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Remote Pilot Deployment:

Lubang,Occidental Mindoro,Philippines

eKindling is collaborating with OLPC Friends and OLPC-NZ(New Zealand) in bringing the first remote school Pilot in the Philippines. This will be made possible through the generous fund raising and contributions by current and former National Computer Center employees with the leadership of Meg Simpson. The goal is to deploy 100 laptops to 4 classrooms in the school.

The second phase of our project is now underway with an additional 110 laptops donated to two schools in Lubang from 4 generous donors.

Current State of laptops:

  1st Phase (November 2010)- 100 XO 1.5 updated to ll.2.0
  2nd Phase (October 2011) - 110 XO 1.5 updated to 11.2.0 
   (2 had defective internal SD cards, updated to 11.3 with known good SD cards).   

Milestones

• Result of the first Lubang meeting, Lubang Educational Project: [1]
• Deployment Ground Breaking:5 Day Teacher's Training
  • Pre-deployment survey: Survey Result
  • Debrief Notes: 5-day eKindling Teacher Training
• Mitch's Visit / Lubang Updates [2]
• Follow the updates here!
• 2010 Milestone!
• Hardware defect report - batch 1 2010 File:LubangHardwareDefectsXOlaptops-Batch1.pdf
• OLPC Pilot Program Launched, Dec. 6, 2010! See "In the News" section
  • Initial 100 OLPC XO-1.5 laptops deployed; next phase for planning Q1 2011.
• LIS adopted as a Smart School

Pictures

Mitch Seaton's Photos (June 2010): http://bit.ly/nQJi2e

Cherry Wither's Photos: April 2010 :

First Day: http://bit.ly/pUtyNv
Second Day: http://bit.ly/q1Tsz0
6th Day: http://bit.ly/rsNvhn

June 2011:

Maligaya Circuits Class: http://bit.ly/rdOw83
Etoys Class: http://bit.ly/qH7JLi

In the News - OLPC Pilot Program launched!

• ABS-CBN News (12/06/2010): Lubang Island schoolkids get own laptops
• Manila Bulletin (12/06/2010) DepEd launches laptop for every pupil program
• Philippine Information Agency (12/07/2010) Public school students in Mindoro get free laptop
• The Philippine Star (12/12/2010) Tools to build their dreams
• Philippine Daily Inquirer (12/13/2010) Lubang: Wi-fi in plaza, free laptops in school

Donor's List

The Lubang OLPC Pilot has been made possible by generous donations from current and former employees of the National Computer Center. This is all for the love of the current Mayor of Lubang, Juan M Sanchez . Mayor Sanchez was the founder and first Managing Director of the National Computer Center.

