>
On Thu, 2010-03-18 at 15:56 -0700, Cherry Withers wrote:<br>
> Hi folks,<br>
> (PAGING Carlos, Rowen and Hamilton and anyone else who have done<br>
> XO/Sugar work)<br>
><br>
> I'm going back home to the Philippines after 17 years of absence. I<br>
> always thought I won't do this until I'm given a compelling enough<br>
> reason to do so. I think affecting some changes on our education<br>
> system in the Philippines (however small or big that may be) is<br>
> compelling enough. So I'm heading back home this April to lend a hand<br>
> in preparing the teachers in Lubang for the pilot deployment in June.<br>
> But I need help especially from those who have experience playing<br>
> with the laptop and Sugar.<br>
><br>
> Tessa Yuvienco will work with the teachers on prepping them on how the<br>
> technology will change the dynamics of the classroom (classroom<br>
> management, curriculum integration, etc.). Harvey volunteered to do<br>
> some second tier hardware support training (this is for training the<br>
> technical support team who will be the main contact when hardware<br>
> breaks) but his time is limited so he can only go over a handful of<br>
> things. I can go over most of the things that's not covered but it<br>
> would be great to break up the task. Mitch Seaton from OLPC-Aus will<br>
> lend his support during the deployment and do a refresher course on<br>
> what we talk about in April. Here are some of the bigger areas that we<br>
> need help on:<br>
><br>
> A) XS server training and support (I'm working on getting us the ideal<br>
> hardware for this before I go home and OLPC-SF said that they can help<br>
> but just in case, maybe someone can look into getting us a set-up even<br>
> if it's just for the span of the training?). This is for teaching the<br>
> teachers and students on how to log in and use the XS server and<br>
> Moodle.<br>
><br>
> B)* Detailed hardware debugging and repair. The hardware trouble<br>
> shooting and repair training will likely be broken up into two tiers:<br>
><br>
> 1st Tier: this will be a simple diagnosis that we can teach the<br>
> technical support team including teachers and kids. Maybe just how to<br>
> recognize trouble signs and to know how to articulate the problem to<br>
> the tech support team.<br>
><br>
> 2nd Tier (only for Tech support team): More detailed training on how<br>
> to trouble shoot, debug and do quick repairs. We still have to figure<br>
> out up to how much complexity of repairs the tech support team in<br>
> Lubang can handle. We may add a third tier to the support or just<br>
> escalate the hardware problems to OLPC main.<br>
><br>
> *Note: any guidance on this part would be truly appreciated.<br>
><br>
> The training will be from April 12-21st with the last two days<br>
> dedicated to the Muscovado project and training in content creation<br>
> using Etoys. Unfortunately space is limited (this is venue and<br>
> hardware issue) to just the participants of the two pilots but let me<br>
> or Ryan know if you'd like to get involved long term to the projects<br>
> and we'll try to accommodate as much as we can possibly can.<br>
><br>
> Thank you for your support!<br>
><br>
> Sincerely,<br>
> ---Cherry<br>
> P.S. So far we have 6 XOs that we are guaranteed to have, but we could<br>
> use more as there will be 12 participants in the Lubang project. If<br>
> you have some hardware that you can lend that will be great. The<br>
> teachers will need them till their laptops come in around late July or<br>
> early August.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
<br>
<br>
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