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=Keeping it Real: Deployment Challenges and Outcomes=
'''''VERY ROUGH DRAFT: http://en.flossmanuals.net/ClassActs (HTML), http://en.flossmanuals.net/ClassActs/ClassActs.pdf (~100 pages / 100+ MB, as of Sept 2009)'''''


* SF's [http://olpcSF.org/summit Global Community Summit 2012] Oct 19-21 and implementers' [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugarcamp_SF_2012 San Francisco Sugarcamp++] Oct 22-24 -- all are invited to both events!
Please add other resources, with links if possible, to the following list. Please feel free to add comments about any of these resources if you wish. Additionally, if you feel the resource has potential material to include in a future instructional DVD for new XO users, please mark the resource "+DVD."
* [http://ceibaljam.org/?q=edujam2012 EduJAM!] [http://edujam2012.blogspot.com/ 2012] Montevideo, Uruguay, May 11-12 for Spanish-speakers / Latin Americans especially
* [http://j.mp/xomanual OLPC/Sugar Doc Sprint (Apr 6-10, 2012)] freshening up our core http://laptop.org/manual and Sugar's Help Activity. Bonus: Video Tutorial workshop for those who arrive early with learning strategies - eg. a "curricular arc" showcasing the learning power of their favorite Sugar Activity!
* [http://olpcSF.org OLPC San Francisco Bay Area] hosted another major/global community summit Oct 21-23, 2011 immediately following the Oct 16-20 Open Source [http://sites.google.com/site/docsprintsummit/ Doc Sprint Summit] held at Google's Googleplex Headquarters in Mountain View, CA. Followed by San Francisco's great-looking Nov 1-2 conference [http://www.newgameconf.com New Game, for HTML5 game developers,] recommended by the [http://groups.google.com/group/tinygames TinyGames] educational games community.
* [http://olpc-france.org OLPC France] hosted a Europe-wide [http://fr.amiando.com/olpcfrance-sugarcamp2011.html Sugar Camp Sept 9-11, 2011] in Paris ([http://olpc-france.org/blog/ blog])
* The [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Uruguay_Summit_2011 Uruguay Summit] of May 5-7, 2011 brought together free educational software developers from around South America! It was preceded by an amazing volunteer-organized [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Conozco_Uruguay_Tour "Conozco Urugay" Exploratory Tour] -- examining the world's most famous OLPC deployment firsthand.
* [[OlpcMAP#Global_MAP_SPRINT:_Dec_27-31.2C_2010_in_Boston|Global olpcMAP SPRINT]] - Dec 27-31 in Boston, Massachusetts, brought together volunteer curators from OLPC deployments of all size -- to finally place our years of accomplishments, our growing geosocial fabric -- and life-changing volunteer placement opportunities -- On The Map!
* [http://olpcsf.org/CommunitySummit2010/ OLPC SF/Sugar/Realness Summit] Oct 21/22 - 24 2010 was the place introducing OLPC deployment community doers from Birmingham, Afghanistan and beyond!
* [http://2010assembly.ole.org "What Works?] Strategies for Scaling Quality Universal Basic Education Among Marginalized Children": Content & Training discussion in Kigali, Rwanda ([http://ole-assembly.eventbrite.com Oct 11-15, 2010]). Organized by the [http://OLE.org Open Learning Exchange (OLE)].
* [http://realness.org "OLPC Realness Summit: Facing the Reality] for Volunteers & Professionals Worldwide": Mentor Workshop (May 24-June 2, 2010) and Realness Summit (May 28-30, 2010) at Maho Bay Camps, St.John, US Virgin Islands. Organized by the [http://waveplace.org Waveplace Foundation]


=Glimpses of OLPC Deployments=
=Photographs=
<gallery widths=170px>
Image:Smile.jpg|Where every smile is special...
Image:Child.jpg|Where every child counts...
Image:Corner.jpg|Where borders are meaningless...
</gallery>
Check more at [http://flickr.com/olpc OLPC Flickr] and sorted by [http://flickr.com/olpc/sets Country/Deployment]


<gallery widths=170px>
http://flickr.com/olpc<br>
Image:XO_on_solar.jpg|XOs on solar power
http://flickr.com/olpc/sets (sorted by country/deployment)<br>
Image:teacher.jpg|Learning how to teach
http://flickr.com/olpcorps<br>
Image:XOs.jpg|Together we can
http://flickr.com/olpcorps/sets (sorted by country/deployment)
</gallery>
Check more at [http://flickr.com/olpcorps OLPCorps Flickr] and sorted by [http://flickr.com/olpcorps/sets Country/Deployment]


