OLPC Philippines
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Welcome to the OLPC Philippines Wiki, home to collaborative notes about the One Laptop per Child initiative in the Philippines and related projects. We will attempt to capture all Philippine-related information from registered contributors; please join us and share your ideas. You can also post a comment to this page's discussion page.
Contents
What's new
- People, process and systems. We need you! If you subscribe to the project's Core principles and would like to volunteer, please add your name, OLPC user name, location, country, area of expertise and a brief description about yourself.
- There is an upcoming Curriculum Jam Manila during the first weekend of October 2007. We need organizers, volunteers, participants, and kids to test the lesson plans we come up with - contact Mel Chua if you're interested.
- Please see the OLPC in the Philippines blog at http://onelaptop.blogspot.com
- One Laptop Per Child (OPLC): New Pedagogy? from It's Hip2b2 (http://hip2b2.yutivo.org/2007/05/15/one-laptop-per-child-oplc-the-new-pedagogy/)
- OLPC Project, please contact Rowen Remis R. Iral by his website; http://wenmi01.bravehost.com
http://wenmi01.bravehost.com/chatme - chatlink
In the Press etc...
Please add any links here that are relevant to the Philippines only.
- Blog > Law Norms Code.ph > Combating Reverse Digital Imperialism: $100 Laptop As a Tool for Development
IT Engineer helps OLPC
- Rowen Remis R. Iral
Check the forum at for OLPC Project: http://wenmi01.proboards76.com
OLPC / XO Philippines Photo Gallery http://wenmi01.multiply.com/
The Philippine National Information Technology Standards: http://www.philnits.org
The People
- Sandeep Chandiramani (sgc)|Boston|USA|Finance|Red Hat employee from 1998-2006
- William Yu, Ateneo de Manila University
- Kouklis, Mike(Chief Mike) |U.S. Navy,Retired Engineer @ Kalibo, Aklan Rural:Philippines
- Rowen Remis R. Iral(Rowen), PhilNITS Society, Fundamental Information Technology Engineer(FE) http://wenmi01.bravehost.com
- Timothy Paul B. Martinez, Founder: Malaya Linux User Group
- Mel Chua, OLPC intern (based in Boston, USA) - my parents immigrated to the US from the Philippines ~25 years ago, and much of my extended family still lives near Manila.
Milestones/Activities
2007
| Apr. 2007 | Guest attendance at the OLPC "Countries Meeting" in Cambridge, MA. |
| Feb. 2007 | Demonstration to government (Department of Education, CICT, ASTI) officials and private-sector representatives at CICT. |
| Jan. 2007 | B1-test machine arrives in the Philippines. |
