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* OLPC Project, please contact Rowen Remis R. Iral by his website; http://wenmi01.bravehost.com
* OLPC Project, please contact Rowen Remis R. Iral by his website; http://wenmi01.bravehost.com
http://wenmi01.bravehost.com/chatme - chatlink
http://wenmi01.bravehost.com/chatme - chatlink

Project Malaya- ED_HW_SW
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Linux_Porting_and_Developing_Educational_Software


== In the Press etc...==
== In the Press etc...==

Revision as of 14:07, 1 August 2007

2007 status: orange
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Welcome to the OLPC Philippines Wiki, home to collaborative notes about the One Laptop per Child initiative in the Philippines and related projects. We will attempt to capture all Philippine-related information from registered contributors; please join us and share your ideas. You can also post a comment to this page's discussion page.

What's new

  • People, process and systems. We need you! If you subscribe to the project's Core principles and would like to volunteer, please add your name, OLPC user name, location, country, area of expertise and a brief description about yourself.
  • There is an upcoming Curriculum Jam Manila during the first weekend of October 2007. We need organizers, volunteers, participants, and kids to test the lesson plans we come up with - contact Mel Chua if you're interested.

http://wenmi01.bravehost.com/chatme - chatlink

Project Malaya- ED_HW_SW http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Linux_Porting_and_Developing_Educational_Software

In the Press etc...

Please add any links here that are relevant to the Philippines only.

IT Engineer helps OLPC

  • Rowen Remis R. Iral

http://wenmi01.bravehost.com

Check the forum at for OLPC Project: http://wenmi01.proboards76.com

OLPC / XO Philippines Photo Gallery http://wenmi01.multiply.com/

The Philippine National Information Technology Standards: http://www.philnits.org


The People

  • Sandeep Chandiramani (sgc)|Boston|USA|Finance|Red Hat employee from 1998-2006
  • William Yu, Ateneo de Manila University
  • Kouklis, Mike(Chief Mike) |U.S. Navy,Retired Engineer @ Kalibo, Aklan Rural:Philippines
  • Rowen Remis R. Iral(Rowen), PhilNITS Society, Fundamental Information Technology Engineer(FE) http://wenmi01.bravehost.com
  • Timothy Paul B. Martinez, Founder: Malaya Linux User Group
  • Mel Chua, OLPC intern (based in Boston, USA) - my parents immigrated to the US from the Philippines ~25 years ago, and much of my extended family still lives near Manila.
  • Aldwin B. Evangelista; Programmer, Computer Technician

Milestones/Activities

2007

Apr. 2007 Guest attendance at the OLPC "Countries Meeting" in Cambridge, MA.
Feb. 2007 Demonstration to government (Department of Education, CICT, ASTI) officials and private-sector representatives at CICT.
Jan. 2007 B1-test machine arrives in the Philippines.

Elementary school Kalibo Aklan