<i>Take a moment to think about [http://laptop.org/vision Why] you might want to help, and some of the [[Core Principles]] we favor in making things happen...</i>
=In English=
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Deployment_Guide/Deployment_Resources


=Plan for the Worst; Prepare for the Best=
http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Deployment_Team/Resources


===Preparation for Deployment (anecdoted by real-life experiences)===
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPCorps_Technical_Manual
*[[Deployment Guide 2011|OLPC Deployment Guide 2011]] <b>NEW!</b>
*Country specific [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Deployment_Team/Resources deployment guides and Sugar Installation]<br>
*Deployment [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Deployment_Guide/Deployment_Resources resources] (to be merged into main stream)<br>
*PlugNPray [http://www.paiwastoon.af/PAIWASTOON-AF-PlugNPray-Guide.odt PAIWASTOON-AF-PlugNPray-Guide.odt] PAIWASTOON/Mike Dawson's guide from experience in Afghanistan to getting started / assessing needs / achieving impact using OLPC. <b>NEW!</b>
*Class-Act [http://web.me.com/seanlaurence/olpc/classact.html tips] from an experienced volunteer -Sean Laurence discusses his personal experience and useful tips for OLPC volunteers who are about to go on a deployment.<br>
*<b>OLPC Startup in [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/File:Startupv1-by-Bryan-Berry.pdf 5 Easy Pieces]</b> - Bryan Berry's Nepal experiences. Learn what can go wrong, as you build your deployment team<br>
*[[Getting Started for Impatient People]] by Christine Murakami, who led Ohio high school girls to help with 3 schools in the US Virgin Islands.
*[http://olpcoceania.blogspot.com/2010/02/olpc-workbook-for-education-officials.html OLPC Orientation Workbook] for Education Officials, by David Leeming (developed for Tuvalu, [http://www.olpcnews.com/use_cases/education/olpc_workbook_for_education_of.html review])
*[http://wiki.laptop.org/go/File:OLPC_Deployment_Guide_--_jul09.pdf Deployment Guide] from Michael Hutak, based on [[Deployment Guide|Walter Bender's Deployment Guide]]<br>
*OLPC Oceania / Michael Hutak's great [http://box.net/keydox learning/deployment resource] listing<br>
*<b>[[Improving the Deployment Toolkit]] NEW!</b>
*OLPC France's Amazing [http://olpc-france.org/wiki/index.php?title=Archives_Revue_de_Presse Media Archive] (in French)<br>
*Billy Grissom's Gorgeous 4p Intro Sheets (UC Berkeley, Uganda, not yet published)<br>
*UNESCO funded Uruguay/Ceibal book [http://www.flickr.com/photos/curiouslee/sets/72157622071322946/show/slideshow] and [http://olpc-ceibal.blogspot.com/2008/07/on-june-th-27th-we-launched-book-ceibal.html impact/implications booklet](hilarious cartoons!)(in Spanish)<br>
*Frequently Asked Questions: our classic [[Support FAQ]], the <b>new [[P+F|Spanish P+F]] FAQ</b>, and an incomplete [[Deployment FAQ]]<br>
*OLPCorps 100 XO Deployment: [http://www.olpcnews.com/people/olpcorps/olpcorps_100_xo_deployment_wha.html What Should We Take?]
*Ideas for [[Improving the Deployment Toolkit|Improving a Deployment Toolkit]]
*The [[ALEARN Network]] - Active Learning, Excited And Responsive Network - Enthusiastic Education!


===Sugar and XO: Technical Preparation===
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Deployment_Guide/Workbook
*[[OLPCorps Technical Manual]], includes Sugar installation and troubleshooting
*[http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Deployment_Support Technical issues and solutions] (to be merged with Technical Manual)<br>
*[http://www.slideshare.net/sverma/xs-olpc-school-server School Server (XS), Unsung Hero Tool!] 39-page presentation by Sameer Verma, March 2010.<br>
*[http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/How_to_present_Sugar Presenting Sugar]<br>
*Sugar Learning [http://www.sugarlabs.org/index.php?template=gallery&page=gallery Photo Gallery]<br>
*Sugar Labs' [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Education_Team/Lesson_Plan_resources Lesson Plan resources] and Martin Dengler's [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Lesson_plan_template Lesson Plan template]<br>
*[http://www.reactivated.net/weblog/archives/2009/04/nandblastear/ NANDblaster] Use it to flash a software image onto multiple XO's at once (to be moved)<br>


