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=Welcome to Thailand's OLPC Activities== |
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OLPC Thailand consists of three teams: policy, technology and learning teams. These teams are working closely. In September 2006, we stationed a localization team (i.e., Thai language implementation) in OLPC Office (One Cambridge Center) for one month. In December 2006, we received the first set of B1 machines. The technology and the learning team got together and plan for field experiments with our pilot school: Ban Samkha Village School. The learning team tested their ideas with B1 machines and provide feedback to both our technology team and the OLPC office at One Cambridge Center, MA. |
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Once we received the B2 machines, we added the Thai Localization package into the machines and went off to our trial site. Ban Samkha Village School is a long-time participant of constructionism program of Suksapattana Foundation. One of our learning-team partners is the Lampang Province Non-Formal Education Department let by Dr.Suchin Phetcharak. One of our technology-team partners is the National Electronics and Computer Technology Center. |
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=Initial testing of B2 machines= |
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We went to Ban Samkha in April, and in May 2007. Here are some records of our activities. |
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In March 2007, twenty B2 XO machines were given to a school in Samkha village located in the suburbs of northern Thailand. A selected group of students were given the computer, which they take home. The students and teachers have been working together to test the basic functionalities of the machine and observe how the XO can be integrated into the learning activities currently taking place in the school. |
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= Photos = |
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[[Image:Hiking01.jpg | 300 px]] [[Image:Hiking02.jpg | 300 px]] [[Image:Hiking03.jpg | 300 px]] |
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Students using the XO to take pictures of local vegetables and herbs |
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[[Image:villager01.jpg | 300 px]] |
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Parents are intregued by the machine, especially with the video camera. |
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[[Image:monk.jpg | 300 px]] |
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Students showing an XO to a local monk |
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Revision as of 03:43, 13 May 2007
Welcome to Thailand's OLPC Activities=
OLPC Thailand consists of three teams: policy, technology and learning teams. These teams are working closely. In September 2006, we stationed a localization team (i.e., Thai language implementation) in OLPC Office (One Cambridge Center) for one month. In December 2006, we received the first set of B1 machines. The technology and the learning team got together and plan for field experiments with our pilot school: Ban Samkha Village School. The learning team tested their ideas with B1 machines and provide feedback to both our technology team and the OLPC office at One Cambridge Center, MA.
Once we received the B2 machines, we added the Thai Localization package into the machines and went off to our trial site. Ban Samkha Village School is a long-time participant of constructionism program of Suksapattana Foundation. One of our learning-team partners is the Lampang Province Non-Formal Education Department let by Dr.Suchin Phetcharak. One of our technology-team partners is the National Electronics and Computer Technology Center.
We went to Ban Samkha in April, and in May 2007. Here are some records of our activities.