Interested schools

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Schools in the United States will be able to get XOs through the Give One, Get One program when it launches in Fall 2008. Every interested school should create a page on the OLPC wiki describing their project vision, goals, implementation plans, what you are doing to prepare, etc. Schools should also get a technical development team to work with them and send in a Developers program application to get trial XOs.

US Schools

Pence Elementary School, Southern California. I teach at an elementary school in San Diego. I am in a similar situation as the teacher from Wahluke High School. We have a high population of English Learners and low SES status. My students have very limited access to the internet because they don't have home computers. We have computers at school. However, most students only have access to internet once every two weeks at our school, or at the public library. Access to the internet is crucial, because when teachers assign research projects, access to the internet is necessary. Our school library is small and outdated as a source of information. If we even had one classroom set of these computers, we could rotate them among the school. I would like more information about how my students could receive these computers.Please give me more information. Sincerely, E. Medina

• Wahluke High School, Washington State

I teach in a school in eastern Washington State that is 98% hispanic, and 87% free and reduced lunch which puts them below the poverty level. Is there a plan for US schools that allows access to this program? I am not sure where to post this question but would appreciate some information. I have many bright students with no access to technology though the town secured a grant for wireless internet which is available to all within reach of the signal. Unfortunately, there are still no tools for these kids to use!

Non-US Schools

I teach in a junior High Schoo( called Junior Secondary School in sierra Leone)l Mapaki/ Bombali District / Northern Province / Country Sierra Leone. We(the Community Library at Mapaki) received three(3) Laptop XO from friends and Donors from Canada. I am making use of the XO to teach students who are interesting on learning some basic skills on using Computers. I started(2007) with 6 students but now the entire Schools(both Primary and High Schools) nearby are interesting in computer literacy. Our Library where the XO classes take place has an solar electricity which supplied the electricity for our lessons.