[Sugar-devel] [IAEP] From OLPC XO To Positivo: Rwanda Sets The Bar Higher

Samson Goddy samsongoddy at gmail.com
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Hi Alex,

I think the best thing is to physically go to Rwanda, which I think can be
of great value to Sugar Labs. I have been talking to some folks that
support Rwanda and of recent Mariana Ludmila. We have no idea how they use
Sugar, improving Sugar based on feedbacks from deployment like Rwanda will
be worth investing in.

It something I raised with Walter, like planning TA day as a way to get
access to these teachers and users. Maybe Tony can give us more details.

Sugar Labs should be paying attention to deployments.


My thoughts.




On Mon, Nov 25, 2019, 8:46 PM Alex Perez <aperez at alexperez.com> wrote:

> It would be good and helpful to attempt to make contact with anyone within
> Rwanda that is using Sugar on Positivos, official or otherwise, but also
> anyone who is involved with the official distribution of Positivos within
> Rwanda. Can you help us on this front, Samson?
>
> Walter Bender <walter.bender at gmail.com>
> November 25, 2019 at 6:57 AM
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 25, 2019 at 4:38 AM Tony Anderson <tony_anderson at usa.net>
> wrote:
>
>> The current school year in Rwanda is just ending and the new year starts
>> January 6. The Positivos have been distributed to GS (Groupe Scolaire)
>> schools which are public with grades from entry to S3 (9th grade).
>>
>> The ICT Curriculum is based on Windows - with some planned expansion to
>> include mobile techniques. The Positivos are distributed with Windows 10
>> installed.  Neither the Positivos or XOs currently include touch screen
>> technology.
>>
>> Note: as far as I know, Rwanda is the largest still active XO
>> deployment. The need is to find a bridge between the student's three
>> years of primary school XO experience and their further ICT
>> instruction.The Positivo hard drive is large enough to support an
>> Ubuntu/Sugar install alongside.. Some teachers are making this install
>> on their own initiative. The article hints that Rwanda may take official
>> advantage of this opportunity.
>>
>
> Please let us know if there is anything we can do to support this effort.
>
>
>> I am currently in Rwanda working with Care 4 Kids, a German philanthropy
>> supporting the use of the XO. Care 4 Kids provides interns - local A
>> Level graduates in ICT to selected schools. In 2019 these interns
>> supported five GS schools in Kigali province (XO ICT enrollment in the
>> thousands). In 2020, there will be five two-person teams of interns.
>> Four teams supporting  a school in one of the provinces and working with
>> teachers from five surrounding schools. The Kigali team will continue to
>> support the five 2019 schools. Their support provided in the native
>> language has proven effective and popular.
>>
>
> Is there a translation team we could tap into?
>
> As far as bridging the two worlds, some of our apps could be gateways,
> such as Music Blocks, which run just as well in Windows as Sugar.
>
>
>>
>> Tony
>>
>> On 25/11/2019 01:56, James Cameron wrote:
>> > Thanks Samson.
>> >
>> > For Sugar Labs, the most important part is "the machines will have the
>> > same modules (interface) for children lesson," so there's an
>> > opportunity for Sugar Labs to remain involved.
>> >
>> > I don't know what operating system REB are using, but OLPC OS 18.04.0
>> > based on Ubuntu 18.04.2 and Sugar will likely work straight away on
>> > PC-compatible laptops, and can be customised and rebuilt.  Our OLPC
>> > servers do see update requests from countries were we have not
>> > distributed our PC-compatible laptops, which is cool.
>> >
>> > On Sun, Nov 24, 2019 at 12:17:21PM +0100, Samson Goddy wrote:
>> >> Hello everyone,
>> >>
>> >> I saw this article online, and I thought it should be an interesting
>> read[1].
>> >>
>> >> [1][1]https://ktpress.rw/2019/11/
>> >> from-olpc-xo-to-positivo-rwanda-sets-the-bar-higher/
>> >>
>> >> Regards
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >>
>> >>    Samson Goddy
>> >>
>> >>    Twitter: [2]https://twitter.com/samson_goddy
>> >>    Email: [3]samsongoddy at sugarlabs.org
>> >>                [4]samsongoddy at gmail.com
>> >>
>> >>    Website: [5]https://samsongoddy.me/
>> >>
>> >> References:
>> >>
>> >> [1]
>> https://ktpress.rw/2019/11/from-olpc-xo-to-positivo-rwanda-sets-the-bar-higher/
