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By Nigel Atkin, Special Correspondent |
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''(One Laptop Per Child program a hit in Muthanna)'' |
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By Aaron Snipe, Special Correspondent |
By Aaron Snipe, State Department Special Correspondent |
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October 13, 2008 |
October 13, 2008 |
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http://iraq.usembassy.gov/prt_news2_10132008.html |
http://iraq.usembassy.gov/prt_news2_10132008.html |
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=== Arabic XO Manuals=== |
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The XO Getting Started Guide has been translated into Arabic as in available in pdf format (please see link below) |
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This was made possible by the Muthanna Department of Education, Al Yakthah Institute, Provincial Reconstruction Team Muthanna, and the US Department of State |
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''OLPC XO Laptop Getting Started Manual; English-Arabic Version'' |
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[[Media:ArabicXOManual.pdf]] |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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{{Deployment |
{{Deployment |
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|keyboard=OLPC Arabic Keyboard |
|keyboard=OLPC Arabic Keyboard |
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|server=none |
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|blurb=slowly adding classes every few months. |
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{{Deployment |
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|laptops=8000 |
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|blurb=Distributed to computer labs around the country. Half of them deployed to date, half stuck in transit. |
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Latest revision as of 15:16, 18 December 2013
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The deployment school is located in the Al Muthanna Governorate in Al Najmi (postal code: 66005).
Media from Iraq
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News stories
Iraq’s Schoolchildren Get Computers with U.S. Help
PRT to offer 200 laptops to local kids in Muthanna
By Barry Greenberg, State Department Special Correspondent
December 17, 2007
http://iraq.usembassy.gov/pr_12172007.html
School Laptop Project comes to Fruition in Iraq
(Regional officials take ownership of project)
By Nigel Atkin, State Department Special Correspondent
April 11, 2008
http://iraq.usembassy.gov/prt_news_04112008.html
Iraqi Children Jumping Onto Global Net Thanks to PRT
(One Laptop Per Child program a hit in Muthanna)
By Aaron Snipe, State Department Special Correspondent
October 13, 2008
http://iraq.usembassy.gov/prt_news2_10132008.html
Arabic XO Manuals
The XO Getting Started Guide has been translated into Arabic as in available in pdf format (please see link below)
This was made possible by the Muthanna Department of Education, Al Yakthah Institute, Provincial Reconstruction Team Muthanna, and the US Department of State
OLPC XO Laptop Getting Started Manual; English-Arabic Version
External links
| Primary Language | ,|x|Language spoken::x}} |
| Number of Laptops | Number of manufactured laptops::1150 |
| Keyboard Layout | Keyboard::OLPC Arabic Keyboard |
| Build | ,|x|Software release::x}} |
| Date(s) Arrived in Country | ,|x|Has received laptops on date::x}} |
| School Server | ,|x|School server status::x}} |
| Deployment Status | Deployment status::slowly adding classes every few months. |
| Primary Language | ,|x|Language spoken::x}} |
| Number of Laptops | Number of manufactured laptops::8000 |
| Keyboard Layout | Keyboard::OLPC Arabic Keyboard |
| Build | ,|x|Software release::x}} |
| Date(s) Arrived in Country | ,|x|Has received laptops on date::x}} |
| School Server | ,|x|School server status::x}} |
| Deployment Status | Deployment status::Distributed to computer labs around the country. Half of them deployed to date, half stuck in transit. |