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== Technical structure and operations ==
[[Image:OLPC_Team_Work_Chart.JPG|right|thumb| The Structure of Technical Operations]]
[[Image:Laptop_Update_&_Maintenance_Procedure.JPG|right|thumb| Laptop Update & Maintenance Procedure]]
[[Image:Example_of_Networking_Site_for_Teachers.JPG|right|thumb| Example of Networking Site for Teachers]]
The first diagram shows the structure of Technical operations of OLPC Afghanistan.
The Second one is the chart of Laptop Update and Maintenance procedure and the job of each team member.
The third diagram is showing an example of networking sites available for teachers in schools.


<b>Sections</b>:
The whole Technical operations can be divided into 5 sections.
*Deployment teams section
This section's responsibility is deployment of OLPC laptops to schools with all related logistics and actions.
*Technical trainers section
Technical trainers are responsible for education of teachers and at the beginning of the project also for education of Technical operations staff.
*User service team section
User service teams provides support for teachers and schools what OLPC laptops concern – troubleshooting, documentation creation, development of new activities (programs).
This team will closely cooperate with Ministry of Education on development of new content and activities for OLPC already deployed where MoE will provide the Curricular specifications and content and User service team developers will create the programming part.
*Localization team section
Localization team is responsible for translating the current activities into Dari and Pashto. This activity will take place at the very beginning of OPLC project.


== See also ==
== See also ==

Revision as of 20:05, 21 December 2009

One Laptop Per Child Afghanistan

One Laptop Per Child Afghanistan

This is the new Official Wiki page for "One Laptop Per Child Afghanistan" project.

Project Goals

The Afghanistan OLPC project will revolutionize the way in which children are taught and promote cooperation between the diverse set of communities existing in central Asia. The goal of OLPC Afghanistan is to provide every child with new opportunities to explore, experiment, and express themselves in a collaborative way.

Mission: To create a fit environment for OLPC, take necessary steps to ensure every child in Afghanistan receives an XO laptop and develop the Local Activities for OLPC laptops that could revolutionize how Afghani children are educated.

The Ministry of Education Afghanistan (MoE), and Ministry of Communication and Information Technology Afghanistan (MoCIT), in a unique public-private partnership with USAID’s Afghanistan Small and Medium Enterprise Development (ASMED) and Telecom Development Company Afghanistan - Roshan, launched the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project in Afghanistan in September 13, 2008.

Contacts and Further Information

• Official OLPC Afghanistan website

• Official OLPC Afghanistan Dari Weblog

• Contact Salim Hayran, OLPC Afghanistan Project Coordinator

• Send inquiries to info@olpc.af

Deployments

Deployment Wiki Page

Read here Information on pilot project, first and second phase of deployment and list of schools selected for implementation.

Team Members Involved

OLPC Afghanistan Team

  1. Sohaib Obaidi Ebtihaj
  2. Usman Mansour Ansari
  3. Mohammad Hamed Quraishi

Read More about the OLPC Afghanistan team and volunteers [here]

Media Coverage

4/3/09 Huffington Post: “Afghanis Desperately want to Learn and aren't Afraid to Do So: Washington can't be Afraid to Help Them” by Matt Keller, Director of Europe, Middle East and Africa for One Laptop per Child.

3/5/09 CNN: “Laptops bring lessons, maybe even peace”

2/10/09 USAID: “One Laptop per Child Program to be Launched in Afghanistan”

1/31/09 USAID: “One Laptop Per Child program launched in Afghanistan”

9/9/08 Tech World: “How the OLPC can help beat Taliban in Afghanistan”

9/5/08 PC World: “OLPC Seeks ITU's Help to Promote Laptops”

12/12/07 CSR Wire (The Corporate Social Responsibility Newswire): “The Kite Runner Inspires Gift Through One Laptop”

Picture Blog

  • via Picassa [1]
  • via Flickr [2]


See also

External links



Primary Language ,|x|Language spoken::x}}
Number of Laptops Number of manufactured laptops::5000
Keyboard Layout Keyboard::OLPC Dari 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::Started with Paiwastoon. The first few hundred arrived in 2008, and the rest throughout 2009.


This category is only for pages that describe an OLPC deployment. Category:Deployment planning is for pages about the topic of deployments.

See the Deployments page for deployment summary information pulled from these pages.

Template:Deployment puts pages in this category. Deployment coordinators can use Has default form::Form:Deployment to edit these pages; look for an 'edit with form' tab on them. Afghanistan