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Image:PNG-Map-Drekikir.jpg|Location of Drekikir
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= Contacts =
= Contacts =
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* Brian Gaius Monie, Senior Policy Development Officer, Dept of Education (email: brian_monie AT educationpng.gov.pg or bgm0077 AT gmail.com)
* Brian Gaius Monie, Senior Policy Development Officer, Dept of Education (email: brian_monie AT educationpng.gov.pg or bgm0077 AT gmail.com)
* [[User:Leeming|David Leeming]]
* [[User:Leeming|David Leeming]]
* [[Ian Thomson]]
* [[User:Ithomson|Ian Thomson]]



= Content and Localisation =
= Content and Localisation =
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[[Localization]] projects have been opened on the OLPC [[Pootle]] server for Tok Pisin language ([https://dev.laptop.org/translate/tpi/ PNG Pidgin])
[[Localization]] projects have been opened on the OLPC [[Pootle]] server for Tok Pisin language ([https://dev.laptop.org/translate/tpi/ PNG Pidgin])
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tok_Pisin Wikipedia Tok Pisin link]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tok_Pisin Wikipedia Tok Pisin link]



=Gaire=
=Gaire=
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See [[OLPC_Papua_New_Guinea#Photo_Gallery|latest photos!]]
See [[OLPC_Papua_New_Guinea#Photo_Gallery|latest photos!]]



=Dreikikir=
=Dreikikir=
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[[Image:PNG-Drek-20.jpg]]
[[Image:PNG-Drek-20.jpg]]



==Report for the Dreikikir trial deployment==
==Report for the Dreikikir trial deployment==
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[[/Dreikikir_Report_June_08|View the report by clicking here]]
[[/Dreikikir_Report_June_08|View the report by clicking here]]



==Web resources for Dreikikir==
==Web resources for Dreikikir==
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Two videos were made of the deployment (300MB each). Contact Ian or David.
Two videos were made of the deployment (300MB each). Contact Ian or David.



=Useful links for PNG=
=Useful links for PNG=


*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papua_New_Guinea Wikipedia Papua New Guinea link]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papua_New_Guinea Wikipedia Papua New Guinea link]



=Photo Gallery for PNG trials=
=Photo Gallery for PNG trials=

Revision as of 22:42, 29 June 2008


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Trials in PNG

Deployments in PNG will commence in June 2008 at the following sites:

  • Gaire, Central Province
  • Dreikikir, East Sepik Province
  • Buka, Bougainville Province
  • St Peters, a large primary school in Port Moresby


Click any picture to enlarge:

  • Location of PNG

    Location of PNG

  • Location of Gaire

    Location of Gaire

  • Location of Drekikir

    Location of Drekikir


Contacts

  • Dr Joseph Pagelio, Secretary, Department of Education, PO Box 446, Waigani NCD Phone: 301 3447 Fax: 323 1031
  • Brian Gaius Monie, Senior Policy Development Officer, Dept of Education (email: brian_monie AT educationpng.gov.pg or bgm0077 AT gmail.com)
  • David Leeming
  • Ian Thomson


Content and Localisation

Localization projects have been opened on the OLPC Pootle server for Tok Pisin language (PNG Pidgin)


Gaire

Gaire-th2.jpg

Gaire is located about 45 minutes drive from Port Moresby. It is the site of a rural community VSAT access point, set up under the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC)'s Pacific Rural Internet Connectivity System (Pacific RICS) project.

Breaking news, June 13th 2008: pictures of Gaire Primary school, 53 laptops, both streams of the Grade 3 saturated (Grade 3 is the first grade in the PNG primary education system). Gaire Primary School is located at 9.6698S, 147.4086E (WGS84), sea level.

None of the children have any experience of computers before. Of the teachers, only the Principal and one or two others are computer literate.

See latest photos!


Dreikikir

Dreikikir Admin Primary School is located in East Sepik Province, near Wewak. This school is participating in the EU-funded Improvement of Rural Primary Education Facilities (IRPEF) project, based in Madang. The IRPEF is collaborating with the Department of Education and OLPC Oceania to implement the trial.