===Cost estimation for deployments===
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Deployment_Support
*[http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Deployment_Guide/Workbook Using workbook to estimate a deployment cost]


===Train the Trainer: How teachers/educators make change===
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Deployment_FAQ
*[http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Educators Guide for Educators] <br>
*[[Getting Started for Impatient People/10 Things You Should Know About Teacher Training|10 Things You Should Know About Teacher Training]] by Christoph Derndorfer
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Educators
*[[How To Treat Your Teachers As The True Professionals They Are|How To Treat Your Teachers As The True Professionals They Are]] by Caryl Bigenho
*Steal great classroom ideas from the many [[Projects|independent projects]] arising from OLPC's [[Contributors Program]]
*[http://www.enchantedlearning.com/school/ Illustrated elementary curriculum site] Refer for curriculum set up and school organizing ideas<br>
*[http://www.slideshare.net/moodler/moodle-development-educause-australia-6th-may-2009 Moodle: Using Open Source to Support Education] by Martin Dougiamas<br>
*[http://www.olpc.af/index.php/downloads.html OLPC AF Downloads] : Teacher training content, monitoring and evaluation materials<br>
*Australia's very impressively colorful 20-page [http://olpcnews.com/files/OLPC_Teacher_Guide.pdf OLPC Teacher Guide] (1.5 MB) by *[http://ulearning.edublogs.org Jonathan Nalder], Caboolture.<br>
*[http://www.franxophonie.org/images/stories/fichiers/GuideXOGabon.pdf Gabon/FranXOphonie Pedagogic Guide], [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Deployment_Team/Resources/GuideXOGabon Google Translation to English], [http://olpc-france.org/wiki/index.php?title=Guide_p%C3%A9dagogique_du_XO_et_de_l%27environnement_Sugar_en_contexte_gabonais OLPC France's Wikified version] (by [http://franxophonie.org Kaçandre] [http://twitter.com/franxophonie Bourdelais], in French)<br>
*[http://wiki.laptop.org/go/File:XO-Measure-Manipulate-Reflect.pdf XO-Measure-Manipulate-Reflect] guide on how to build your own cheap sensors by Claudia<br>
*[http://wiki.laptop.org/go/File:XO-MyCommunity.pdf Community-Mapping lesson plans] from Claudia<br>
*Alex Jones' [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Teacher%27s_Tools Teacher's Tools] (Game Design student @ Rochester Inst of Tech)<br>
*An amazing new manual from Peru ([[Sdenka Salas - The XO Laptop in the Classroom|The XO Laptop in the Classroom]], great for teachers) added to our list of [[Manuals]]<br>
*[http://www.hellolaptop.org/resources.html Lesson plans, tutorials & research studies] from "Hello Laptop, Hello World" in Cambridge, Massachusetts<br>
*A broad selection of [[Academic Papers]] and [[Constructionism]] insights may help you reflect on advancing your implementation support.<br>
*[http://www.librarianchick.com/ The Librarian Chick] free textbook catalog
*[http://telmexeducacion.com/proyectos/Paginas/actividades-xo.aspx/Herramientas_pedagógicas Mochilla Digital's "Tools" 19 Activity Guides] plus extras. Some screen shots are from earlier versions of Sugar, but instructions are excellent. (in Spanish)<br>
*Peru's [http://www.perueduca.edu.pe/olpc/OLPC_fichasfasc.html Teacher Topic Guides](in Spanish)<br>
*Currently unavailable: Mexico's Mochilla Digital workshops produced by TelMex / Carlos Slim's foundation : Extensive coverage of Constructionism, Collaborative Learning, and Project Based Learning (in Spanish). Hope to hava a new link soon.<br>
*[[Educational content ideas]]
*[[User:Ndoiron/Out_Of_The_Box|Out of the Box]] mapmaking, sensor & [[User:Ndoiron/Content|content ideas]] from Nick Doiron's OLPC experiences in [http://olpcMAP.net?go=uganda Uganda], [http://olpcMAP.net?go=uruguay Uruguay/Ceibal], [http://olpcMAP.net?go=haiti Haiti] and remotely helping [http://olpcMAP.net?go=madagascar Madagascar].
*[http://vimeo.com/user3339848/videos Learning videos for almost 30 Sugar Activities] from the Digital Literacy Project.
*See the [[ALEARN_Network#Reading_and_thinking|Reading & Thinking]] section of the ALEARN Network (small deployment alliance) for our philosophies of learning, on Scratch Coding Clubs in Virginia (UK too?) etc!