>> >> [2] https://twitter.com/samson_goddy
>> >> [3] mailto:samsongoddy at sugarlabs.org
>> >> [4] mailto:samsongoddy at gmail.com
>> >> [5] https://www.sugarlabs.org/
>> >> _______________________________________________
>> >> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!)
>> >> IAEP at lists.sugarlabs.org
>> >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
>> >
>>
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>
>
> --
> Walter Bender
> Sugar Labs
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>
>
>
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>
> Tony Anderson <tony_anderson at usa.net>
> November 25, 2019 at 12:40 AM
> The current school year in Rwanda is just ending and the new year starts
> January 6. The Positivos have been distributed to GS (Groupe Scolaire)
> schools which are public with grades from entry to S3 (9th grade).
>
> The ICT Curriculum is based on Windows - with some planned expansion to
> include mobile techniques. The Positivos are distributed with Windows 10
> installed.  Neither the Positivos or XOs currently include touch screen
> technology.
>
> Note: as far as I know, Rwanda is the largest still active XO deployment.
> The need is to find a bridge between the student's three years of primary
> school XO experience and their further ICT instruction.The Positivo hard
> drive is large enough to support an Ubuntu/Sugar install alongside.. Some
> teachers are making this install on their own initiative. The article hints
> that Rwanda may take official advantage of this opportunity.
>
> I am currently in Rwanda working with Care 4 Kids, a German philanthropy
> supporting the use of the XO. Care 4 Kids provides interns - local A Level
> graduates in ICT to selected schools. In 2019 these interns supported five
> GS schools in Kigali province (XO ICT enrollment in the thousands). In
> 2020, there will be five two-person teams of interns. Four teams
> supporting  a school in one of the provinces and working with teachers from
> five surrounding schools. The Kigali team will continue to support the five
> 2019 schools. Their support provided in the native language has proven
> effective and popular.
>
> Tony
>
>
>
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> James Cameron <quozl at laptop.org>
> November 24, 2019 at 3:56 PM
>
> Thanks Samson.
>
> For Sugar Labs, the most important part is "the machines will have the
> same modules (interface) for children lesson," so there's an
> opportunity for Sugar Labs to remain involved.
>
> I don't know what operating system REB are using, but OLPC OS 18.04.0
> based on Ubuntu 18.04.2 and Sugar will likely work straight away on
> PC-compatible laptops, and can be customised and rebuilt.  Our OLPC
> servers do see update requests from countries were we have not
> distributed our PC-compatible laptops, which is cool.
>
> On Sun, Nov 24, 2019 at 12:17:21PM +0100, Samson Goddy wrote:
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> I saw this article online, and I thought it should be an interesting read[1].
>
> [1][1]https://ktpress.rw/2019/11/
> from-olpc-xo-to-positivo-rwanda-sets-the-bar-higher/
>
> Regards
>
> --
>
>   Samson Goddy
>
>   Twitter: [2]https://twitter.com/samson_goddy
>   Email: [3]samsongoddy at sugarlabs.org
>               [4]samsongoddy at gmail.com
>
>   Website: [5]https://samsongoddy.me/
>
> References:
>
> [1] https://ktpress.rw/2019/11/from-olpc-xo-to-positivo-rwanda-sets-the-bar-higher/
> [2] https://twitter.com/samson_goddy
> [3] mailto:samsongoddy at sugarlabs.org <samsongoddy at sugarlabs.org>
> [4] mailto:samsongoddy at gmail.com <samsongoddy at gmail.com>
> [5] https://www.sugarlabs.org/
>
> _______________________________________________
> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!)IAEP at lists.sugarlabs.orghttp://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
>
> Samson Goddy <samsongoddy at gmail.com>
> November 24, 2019 at 3:17 AM
> Hello everyone,
>
> I saw this article online, and I thought it should be an interesting
> read[1].
>
>
> [1]
> https://ktpress.rw/2019/11/from-olpc-xo-to-positivo-rwanda-sets-the-bar-higher/
>
> Regards
>
> --
>
> Samson Goddy
>
> Twitter: https://twitter.com/samson_goddy
> Email: samsongoddy at sugarlabs.org
>             samsongoddy at gmail.com
>
> Website: https://samsongoddy.me/  <https://www.sugarlabs.org/>
>
>
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