Dreikikir is located at 3.57516S, 142.76946E at altitude 380m.

PNG-Drek-20.jpg

Report for the Dreikikir trial deployment

This trial was started between 16th - 20th June 2008.

View the report by clicking here

Web resources for Dreikikir

Official website of the Ambunti-Dreikikir Electorate, Hon. Tony Aimo MP: [1]

Some pictures of the Drekikir region can be seen here: [2]

Other Resources for Dreikikir

Download Dreikikir data Spreadsheet of teachers and students names and positions with serial numbers of laptops. (ods format for Open Office)

Two videos were made of the deployment (300MB each). Contact Ian or David.


Useful links for PNG


Photo Gallery for PNG trials

Click any picture to enlarge:

  • Gaire: Each child receives an XO

    Gaire: Each child receives an XO

  • Gaire: Opening the laptops

    Gaire: Opening the laptops

  • Discovery.....(Gaire)

    Discovery.....(Gaire)

  • Gaire: Within the first hour, there is much activity...

    Gaire: Within the first hour, there is much activity...

  • Gaire: Memorise activity

    Gaire: Memorise activity

  • Gaire: Teachers training

    Gaire: Teachers training

  • Teachers of Gaire Primary School

    Teachers of Gaire Primary School

  • Dreikikir Admin Primary School

    Dreikikir Admin Primary School

  • Two Guardians of Dreikikir Admin Primary School

    Two Guardians of Dreikikir Admin Primary School

  • Dreikikir: Two girls absorbed by the XO

    Dreikikir: Two girls absorbed by the XO

  • Dreikikir: Training in groups outside

    Dreikikir: Training in groups outside

  • Dreikikir: Boys using Paint, Speak and Record during training

    Dreikikir: Boys using Paint, Speak and Record during training

  • Dreikikir: Training in the classroom

    Dreikikir: Training in the classroom

  • Dreikikir: Teacher Training

    Dreikikir: Teacher Training

  • Dreikikir: Teacher Training

    Dreikikir: Teacher Training

  • Dreikikir: Minister arriving for the official launching

    Dreikikir: Minister arriving for the official launching

  • Dreikikir: Education Minister and MP for Ambunti-Dreikikir, Hon. Tony Aimo arriving for the official launching

    Dreikikir: Education Minister and MP for Ambunti-Dreikikir, Hon. Tony Aimo arriving for the official launching

  • Dreikikir: Brian Gaius Monie, Senior Policy Development Officer, Dept of Education speaking at the hand-over ceremony

    Dreikikir: Brian Gaius Monie, Senior Policy Development Officer, Dept of Education speaking at the hand-over ceremony

  • Dreikikir: Joseph Ouyoumb, Provincial Education Advisor, East Sepik

    Dreikikir: Joseph Ouyoumb, Provincial Education Advisor, East Sepik

  • Dreikikir: Chris Sangisi, Standard Officer, Dreikikir District

    Dreikikir: Chris Sangisi, Standard Officer, Dreikikir District

  • Dreikikir: People from the Dreikikir community at the hand-over ceremony

    Dreikikir: People from the Dreikikir community at the hand-over ceremony

  • Dreikikir: Handing over laptops to Grade 3 students

    Dreikikir: Handing over laptops to Grade 3 students

  • Dreikikir: Handing over laptops to Grade 3 students

    Dreikikir: Handing over laptops to Grade 3 students

  • Dreikikir: Got laptops!

    Dreikikir: Got laptops!

  • Dreikikir: Dancing at the official opening

    Dreikikir: Dancing at the official opening

  • Dreikikir: Dancing at the hand over ceremony

    Dreikikir: Dancing at the hand over ceremony

  • Dreikikir: Puppet dancing show at the hand over ceremony

    Dreikikir: Puppet dancing show at the hand over ceremony

  • Dreikikir: Welcome to the hand over ceremony

    Dreikikir: Welcome to the hand over ceremony

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