===[[Manuals]], Handbooks and User Guides===
http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/How_to_present_sugar
*Organized listing of the [[Manuals|Most-Known OLPC Manuals]]
*<b>Extensive [[Recursos en espanol|Spanish Resources]]</b> sorted by Activity and Country (in Spanish!)<br>
*[http://www.gc4ll.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/OLPC_booklet_v0_5.pdf One Laptop per Rwandese Child] (NEW 16-page PDF guide)
*[http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Documentation_Projects Documentation projects in progress] (to be merged or linked)<br>
*[[OLPCorps Technical Manual]]
*[http://wiki.laptop.org/images/5/5d/Learning_Manual_V2.pdf OLPCorps Learning Guide] (10 page PDF) OLPC mission, stories, activity lists and FAQ<br>
*[http://wiki.laptop.org/go/File:WTND_TOC_and_Intro.pdf Where There's No Doctor?] Amazing 400+ page internationalist health guide<br>
*<b>Excellent [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/File:La_Laptop_XO_en_el_Aula.pdf "La Laptop XO En El Aula"] by Sdenka Salas in Peru. See also *[[Manuals|English translation]]</b><br>
*New [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Image:OLPC-XO_Manual.pdf 31-page XO starter guide]. (15MB)<br>
*Uruguay's colorful 48-page starter guide: <!--http://www.uruguaypiensa.org.uy/noticia_491_1.html--> [http://www.flordeceibo.edu.uy/files/Manual-XO-2.2.pdf "Manual Basico XO" (2da edicion)] (2.5MB)<br>


===Maps: Deployments & Community===
http://www.sugarlabs.org/index.php?template=gallery&page=gallery Sugar Learning Gallery
[[File:Olpc-countries-all.jpg|300px|thumb|XO concentration in 2010]]


*Nothing beats http://olpcMAP.net in showing the diversity of deployments worldwide!
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Documentation_Projects
*[[Deployments|OLPC deployments and status]]
*[http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Deployment_Team/Places Deployment teams and contact points] in the world<br> (Sugar Labs listing)
*[http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&gl=us&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF8&msa=0&msid=114558805698125207804.000001132ad0d5f3d14f8 OLPC across the world]<br>
*XO concentration in [[OLPC world map|2007 & 2010]] (heatmap)<br>
*[http://bit.ly/c20CRz 30 OLPCorps Africa microdeployments from 2009 (map)]<br>
*[[Southern California OLPC Projects|Southern California Projects(map)]] - among hundreds of [[Contributors Program]] projects [[Projects|laying the seeds]] with [[Research|OLPC research]], [http://sugarlabs.org Development], [http://groups.laptop.org Community Organizing]<br>
*[http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_India Connecting dots in India] : If you are a volunteer or organization operational on OLPC mission, please mark your presence on the link pointing to the google map, to help us reach out to you and make the right connections for accelerating operations in India
*Global [[Groups|Community Groups]] in Major Cities especially


===Community News===
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/school/ Click around this colorful, well illustrated elementary ed. curriculum site from down under, for set up and organizational ideas.
*OLPC [http://blog.laptop.org blog] and [http://twitter.com/olpc twitter]<br>
*[http://planet.laptop.org Planet OLPC]: Blogs from OLPC volunteers
*[http://planet.sugarlabs.org Planet Sugar]: Blogs from Sugar Volunteers
*[http://olpcnews.com OLPC News]: an independent news source; not affiliated with OLPC


=OLPC Deployment Experiences=
http://wiki.laptop.org/images/5/5d/Learning_Manual_V2.pdf
This "OLPCorps Learning Guide" has 10 pages of relevant text; e.g., mission, faq's, stories, and activity lists. Be sure to take a look at this.


'''''VERY ROUGH DRAFT, NEW: http://booki.flossmanuals.net/class-acts/_v/1.0/introduction/ OLD: http://en.flossmanuals.net/ClassActs (HTML), http://objavi.flossmanuals.net/books/classacts-en-2010.11.29-23.54.00.pdf (92 pages, 12.85MB). Formerly at: http://en.flossmanuals.net/ClassActs/ClassActs.pdf (~100 pages / 100+ MB)'''''
[[Cambridge_Friends_School]] [http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/olpc_boston/2009-June/000446.html 4 Summary Docs] (at bottom of mailing list post, and [http://www.one-for-all.org/diary.html here!])