Friends of Lubang eKindling OLPC Deployment

Donor's List

Name	Pesos	US Dollar	Aus Dollar
1. Nina & Armand Abaya		200.00
2. Susan Abaya		300.00
3. Mon Acebes			100.00
4. Jing and Bing Acosta			100.00
5. Ting Alberto			50.00
6. Fides Alviar		100.00
7. Bella Amurao-Box			311.75
8. Art & Reggie Aquino			100.00
9. Jopine Atienza		100.00
10. Jane Moraleda Avila		100.00
11. Sonya Badiola			200.00
12. Willie Badiola			20.00
13. Jun Banan			300.00
14. Bhoy and Cora Barretto			200.00
15. Bot Bautista			100.00
16. Ping Bayani		150.00
17. Dency Wong Bermas		100.00	2.50
18. Soc and Weet Brazal			316.00
19. Thicz Tiotuyco, Linda Navarro, Shiony Binamira, Luchi & Mario Lavin	11,700.00
20. Rico Carmona		300.00
21. Christy Castro		100.00
22. Charles Chan			100.00
23. Seny Coad			150.00
24. Ruben Cortez		75.00
25. Lorna and Cesar de Jesus			50.00
26. Angie (Yeye) de Lara			101.00
27. Alex de leon			100.00
28. Flor Parel del Rosario			100.00
29. Torch and Emelyn dela Torre		600.00
30. Margaret Echevarria			300.00
31. Letty Enriquez-Mary		104.00
32. Bien Espino			200.00
33. Nymia & John Eunson			1,000.00
34. Marie and Manny Evasco			200.00
35. Robert Felipe		100.00
36. Rey Galvez		300.00
37. Ann Gatmaytan			123.95
38. Liz Lejarde Gonzalez			200.00
39. Linda and Greg Hill
40. Tom and Epay Lara			50.00
41. Tommy Lara		25.00
42. Marissa Legaspi			350.00
43. JJ Lindaya			330.00
44. Maria Zaida Lopez			100.00
45. Rene Macaraeg		100.00
46. Danny Manahan			5.00
47. Boots Manansala		300.00
48. Didi Manarang		100.00
49. Rene & Yael Manongdo			400.00
50. Leo Mascarinas		95.00
51. Shala Miran		50.00
52. Irma Modesto			100.00
53. Edna Murillo			100.00
54. Angel Naval			100.00
55. Lyle and Nane Nebre			120.00
56. Jun and Amie Ofrecio			322.20
57. Tess and Palatz Palatino		300.00
58. Robert Pangilinan			100.00
59. Nerissa Pato			300.00
60. Nene & Med Pestano		200.00
61. PMA Class '55		1200.00
62. Lydia Pons		100.00
63. Cosme and Evelyn Purugganan			1,540.00
64. Dodie Quiaoit		600.00
65. Mr & Mrs Elmer Ramos			335.00
66. Jorge Reyes			100.00
67. Col Bert Rodriguez and Nini Rodrigues		600.00
68. Augusto & Yoly Roxas			100.00
69. Roy Rubio			54.00
70. Vangie Saludares			300.00
71. Peps Regalado San Gabriel			25.00
72. Natie Sanchez			76.00
73. Col Sanchez' Children		1,000.00
74. Evelyn Sangueza			100.00
75. Gerard and Violy Santuico			100.00
76. Jowee Sarmenta & family		1,500.00
77. Al See			200.00
78. Meg Simpson & the late Ron Simpson			1,200.00
79. NCC Sydney Reunion Raffle			910.00
80. NCC Sydney Reunion Surplus			2,131.29
81. Gerry Tagunicar		300.00
82. Leonora Pacheco Tamoro			100.00
83. Bella Tan			350.00
84. Ramon Tanafranca		220.00
85. Thelma & Jun Tiongson			210.63
86. Abe and Didi Tomas		300.00
87. Cynthia A Topacio		100.00
88. Myra Florendo Van Vactor		200.00
89. Liza Villagonzalo			100.00
90. Ley Villamor			560.00
91. Boy and Nikki Villanueva			100.00
92. Rolly (Govs) Villanueva		100.00	225.00
93. Sherill (Gov's daughter) Villanueva		20.00
94. Joey Yap			300.00
95. Atty. Susan Ordinario		100.00

School Profile

Lubang Integrated School

• Information on Lubang: [3]
• Location: Barangay Araw at Bituin Lubang, Philippines
• Total Number of Students in the School: 603
• Number of Students who will participate in the program: 93
• Number of Teachers participating: 7
• Number of computers in the classroom: 2
• Internet Connection: Wired, Broadband

Collaborating Members and Institutions (pls. add additional information)

• Ryan Letada: eKindling, Philippines
• Harvy Viray: University of the Philippines
• Tessa Yuvienco: eKindling, Philippines
• Joel Yuvienco: Miriam College, Asian University Digital Resource Network
• Mitch Seaton: OLPC Friends (Sydney, Australia)
• OLPC-New Zealand
• Cherry Withers: Squeakland/eKindling, USA
• Meg Simpson: Representative of current and former employees of the National Computer Center.
• Col. Sanchez: Mayor of Lubang
• Marife Mago: eKindling, OLPC-NYC, USA
• John and Doris Sincak: eKindling evangelists and OLPC Bergen County Contributors Program
• Rowen Remis R. Iral: PhilNITS Society

Project Checklist

• Initial Deployment Checklist: Done by Mitch Seaton, Meg Simpson & Col. Sanchez. Date: 8/26/2009
• Lubang Consultation Visit: Ryan Letada, Tessa Yuvienco & Harvy Viray. Date: 11/24/2009-11/26/2009
• 5 Day Teacher's Training Program Conducted by: Cherry Withers, Tessa Yuvienco, Hamilton Chua, and Ana Banaag
• Curriculum Integration Development and Moodle Set-up

Location

• Accessibility of the School from Metro Manila: 30mins. by Plane, 7 hours by ship

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