OLPC Philippines
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Mabuhay! Welcome to OLPC Philippines
OLPC Philippines (OLPC PH) is a grassroots coalition of forward-looking and like-minded individuals living in the Philippines and abroad who are working to bring the XO Children's Machine and its unique educational methodology to Filipino children. Please join and share your ideas!
To join us, subscribe to the olpc-philippines mailing list and introduce yourself. We often send announcements and have discussions on this list.
- If you are new to wikis, you may want to read the Wikieducator tutorial (in English) or ask the mailing list for help. For quick tips and to learn wiki syntax, reading the Wiki help page would be a good start.
Use the talk page / Discussion page for your comment, updates, especially blog sites within the Philippines or relevant sites that discussed about OLPC Philippines. Thank you.
About the Philippines
From the Wikipedia entry about Philippines:
- The Philippines (officially known as the Republic of the Philippines), is an archipelagic country located in Southeast Asia with Manila as its capital city. The Philippine archipelago comprises 7,107 islands in the western Pacific Ocean, sharing maritime borders with Indonesia, Malaysia, Palau, the Republic of China (Taiwan), and Vietnam. The Philippines is the world's 12th most populous country with a population approaching 90 million people. Its national economy is the 46th largest in the world with an estimated 2008 gross domestic product (GDP) of over US$154.073 billion. There are more than 11 million overseas Filipinos worldwide, the largest diaspora network in the world, about 11% of the total population of the Philippines. Ecologically, Philippines is considered to be among 17 of the most megadiverse countries in the world.
OLPC PH Projects
These are the projects OLPC PH is currently involved with:
- Flash as a Gaming/Edu-Gaming Platform for the XO-1
- OLPC Philippines Grassroots Developer Program
- OLPC Philippines Unang Liwanag
- OLPC Philippines Sugar OS functionality test
Community Activities
January 2009
- OLPC Philippines meeting at G2VC Techbar. Watch the replay at http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/1109274
December 2008
- Carlos Nazareno Brought one of the XO-1 units to the Philweavers christmas party, adding awareness about OLPC to the Philippine Web Designer/Developer community.
September 2008
- Software Freedom Day 2008, National Computer Center, Quezon City - Sept. 20, 2008
- The OLPC PH team joined Software Freedom Day 2008 as a booth sponsor and was able to showcase the XO-1 laptop and OLPC PH grassroots to attendees of the event.
- Jerome Gotangco was interviewed by Net 25.
- Event pictures
August 2008
- Ubuntu Love Day Manila 2008, UP Diliman, Quezon City - Aug. 23, 2008
- Rowen Remis Iral delivered a 40-minute presentation of the XO-1 and OLPC PH grassroots effort
- Event pictures
Developer Updates
OLPC PH Meetings
Please see /Meetings for upcoming meeting times and agendas, as well as past meeting minutes.
External Resources
The non-wiki site is at http://olpcph.multiply.com. There is also a group of supporters for OLPC Philippines at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=8363657036
New OLPC Philippines site http://www.olpcph.co.cc
OLPC PH Wiki Archive
You can still access the OLPC PH Wiki Archive.