'''''BROADER COLLECTION OF: [[Presentations|Diverse Public Presentations]]'''''
Billy Grissom's Gorgeous 4p Intro Sheets (UC Berkeley, Uganda, not yet published)


===2010===
[[Image:OLPC_Deployment_Guide_--_jul09.pdf]] from Michael Hutak, based on [[Deployment Guide|Walter Bender's]]
[http://e4nfoundation.blogspot.com/2010/01/pre-tour-of-area.html Kenya Arid zone Primary School deployment mission] starting early 2010:


[http://www.box.net/index.php?rm=box_download_shared_file&blog&file_id=f_393746216&shared_name=50jsx9vd02 OLPC Workshop for Education Officers in Tuvalu] January 21-22, 2010 (87p, 1.21MB)
Very up-to-date [[OLPC Nauru]] reportage and May 2009 29-page DRAFT REPORT [[Image:Leeming-Nauru-OLPC-Apr-May-2009-Report_(draft_1).pdf]] fostered by [http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Leeming David Leeming]. ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=so1r3LRr-us video])


[http://wiki.laptop.org/go/File:ClassActsMaroantsetra.zip ClassActs story about Maroantsetra, Madagascar] by Sameer Verma, prepared as part of an assignment by students at San Francisco State University
See also his (1) [[OLPC Solomon Islands]] work (2) [http://lists.laptop.org/private/support-gang/2009-September/006452.html Teacher tips/XS/Solar summary] and (3) [http://lists.laptop.org/private/support-gang/2009-September/006453.html Community Radio] idea!


[http://csgolpc2010.weebly.com Columbus School for Girls Service Learning Project Blog] Columbus School for Girls distribution to three schools in St. John, May 2010.
[http://www.librarianchick.com/ The Librarian Chick]'s free textbook catalog


===2009===
http://www.reactivated.net/weblog/archives/2009/04/nandblastear/ NANDblaster if you want to flash a software image onto many XO's at once.
[[Cambridge_Friends_School]] [http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/olpc_boston/2009-June/000446.html 4 Summary Docs] (at bottom of mailing list post, and [http://www.one-for-all.org/diary.html here!])


[http://www.flordeceibo.edu.uy/files/Informe%20Flor%20de%20Ceibo%202008.pdf "Proyecto Flor de Ceibo"] (Uruguay's March 2009 report) (in Spanish)
DRAFT FLIER/CHAPTER [[Image:XOsflyer3.pdf]] by Scott Carollo of Gallaudet Univ Art Dept, with help from [http://research.gallaudet.edu/ART290/pakistani.html Kevin Cole] and Caryl Bigenho's original writeup on Pakistan.<br>
DRAFT LAYOUT PROPOSAL #2 (using Scribus, SVerma): [[Image:Story-layout-test-sverma.pdf]] with his graphics materials [[Image:Booksprint-layout-stuff-by-sverma.zip]]<br>
DRAFT LAYOUT PROPOSAL #3 (JGay): [[Image:Book-draft-layout-by-jgay.pdf]]
DRAFT LAYOUT PROPOSAL #4: 1000-XO Deployment Story in [[Image:Dujiangyan-Sichuan-China.pdf|Dujiangyan, Sichuan, China]] by OLPC Asia / Hong Kong (18-page PDF, June 2009)


Very up-to-date [[OLPC Nauru]] reportage and May 2009 29-page DRAFT REPORT [[Image:Leeming-Nauru-OLPC-Apr-May-2009-Report_(draft_1).pdf]] fostered by [http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Leeming David Leeming]. ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=so1r3LRr-us video])
"OLPC Startup in 5 Easy Pieces" ([[Image:Startupv1-by-Bryan-Berry.pdf]]) is a very elegant warning of what can go wrong, as you build your deployment team, based on Bryan Berry's OLE Nepal experiences!


See also his (1) [[OLPC Solomon Islands]] work (2) [http://lists.laptop.org/private/support-gang/2009-September/006452.html Teacher tips/XS/Solar summary] and (3) [http://lists.laptop.org/private/support-gang/2009-September/006453.html Community Radio] idea!
[http://www.slideshare.net/moodler/moodle-development-educause-australia-6th-may-2009 Moodle Slideshow: Using Open Source to Support Education] by Martin Dougiamas


DRAFT FLIER/CHAPTER [[Image:XOsflyer3.pdf]] by Scott Carollo of Gallaudet Univ Art Dept, with help from [http://research.gallaudet.edu/ART290/pakistani.html Kevin Cole] and Caryl Bigenho's original writeup on Pakistan.
New [[Measure]] guide forthcoming showing how to build your own cheap sensors. Claudia U. is expecting to provide prepress links of her recent work here, helping us summarize/excerpt.


