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* Other Contributors: programmers from Predictable Network Solutions |
* Other Contributors: programmers from Predictable Network Solutions |
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* Audience or Impact; Our initial audience is BECTA, the UK GOV IT provisioning department for all Gov funded schools and colleges in the UK. |
* Audience or Impact; Our initial audience is BECTA, the UK GOV IT provisioning department for all Gov funded schools and colleges in the UK. |
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* Brief Descriptions; Two objectives. 1) Get the OLPC on BECTA assessment list for the £30m project to help poor uk kids to get connected to the internet, with a proposal that any purchase would also purchase an equivalent number for a developing country. 2) We also wish to assess the OLPC as a communication |
* Brief Descriptions; Two objectives. 1) Get the OLPC on BECTA assessment list for the £30m project to help poor uk kids to get connected to the internet, with a proposal that any OLPC purchase would also purchase an equivalent number for a developing country. 2) We also wish to assess the OLPC as a communication device for other disadvantaged groups, by loading and testing the ekiga sip client on several UK Broadband connections. The notion is to support other disadvantaged groups to get connected. |
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* Relevant expeience and other projects; 20 years creating and launching communication services in the UK. |
* Relevant expeience and other projects; 20 years creating and launching communication services in the UK. |
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if needing Xo; 2 XO's needed for 6 months, happy to purchase. |
if needing Xo; 2 XO's needed for 6 months, happy to purchase. |
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Revision as of 13:52, 18 January 2008
Pilots by country
Austria
- OLPC Europe/Pilots/Austria
- Starting test projects with 3 or 4 schools, each one class (spring 08)
- Contact: simon, aaron, tano, margery
UK Digital Divide with a G1G1 dimension
- Project: UK Digital Divide with a G1G1 twist.
- Proposer: Mike Kiely
- Other Contributors: programmers from Predictable Network Solutions
- Audience or Impact; Our initial audience is BECTA, the UK GOV IT provisioning department for all Gov funded schools and colleges in the UK.
- Brief Descriptions; Two objectives. 1) Get the OLPC on BECTA assessment list for the £30m project to help poor uk kids to get connected to the internet, with a proposal that any OLPC purchase would also purchase an equivalent number for a developing country. 2) We also wish to assess the OLPC as a communication device for other disadvantaged groups, by loading and testing the ekiga sip client on several UK Broadband connections. The notion is to support other disadvantaged groups to get connected.
- Relevant expeience and other projects; 20 years creating and launching communication services in the UK.
if needing Xo; 2 XO's needed for 6 months, happy to purchase.