OLPC Paraguay
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argentina - bolivia - chile - colombia - ecuador - méxico - paraguay - perú - uruguay
| 2007 status: red | ||||
| red | ||||
| Estado actual: rojo | ||||
OLPC Paraguay Tiene su propio wiki.
- OLPC Paraguay has it's own Paraguay wiki (in Spanish). Most information is kept there. This page is a summary in English.
Recent updates
- 09/02/2009: 2nd phase of teacher training begins in Caacupé
The team
ParaguayEduca is an NGO founded specifically for the purposes of implementing OLPC in Paraguay. It is composed of technical, pedagogical and organisational staff. The office is located in Asunción, Paraguay.
The team have good links with government and media.
The long term goals are to work with the government on a countrywide deployment. Initially, we are working in the city of Caacupé.
Caacupé
SWIFT have donated laptops for 3500 children and 150 teachers in 10 schools in Caacupé. Thanks to partnerships with government and telecommunications companies, internet and electrical infrastructure has been installed in all 10 schools.
The teachers are attending a total of 4 weeks of teacher training (during their vacations!!) before the laptops are being given to children.
Technical details
The XOs are running OLPC OS 8.2.1 with some Paraguayan customizations:
- initramfs modification to retrieve activation leases over infrastructure networks from the school server
- Browse homepage customized (Spanish language, more kid-friendly)
We are running XS-0.5.1 at each school.
Network infrastructure is primarily access points with an ethernet backbone to the school server. WDS and wireless bridges are used in some situations. Internet connectivity comes in through WiMaX.
| Primary Language | ,|x|Language spoken::x}} |
| Number of Laptops | Number of manufactured laptops::4000 |
| Keyboard Layout | Keyboard::OLPC Spanish Keyboard |
| Build | ,|x|Software release::x}} |
| Date(s) Arrived in Country | ,|x|Has received laptops on date::x}} |
| School Server | ,|x|School server status::x}} |
| Deployment Status | Deployment status::Teacher training wrapping up. Plan to deploy 4K XOs in schools in Q1 2009. |