DRAFT LAYOUT PROPOSAL #2 (using Scribus, SVerma): [[Image:Story-layout-test-sverma.pdf]] with his graphics materials [[Image:Booksprint-layout-stuff-by-sverma.zip]]
[http://www.olpc.af/index.php/downloads.html OLPC AF Downloads Page] includes Teacher training content, Monitoring / Evaluation materials, etc.


DRAFT LAYOUT PROPOSAL #3 (JGay): [[Image:Book-draft-layout-by-jgay.pdf]]
[http://www.olpcnews.com/countries/nepal/got_implementation_p.html "Got Implementation?" Nepal article from Jan 2007 incl fun logo!]


DRAFT LAYOUT PROPOSAL #4: 1000-XO Deployment Story in [[Image:Dujiangyan-Sichuan-China.pdf|Dujiangyan, Sichuan, China]] by OLPC Asia / Hong Kong (18-page PDF, June 2009)
2 great lesson plans from Claudia: (1) [[Image:XO-Measure-Manipulate-Reflect.pdf]] (2) [[Image:XO-MyCommunity.pdf]]


[http://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dgv2st82_26fqcvpzd7 XOs in El Salvador: A community deployment in Chalatenango] (Presentation to http://OLPCLearningClub.org DC by Jeff Elkner, Sept 19th 2009). Also available in PDF: [[Image:XOs_in_El_Salvador.pdf]]
XOs in [http://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dgv2st82_26fqcvpzd7 El Salvador]: A community deployment in Chalatenango (Presentation to http://OLPCLearningClub.org DC by Jeff Elkner, Sept 19th 2009). Also available in PDF: [[Image:XOs_in_El_Salvador.pdf]]


[http://blogs.worldbank.org/edutech/videos/uruguays-plan-ceibal-the-worlds-most-ambitious-roll-out-of-educational-technologies Uruguay's Plan Ceibal: The world's most ambitious roll-out of educational technologies?] Includes [http://youtube.com/watch?v=glz2I84JafA video]. Summary by Michael Trucano, World Bank's Senior ICT and Education Policy Specialist. Discussing Miguel Brechner's 19-page slide presentation "One Laptop per Child and per Teacher" here: [[Image:2162969-uruguay-plan-ceibal.pdf]]
[http://blogs.worldbank.org/edutech/videos/uruguays-plan-ceibal-the-worlds-most-ambitious-roll-out-of-educational-technologies Uruguay's Plan Ceibal: The world's most ambitious roll-out of educational technologies?] Includes [http://youtube.com/watch?v=glz2I84JafA video]. Summary by Michael Trucano, World Bank's Senior ICT and Education Policy Specialist. Discussing Miguel Brechner's 19-page slide presentation "One Laptop per Child and per Teacher" here: [[Image:2162969-uruguay-plan-ceibal.pdf]]


Beth Santos' impressive Sao Tome deployment presentation from Dec 30, 2009: [[Image:Olpc-in-sao-joao--sao-tome.pdf]] (1.26MB) and [http://saigonolpc.wordpress.com/2009/12/31/sao-tome/ blog summary]
Where There's No Doctor? Amazing 400+ page internationalist health guide: [[Image:WTND_TOC_and_Intro.pdf]]


Sugar Labs' [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Education_Team/Lesson_Plan_resources Lesson Plan resources] and Martin Dengler's [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Lesson_plan_template Lesson plan template]
December 2009's Babson College project report on Strategies for Sugar deployments in US schools: [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/File:Sugar_Deployment_in_US_Schools_Report.pdf report] (66 pages, 412KB), [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/File:MCFE_Final_Presentation_SugarLabs_12-11.pdf presentation] (35 pages, 655KB)


[http://waveplace.org/news/blog/archive/cat_location_nicaragua.jsp Heroic Waveplace/OLPC deployment stories in Nicaragua]: Excellent [http://waveplace.com/resources/courseware/pilotPlan.jsp summary of their approach], whose structure is likely evolving for their post-earthquake work in Haiti.
Try stealing great classroom ideas from the many [[Projects|independent Projects]] arising from OLPC's [[Contributors Program]] !


