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OLPC Philippines grassroots group
Remote Pilot Deployment:
Lubang,Occidental Mindoro,Philippines
eKindling is collaborating with OLPC Friends and OLPC-NZ(New Zealand) in bringing the first remote school Pilot in the Philippines. This will be made possible through the generous fund raising and contributions by current and former National Computer Center employees with the leadership of Meg Simpson. The goal is to deploy 100 laptops to 4 classrooms in the school.
eKindling and OLPC Educational Project
- Result of the first Lubang meeting
Lubang Educational Project[1]
School Profile
Lubang Integrated School
- Information on Lubang: [2]
- Location: Barangay Araw at Bituin Lubang, Philippines
- Total Number of Students in the School: 603
- Number of Students who will participate in the program: 93
- Number of Teachers participating: 7
- Number of computers in the classroom: 2
- Internet Connection: Wired, Broadband
- Accessibility of the School from Metro Manila: 30mins. by Plane, 7 hours by ship
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13.865, 120.108504 Bituin Lubang, Philippines
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Collaborating Members and Institutions (pls. add additional information)
- Ryan Letada: eKindling, Philippines
- Harvy Viray: University of the Philippines
- Tessa Yuvienco: Headway School
- Joel Yuvienco: Miriam College, Asian University Digital Resource Network
- Mitch Seaton: OLPC Friends (Sydney, Australia)
- OLPC-New Zealand
- Cherry Withers: eKindling, USA
- Meg Simpson: Representative of current and former employees of the National Computer Center.
- Col. Sanchez: Mayor of Lubang
- Marife Mago: eKindling, OLPC-NYC, USA
Project Checklist
- Initial Deployment Checklist: Done by Mitch Seaton, Meg Simpson & Col. Sanchez. Date: 8/26/2009
- Lubang Consultation Visit: Ryan Letada, Tessa Yuvienco & Harvy Viray. Date: 11/24/2009-11/26/2009
- Curriculum Integration Development and Moodle Set-up
- Teacher Training Program