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<DIV>Much as I like the XO, I doubt it will ever totally replace books.</DIV>
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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=rfrank@ccebos.org href="mailto:rfrank@ccebos.org">Robert Frank</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To: </B><A title=qarout88@gmail.com href="mailto:qarout88@gmail.com">Ayman Qarout</A>;<A title=olpc_boston@lists.laptop.org href="mailto:olpc_boston@lists.laptop.org">olpc_boston@lists.laptop.org</A>;<A title=seth.woodworth@gmail.com href="mailto:seth.woodworth@gmail.com">seth.woodworth@gmail.com</A></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 6/25/2009 10:51:53 AM </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [OLPC_Boston] OLPC Palestine</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Hi, Seth and Ayman. I thought you’d be interested in reading one of the contributions coming from a Palestinian woman, in the Google Group for this summer’s University of the Middle East attendees (who are all teachers from the Middle East and North Africa). I had asked them to tell me about their current use of technology in the classroom, as well as what they’d heard about OLPC and the XO. There has been quite a range of answers, but here’s that Palestinian woman from today’s discussion:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 5.0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">According to XO computer, I didn’t hear about it, but to have a onelaptop per child it’s <BR>a wonderful idea but it’s difficult to apply in our schools as it costs so <BR>much, but I think one day children will get rid of books and substitute it with <BR>laptops which will be great <BR><BR><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Robert Frank<BR>Director, Communications and Technology<BR>Center for Collaborative Education<BR>1135 Tremont St., Ste. 490<BR>Boston, MA 02120<BR>Tel. 617-421-0134 ext. 285</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=navy><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"> </SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> Ayman Qarout [mailto:qarout88@gmail.com] <BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Tuesday, May 26, 2009 3:05 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> Robert Frank; olpc_boston@lists.laptop.org<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [OLPC_Boston] OLPC Palestine</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Hey Robert,<BR><BR>Thanks for your response, and I hope you the best with OLPC Boston<BR>I hope we can stay in touch and learn from you<BR><BR>Thank you,<BR><BR clear=all>Ayman Qarout<BR>Business Administration Department- Birzeit University<BR>Ramallah - Palestine<BR>+972 59 8 153 790<BR><BR><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 7:27 PM, Robert Frank <<A href="mailto:rfrank@ccebos.org">rfrank@ccebos.org</A>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Hello, Ayman.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I’ll be teaching a 3-hour technology course this July at the Teacher Education Institute (TEI) of the University of the Middle East Project. It’s a program I’ve taught in for something like the past 8 summers (although it didn’t run in 2008 due to funding problems). The students in the TEI are teachers from 8 Middle Eastern and North African countries, including Palestine.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
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<P><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">This year, with major help from the Boston OLPC, the program will focus on OLPC and with a hands-on introduction to the XO laptop. Three of the high school teachers this summer are from the West Bank, 2 science teachers and a computer sciences teacher.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
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<P><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Please keep me informed on plans you are engaged in for Palestine.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
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<P><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Best wishes,</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
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<P><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> <A href="mailto:olpc_boston-bounces@lists.laptop.org" target=_blank>olpc_boston-bounces@lists.laptop.org</A> [mailto:<A href="mailto:olpc_boston-bounces@lists.laptop.org" target=_blank>olpc_boston-bounces@lists.laptop.org</A>] <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Ayman Qarout<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Sunday, May 24, 2009 4:41 AM<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> <A href="mailto:olpc_boston@lists.laptop.org" target=_blank>olpc_boston@lists.laptop.org</A><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> [OLPC_Boston] OLPC Palestine<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></DIV>
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<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Hey guys,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">I'm Ayman, a member of the newly established OLPC group in Palestine.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Infact i'm here to see what have you done tell now and learn of your experience; so can anybody post and tell me in short what have you done yet and what you achieved ? I'll be very thankful for your help <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Thank you<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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