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== Contacts ==
= Contacts =
* Dr Joseph Pagelio, Secretary, Department of Education, PO Box 446, Waigani NCD Phone: 301 3447 Fax: 323 1031
* Dr Joseph Pagelio, Secretary, Department of Education, PO Box 446, Waigani NCD Phone: 301 3447 Fax: 323 1031
* Brian Gaius Monie, Senior Policy Development Officer, Dept of Education (email: brian_monie AT educationpng.gov.pg or bgm0077 AT gmail.com)
* Brian Gaius Monie, Senior Policy Development Officer, Dept of Education (email: brian_monie AT educationpng.gov.pg or bgm0077 AT gmail.com)
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* [[Ian Thomson]]
* [[Ian Thomson]]


== Content and Localisation ==
= Content and Localisation =


[[Localization]] projects have been opened on the OLPC [[Pootle]] server for Tok Pisin language ([https://dev.laptop.org/translate/tpi/ PNG Pidgin])
[[Localization]] projects have been opened on the OLPC [[Pootle]] server for Tok Pisin language ([https://dev.laptop.org/translate/tpi/ PNG Pidgin])
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tok_Pisin Wikipedia Tok Pisin link]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tok_Pisin Wikipedia Tok Pisin link]


==Gaire==
=Gaire=


[[Image:Gaire-th2.jpg]]
[[Image:Gaire-th2.jpg]]
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See [[OLPC_Papua_New_Guinea#Photo_Gallery|latest photos!]]
See [[OLPC_Papua_New_Guinea#Photo_Gallery|latest photos!]]


==Dreikikir==
=Dreikikir=


Dreikikir Admin Primary School is located in East Sepik Province, near Wewak. This school is participating in the EU-funded Improvement of Rural Primary Education Facilities (IRPEF) project, based in Madang. The IRPEF is collaborating with the Department of Education and OLPC Oceania to implement the trial.
Dreikikir Admin Primary School is located in East Sepik Province, near Wewak. This school is participating in the EU-funded Improvement of Rural Primary Education Facilities (IRPEF) project, based in Madang. The IRPEF is collaborating with the Department of Education and OLPC Oceania to implement the trial.
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'''Report for the Dreikikir trial deployment'''
==Report for the Dreikikir trial deployment==


This trial was started between 16th - 20th June 2008.
This trial was started between 16th - 20th June 2008.
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'''Web resources'''
==Web resources for Dreikikir==


Official website of the Ambunti-Dreikikir Electorate, Hon. Tony Aimo MP:
Official website of the Ambunti-Dreikikir Electorate, Hon. Tony Aimo MP:
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Some pictures of the Drekikir region can be seen here: [http://www.callanservices.org/news/news2002/drekphotos/drekphotos.html]
Some pictures of the Drekikir region can be seen here: [http://www.callanservices.org/news/news2002/drekphotos/drekphotos.html]


'''Resources'''
==Other Resources for Dreikikir==


[[Media:Dreikikir.ods|Download Dreikikir data]]
[[Media:Dreikikir.ods|Download Dreikikir data]]
Spreadsheet of teachers and students names and positions with serial numbers of laptops. (ods format for Open Office)
Spreadsheet of teachers and students names and positions with serial numbers of laptops. (ods format for Open Office)


Two videos were made of the deployment (300MB each). Contact Ian or David.
==Useful links==

=Useful links for PNG=


*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papua_New_Guinea Wikipedia Papua New Guinea link]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papua_New_Guinea Wikipedia Papua New Guinea link]


==Photo Gallery==
=Photo Gallery for PNG trials=


Click any picture to enlarge:
Click any picture to enlarge:

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Trials in PNG

Deployments in PNG will commence in June 2008 at the following sites:

  • Gaire, Central Province
  • Dreikikir, East Sepik Province
  • Buka, Bougainville Province
  • St Peters, a large primary school in Port Moresby


Click any picture to enlarge:

Contacts

  • Dr Joseph Pagelio, Secretary, Department of Education, PO Box 446, Waigani NCD Phone: 301 3447 Fax: 323 1031
  • Brian Gaius Monie, Senior Policy Development Officer, Dept of Education (email: brian_monie AT educationpng.gov.pg or bgm0077 AT gmail.com)
  • David Leeming
  • Ian Thomson

Content and Localisation

Localization projects have been opened on the OLPC Pootle server for Tok Pisin language (PNG Pidgin)

Gaire

Gaire-th2.jpg

Gaire is located about 45 minutes drive from Port Moresby. It is the site of a rural community VSAT access point, set up under the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC)'s Pacific Rural Internet Connectivity System (Pacific RICS) project.

Breaking news, June 13th 2008: pictures of Gaire Primary school, 53 laptops, both streams of the Grade 3 saturated (Grade 3 is the first grade in the PNG primary education system). Gaire Primary School is located at 9.6698S, 147.4086E (WGS84), sea level.

None of the children have any experience of computers before. Of the teachers, only the Principal and one or two others are computer literate.

See latest photos!

Dreikikir

Dreikikir Admin Primary School is located in East Sepik Province, near Wewak. This school is participating in the EU-funded Improvement of Rural Primary Education Facilities (IRPEF) project, based in Madang. The IRPEF is collaborating with the Department of Education and OLPC Oceania to implement the trial.

Dreikikir is located at 3.57516S, 142.76946E at altitude 380m.

PNG-Drek-20.jpg


Report for the Dreikikir trial deployment

This trial was started between 16th - 20th June 2008.

View the report by clicking here


Web resources for Dreikikir

Official website of the Ambunti-Dreikikir Electorate, Hon. Tony Aimo MP: [1]

Some pictures of the Drekikir region can be seen here: [2]

Other Resources for Dreikikir

Download Dreikikir data Spreadsheet of teachers and students names and positions with serial numbers of laptops. (ods format for Open Office)

Two videos were made of the deployment (300MB each). Contact Ian or David.

Useful links for PNG

Photo Gallery for PNG trials

Click any picture to enlarge: