OLPC Europe/Pilots: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 13:51, 18 January 2008

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 purchase would also purchase an equivalent number for a developing country. 2) We also wish to assess the OLPC as a communication devicee 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.

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 * 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 purchase would also purchase an equivalent number for a developing country.  2) We also wish to assess the OLPC as a communication devicee 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.
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