Talk:OLPC Philippines

It's nice for you to start this page, Frederick. Meantime, note that there is an ongoing Media Fiesta at http://puppylinux.org/fiesta - those pages try to put together what we can now do for addressing the digital divide. Cheers! ~~ User:Raffy, Aug 15, 2006

Talk talk talk, but...

I wish somebody would start working on this page instead of just talking about it! --Chief Mike 05:49, 27 February 2007 (EST)

It's looking like a real possibility now vs chit chat we are going to submit a grant proposal to The World Bank's project Panibagong Paraan'08 for the Pilot project "Unang Liwanag" seed money

http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/EASTASIAPACIFICEXT/PHILIPPINESEXTN/0,,menuPK:332988~pagePK:141159~piPK:141110~theSitePK:332982,00.html

--Chief Mike 03:01, 11 December 2007 (EST) :)

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Finally things are at the staring point.</ br> the photograph is slightly out of focus re; Some people(USA) don't like photos of their children posted on the Internet.

M'glade to help-out --Chief Mike 06:56, 20 May 2007 (EDT)

Should we make a photo galley on main page or not?

XO-1 arrives in Manila January 2007 Courtesy of hip2b2@Flckr.com

--Chief Mike 07:54, 20 May 2007 (EDT)

Having pics of the prototype in the hands of Filipino children would be great. Any content that can increase visibility in the Philippines is welcome. -- Sgc

language templates now available

See Category:User tl --Chief Mike 10:03, 12 September 2007 (EDT)

Also Translators#New in-wiki languages --Xavi 11:56, 12 September 2007 (EDT)

tl	Ang manggagamit na ito ay katutubong mananalita ng Tagalog.

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OLPC for Philippine NBN Project

JANUARY 16, 2008 From James in canada - I woul dlike some feedback on my thoughts re: OLPC and the NBN Project:

In 2007 the Philippine government's Department of Communications DOC was engaged in a nation wide project called the National Broadband Network (NBN). Work on the project was suspended due to some political issues. The President, Gloria Arroyo (GMA), has mandated that the Philippines will engage in a nation-wide ICT program to provide the access for government agencies to IP based services by deploying a national broadband network.

Wouldn't it be great if the proposed NBN program mandated that a rural education component must be included as part of the NBN deployment and that ICT access, as well as deployment of XO laptops was the deliverable for that component?

In other words, this proposed nation wide broadband ICT build would not only give government agencies in all parts of the Philippines access to IP based services, but would importantly require providing OLPC devices (XO laptops) to school districts in the provinces where education is so very important in order to break the level of rural poverty.

I would be interested in knowing if OLPC has a mechanism to initiate this sort of program? My interest, having worked on a large scale digital network build in the Philippines in 1998 (the TelicPhil NDTN project) would be to assist with the project planning and project management requirements on a voluntary basis.

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Reply

The Philippine Cyber-Education Projector google it was supposed to address this (using satellite Internet, standard computers, diesel generators, etc...) but it too was also stopped by the government.
I have only so far been able to talk with local DepEd and other elected officials IRT the XO-1 vs Intel

I'm also waiting for someone to lend me an XO-1 to demo it to Conressman Milaflorez down here in Aklan. see also OLPC_Philippines_Unang_Liwanag

--Chief Mike 07:04, 25 January 2008 (EST)

James, canada, January 25, 2008. Thanks Mike for the reply and associated links to your project. When you say you are looking to have someone lend you a XO are you in conversation with someone in the Philipiines with a laptop? My G1 laptop has yet to arrive here in Saskatoon or I would suggest a short term 'loan' to get things going. Keep me in mind if you are still looking for a XO in late February by which time my laptop shoudl have been devilvered. Paalam.

Thanx but shipping from Canada and back would probably? be expensive, and more so on the return trip (import-export duties,taxes,insurance?)
I've had a couple of promises from Luzon (I'm in a wait&see stage since 1st of December)
RE: Everybody (including most shipping/parcel-post) were busy over Xmas and also then Kalibo's 796th Ati-Atihan down here, not to mention my land line was out for several weeks, cellphone kept saying <no signal found>, and along with a sporadic Internet across RP, .... :)
:) That's Life: Only in the Philippines --Chief Mike 09:42, 27 January 2008 (EST)

communicating across an ocean seams easier than across a country!

PS: Please indent :: and sign your posts --~~~~ it makes it easier to read and reply.

Oops sorry about that, it was abit late when i started working on my reply. I hope to be in Cebu City in early April. Will try to contact you then. Regards, James S.

I hope to CU here w/your XO-1 then ;} FYI: My landline phone number and address is posted on my User page, and it's a five minutes away from the Kalibo Internatonal Airport and about a 45minute drive to Boracay Island --222.127.228.7 08:55, 6 February 2008 (EST) Chief Mike my place @ wikimapia

Read and understood. I am hoping to have my XO before leaving Canada. I'll contact u from Cebu in early April. Cheers Chief Mike. ;>) James S. 08/02/2008@19:27CST