OLPC New Zealand

There are several people in NZ and the Pacific working on OLPC related projects and initiatives.

• Computer Clubhouse Manukau City NZ
• Moodle developers (Martin Langhoff plus others from Catalyst IT)
• Independent project proposals.

Computer Clubhouse Manukau City NZ

The Computer Clubhouse in Manukau City New Zealand is putting together a proposal to OLPC. If you are interested in joining the their proposal please click on the EOI below. Note that this is not the only proposal being put together in the region.

Expression of Interest

Development Lab Open

Hosted by the University of Auckland Computer Science Department the Computer Clubhouse now has a dedicated 18 seat lab to run the development group from....stay tuned for more information!

Computer Clubhouse Trust NZ development group key areas of content

Presently the Computer Clubhouse Trust NZ, is hosting the formation of the developers, those interested in the project click the countries link at the bottom and the relevant external links are provided

Formation Computer Clubhouse development group

a. Key area of focus

i. Strategy, planning, consultation and logistics

ii. Communications (internal, OLPC Wiki, and regional external)

iii. Developers

1. Code and testing of applications a. UI – Sugar b. Collaboration applications i. Application sharing ii. White boarding iii. P2P debugging and latency issues iv. Beta testing of Macromedia Beta player and related applications as a future consideration c. Hardware testing i. Board (OLPC) ii. Emulators on fedora/ Ubuntu etc iii. Data-mining and reporting 1. tickets 2. results from Computer Clubhouse kids feed back on emulators (mid 2007)

iv. Community development / Engagement and Educational model (local and regional)

1. Culturally relevant learning objects (LO) and pedagogy (constructionist) 2. Language specific LO’s for regional deployments

v. Resource Development

1. Local staffing and volunteer management of community 2. Funding and donor acquisition of initial local DV and contribution gaps not covered in open community

vi. Partnership Development by region

1. NZ a. Central and local Government b. ICT contributors and bodies c. Community and NGO’s

2. PACIFIC a. Heads of State b. NZ based representation (MPIA / Foreign Affairs Etc) c. Local NGO’s d. European Union and other humanitarian aid and development prospects

Moodle Developers

A team of Moodle developers led by Martin Langhoff @ Catalyst has been working on several aspects of the OLPC project.

 At the moment, I am working on an OpenID implementation for Moodle, and doing some work on the School Server (XS). Others, more hardware tinkerers, have been playing with the ATest1 and B2 machines and debugging OS problems. (Martin Laghoff)

Other initiatives / proposals

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