OLPC Mongolia/Ulaanbaatar

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Ulaanbaatar.mn | Arahuay.pe | Khairat.in | Ban Samkha.th | Galadima.ng | Cardal and CEIBAL.uy | Bashuki.np | Bishwamitra.np | Atlas School.pk | Altos de Cazucá.co  [+/-]

First Implementation Phase

January 2008

Mongolian Children XOing (Photo by Carla)


OLPC team on the ground

  • Enkhmunkh Zurgaanjin (Dec 20 - Jan 27),
  • Carla Gomez Monroy (Jan 6 - 27),
  • Jan Jungclaus (Jan 7 - 26),
  • David Woodhouse (Jan 15 - 25),
  • Franco Badini-BT (Jan 21 - 26)


Photos by Carla Gomez Monroy

Girl XOing
Boy XOing


Collaborating
Learning


Girls with XOs
Mother and children


Laptops at school
Receiving


Opening boxes
Learning together


Teacher and Child
Mother and Child
Exploring
Out-of-the-box Learning


Mother learning with her daughter
Exploring in class


Expressing
Friends taking a photo


Learning from each other
Self-portrait


Photo with classmates
Helping


Group discovering
Excitement


Amusement
Teacher session


Teachers exploring
Teachers learning together


Figuring out a laptop
Teacher sharing


Photos by Jan Jungclaus

Ulaan Bataar scenario

Laptops reaching schools
Entering the school


First activated laptop (right)
Teachers activating XOs


Parents' meeting
View from school window: A gyr in the foreground


One Laptop per Child in Mongolian
First child receiving an XO
Minister of Education handing out a laptop


Learning together
Many laptops in class
Happy girls
Cabling to set up the servers

Countryside scenario

A few 100km of cemented road, then gravel
Countryside
Mongolian sanctuary "oovo"
Some remote areas provide electricity
A nomadic family's "gyr" (tent) with self-made TV antenna
A remote gyr during summertime (Aug '08)
The livelihood of a nomadic family is highly dependent of the well-being of their cattle
The herdsman family's children live 1km from their school, which they might connect to with XO laptops in future