[http://olpc-france.org/blog/2009/08/traduire-sugar-le-xo/ Translation Success Story!] ([http://translate.google.com/translate?prev=hp&hl=en&js=y&u=http%3A%2F%2Folpc-france.org%2Fblog%2F2009%2F08%2Ftraduire-sugar-le-xo%2F&sl=fr&tl=en&history_state0= english auto-translation]) in French
Alex Jones' [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Teacher%27s_Tools Teacher's Tools] (Game Design student @ Rochester Inst of Tech)


[http://bit.ly/c20CRz 30 small African deployments](map) by [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPCorps_Africa OLPCorps]: a new student-based, grassroots OLPC initiative with 100 XOs, Hardware, $10K stipend, 10-day training in Kigali, Rwanda, and an entire summer in an African country of your choice.
An amazing new manual from Peru ([[Sdenka Salas - The XO Laptop in the Classroom|The XO Laptop in the Classroom]]) was just added to our list of [[Manuals]].


===2008===
[http://www.hellolaptop.org/resources.html Lesson plans, tutorials & research studies] from "Hello Laptop, Hello World" in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Final Report [http://box.net/keydox/1/31970050/418415076/1 Evaluation of OLPC in Solomon Islands] (PDF)


===2007===
=In French (or Google translated from French)=
[http://www.olpcnews.com/countries/nepal/got_implementation_p.html "Got Implementation?" Nepal article from Jan 2007 incl fun logo!]
[http://www.franxophonie.org/images/stories/fichiers/GuideXOGabon.pdf Gabon/FranXOphonie Pedagogic Guide], [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Deployment_Team/Resources/GuideXOGabon Google Translation to English], [http://olpc-france.org/wiki/index.php?title=Guide_p%C3%A9dagogique_du_XO_et_de_l%27environnement_Sugar_en_contexte_gabonais OLPC France's Wikified version] (by [http://franxophonie.org Kaçandre] [http://twitter.com/franxophonie Bourdelais], in French)

[http://olpc-france.org/blog/2009/08/traduire-sugar-le-xo/ Translation Success Story!] ([http://translate.google.com/translate?prev=hp&hl=en&js=y&u=http%3A%2F%2Folpc-france.org%2Fblog%2F2009%2F08%2Ftraduire-sugar-le-xo%2F&sl=fr&tl=en&history_state0= english auto-translation])

[http://olpc-france.org/wiki/index.php?title=Archives_Revue_de_Presse OLPC France's Amazing Media Archive]

=In Spanish=
<b>Uruguay/Ceibal's [http://olpc-ceibal.blogspot.com/2008/07/on-june-th-27th-we-launched-book-ceibal.html impact/implications booklet] (hilarious cartoons!)</b>

A set of images of pages from the Uruguay/Ceibal book on Flickr for somewhat easier browsing [http://www.flickr.com/photos/curiouslee/sets/72157622071322946/ 1]

A Flickr slideshow of the Uruguay/Ceibal book book pages [http://www.flickr.com/photos/curiouslee/sets/72157622071322946/show/ 2]

<b>Uruguay's colorful 48-page starter guide: [http://www.uruguaypiensa.org.uy/noticia_491_1.html "Manual Basico XO" (2da edicion)]</b>

[http://www.flordeceibo.edu.uy/files/Informe%20Flor%20de%20Ceibo%202008.pdf "Proyecto Flor de Ceibo"] (Uruguay's March 2009 report)


<b>Mexico's Mochilla Digital workshops.</b> Includes presentation, workshop lesson plans, participants workbooks. Good presentation of constructionism. [http://www.mochiladigitaltelmex.com.mx/olpc/index.php/Talleres_Mochila_Digital_Telmex].
Three teachers workshop guides, second one has extensive coverage of Constructionism, Collaborative Learning, and Project Based Learning. Way too long...might be excellent if translated and condensed. All produced by TelMex / Carlos Slim's foundation.


Mochilla Digital's "Tools" 19 Activity Guides plus extras. Some screen shots are from earlier versions of Sugar, but instructions are excellent. [http://www.mochiladigitaltelmex.com.mx/olpc/index.php/Herramientas_pedagógicas]


Please add other resources, with links if possible, to the above list. Please feel free to add comments about any of these resources if you wish. Additionally, if you feel the resource has potential material to include in a future instructional DVD for new XO users, please mark the resource "+DVD."
<b>Peru's [http://www.perueduca.edu.pe/olpc/OLPC_fichasfasc.html Teacher Topic Guides]</b>

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Keeping it Real: Deployment Challenges and Outcomes

Glimpses of OLPC Deployments

  • Where every smile is special...

    Where every smile is special...

  • Where every child counts...

    Where every child counts...

  • Where borders are meaningless...

    Where borders are meaningless...

