[wsfii-discuss] OLPC - Factfile: XO laptop/Help needed

Tue Jul 31 07:20:39 UTC 2007

Mahabir,

I would say a couple of hours of work a week but it will increase if we
can set it up to so it can eventually be used in other parts of the
world say in Ghana for example where OVF is testing out its Open Digital
Village concept.

Also Ed Cherlin might be able to help or know people who might assist.
He is a volunteer for the OLPC wiki. I cced him.

I also will ask around to others in my network who might have links with
OLPC. I think they have a network of volunteers to help projects like
yours.

Also my thought would be that it would be good first step to set up wiki
or work group to begin to set up the framework for this learning
program. MediaWiki, Moodle or Drupal seem like good options for doing
this.

Jeff

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Subject: Re: [wsfii-discuss] OLPC - Factfile: XO laptop/Help needed

Hello Jeff;

We need lots of volunteer help to develop open source learning materials
for the school children in Nepal. We need programmers, who can put the
materials that we will develop in Nepali and together. Right now we are
organizing ourselves and I will let you know the kind of help we need
from
you.

Please let me know how much time you have and what area you can help.
That
will be nice to know at this moment.

Thanks.

Mahabir

> Mahabir,
>
> Let me know what you need specifically in terms of assistance so that
I
> can consider how I might help.
>
> Jeff
>
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> Subject: Re: [wsfii-discuss] OLPC - Factfile: XO laptop
>
> Hello All;
>
> Yes, the machine has the capability and we are testing that machine in
> Nepal. We are now working on to develop contents for the students.
That
> is
> why I had sent a request letter about two weeks ago asking if you
would
> be
> interested to help develop contents for the laptops using open source.
>
> Please let me know if you can spare time for this project. Our plan is
> to
> do pilot testing the laptops in some school and them try to get the
> laoptops as many as we could. In case we can not get the leptops, we
> will
> be able to use the contents in Linux machines.
>
> Mahabir
>
>> See http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6679431.stm for an
> accessible
>> (non-ultra-geek) Factfile on the XO
>>
>> Especially interesting is the info on network connectivity: " Using
>> standard wireless protocols, the laptops are automatically able to
> form
>> a "mesh network" where each machine acts as both laptop and router,
> able
>> to pass information between computers."
>>
>> There is a flash based demo of a mesh network between laptops, and
>> between laptops and internet routes.
>>
>> Hope this is helpful for someone.
>>
>> Rob
>>
>>
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