Check more at OLPC Flickr and sorted by Country/Deployment

  • XOs on solar power

    XOs on solar power

  • Learning how to teach

    Learning how to teach

  • Together we can

    Together we can

Check more at OLPCorps Flickr and sorted by Country/Deployment

Take a moment to think about Why you might want to help, and some of the Core Principles we favor in making things happen...

Plan for the Worst; Prepare for the Best

Preparation for Deployment (anecdoted by real-life experiences)

Sugar and XO: Technical Preparation

Cost estimation for deployments

Train the Trainer: How teachers/educators make change

Manuals, Handbooks and User Guides

Maps: Deployments & Community

XO concentration in 2010

Community News

OLPC Deployment Experiences

VERY ROUGH DRAFT, NEW: http://booki.flossmanuals.net/class-acts/_v/1.0/introduction/ OLD: http://en.flossmanuals.net/ClassActs (HTML), http://objavi.flossmanuals.net/books/classacts-en-2010.11.29-23.54.00.pdf (92 pages, 12.85MB). Formerly at: http://en.flossmanuals.net/ClassActs/ClassActs.pdf (~100 pages / 100+ MB)

BROADER COLLECTION OF: Diverse Public Presentations

2010

Kenya Arid zone Primary School deployment mission starting early 2010:

OLPC Workshop for Education Officers in Tuvalu January 21-22, 2010 (87p, 1.21MB)

ClassActs story about Maroantsetra, Madagascar by Sameer Verma, prepared as part of an assignment by students at San Francisco State University

Columbus School for Girls Service Learning Project Blog Columbus School for Girls distribution to three schools in St. John, May 2010.

2009

Cambridge_Friends_School 4 Summary Docs (at bottom of mailing list post, and here!)

"Proyecto Flor de Ceibo" (Uruguay's March 2009 report) (in Spanish)

Very up-to-date OLPC Nauru reportage and May 2009 29-page DRAFT REPORT File:Leeming-Nauru-OLPC-Apr-May-2009-Report (draft 1).pdf fostered by David Leeming. (video)

See also his (1) OLPC Solomon Islands work (2) Teacher tips/XS/Solar summary and (3) Community Radio idea!

DRAFT FLIER/CHAPTER File:XOsflyer3.pdf by Scott Carollo of Gallaudet Univ Art Dept, with help from Kevin Cole and Caryl Bigenho's original writeup on Pakistan.

DRAFT LAYOUT PROPOSAL #2 (using Scribus, SVerma): File:Story-layout-test-sverma.pdf with his graphics materials File:Booksprint-layout-stuff-by-sverma.zip

DRAFT LAYOUT PROPOSAL #3 (JGay): File:Book-draft-layout-by-jgay.pdf

DRAFT LAYOUT PROPOSAL #4: 1000-XO Deployment Story in File:Dujiangyan-Sichuan-China.pdf by OLPC Asia / Hong Kong (18-page PDF, June 2009)

XOs in El Salvador: A community deployment in Chalatenango (Presentation to http://OLPCLearningClub.org DC by Jeff Elkner, Sept 19th 2009). Also available in PDF: File:XOs in El Salvador.pdf

Uruguay's Plan Ceibal: The world's most ambitious roll-out of educational technologies? Includes video. Summary by Michael Trucano, World Bank's Senior ICT and Education Policy Specialist. Discussing Miguel Brechner's 19-page slide presentation "One Laptop per Child and per Teacher" here: File:2162969-uruguay-plan-ceibal.pdf

Beth Santos' impressive Sao Tome deployment presentation from Dec 30, 2009: File:Olpc-in-sao-joao--sao-tome.pdf (1.26MB) and blog summary

December 2009's Babson College project report on Strategies for Sugar deployments in US schools: report (66 pages, 412KB), presentation (35 pages, 655KB)

Heroic Waveplace/OLPC deployment stories in Nicaragua: Excellent summary of their approach, whose structure is likely evolving for their post-earthquake work in Haiti.

Translation Success Story! (english auto-translation) in French

30 small African deployments(map) by OLPCorps: a new student-based, grassroots OLPC initiative with 100 XOs, Hardware, $10K stipend, 10-day training in Kigali, Rwanda, and an entire summer in an African country of your choice.

2008

Final Report Evaluation of OLPC in Solomon Islands (PDF)

2007

"Got Implementation?" Nepal article from Jan 2007 incl fun logo!


Please add other resources, with links if possible, to the above list. Please feel free to add comments about any of these resources if you wish. Additionally, if you feel the resource has potential material to include in a future instructional DVD for new XO users, please mark the resource "+DVD."

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