<div dir="auto"><div>Hi Alex, </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">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.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">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.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Sugar Labs should be paying attention to deployments.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">My thoughts.<br><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Nov 25, 2019, 8:46 PM Alex Perez <<a href="mailto:aperez@alexperez.com">aperez@alexperez.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">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?<br>
<span>
</span><br>
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<a style="color:#485664!important;padding-right:6px;font-weight:500;text-decoration:none!important" href="mailto:walter.bender@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Walter Bender</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:middle;width:48%;text-align:right"> <font color="#909AA4"><span style="padding-left:6px">November
25, 2019 at 6:57 AM</span></font></div> </div></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Nov 25, 2019 at 4:38 AM Tony
Anderson <<a href="mailto:tony_anderson@usa.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">tony_anderson@usa.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">The current school year in
Rwanda is just ending and the new year starts <br>
January 6. The Positivos have been distributed to GS (Groupe Scolaire) <br>
schools which are public with grades from entry to S3 (9th grade).<br>
<br>
The ICT Curriculum is based on Windows - with some planned expansion to <br>
include mobile techniques. The Positivos are distributed with Windows 10
<br>
installed. Neither the Positivos or XOs currently include touch screen <br>
technology.<br>
<br>
Note: as far as I know, Rwanda is the largest still active XO <br>
deployment. The need is to find a bridge between the student's three <br>
years of primary school XO experience and their further ICT <br>
instruction.The Positivo hard drive is large enough to support an <br>
Ubuntu/Sugar install alongside.. Some teachers are making this install <br>
on their own initiative. The article hints that Rwanda may take official
<br>
advantage of this opportunity.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Please
let us know if there is anything we can do to support this effort. </div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>
I am currently in Rwanda working with Care 4 Kids, a German philanthropy
<br>
supporting the use of the XO. Care 4 Kids provides interns - local A <br>
Level graduates in ICT to selected schools. In 2019 these interns <br>
supported five GS schools in Kigali province (XO ICT enrollment in the <br>
thousands). In 2020, there will be five two-person teams of interns. <br>
Four teams supporting a school in one of the provinces and working with
<br>
teachers from five surrounding schools. The Kigali team will continue to
<br>
support the five 2019 schools. Their support provided in the native <br>
language has proven effective and popular.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Is
there a translation team we could tap into? </div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>
Tony<br>
<br>
On 25/11/2019 01:56, James Cameron wrote:<br>
> Thanks Samson.<br>
><br>
> For Sugar Labs, the most important part is "the machines will have
the<br>
> same modules (interface) for children lesson," so there's an<br>
> opportunity for Sugar Labs to remain involved.<br>
><br>
> I don't know what operating system REB are using, but OLPC OS
18.04.0<br>
> based on Ubuntu 18.04.2 and Sugar will likely work straight away on<br>
> PC-compatible laptops, and can be customised and rebuilt. Our OLPC<br>
> servers do see update requests from countries were we have not<br>
> distributed our PC-compatible laptops, which is cool.<br>
><br>
> On Sun, Nov 24, 2019 at 12:17:21PM +0100, Samson Goddy wrote:<br>
>> Hello everyone,<br>
>><br>
>> I saw this article online, and I thought it should be an
interesting read[1].<br>
>><br>
>> [1][1]<a href="https://ktpress.rw/2019/11/" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://ktpress.rw/2019/11/</a><br>
>> from-olpc-xo-to-positivo-rwanda-sets-the-bar-higher/<br>
>><br>
>> Regards<br>
>><br>
>> --<br>
>><br>
>> Samson Goddy<br>
>><br>
>> Twitter: [2]<a href="https://twitter.com/samson_goddy" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/samson_goddy</a><br>
>> Email: [3]<a href="mailto:samsongoddy@sugarlabs.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">samsongoddy@sugarlabs.org</a><br>
>> [4]<a href="mailto:samsongoddy@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">samsongoddy@gmail.com</a><br>
>><br>
>> Website: [5]<a href="https://samsongoddy.me/" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://samsongoddy.me/</a><br>
>><br>
>> References:<br>
>><br>
>> [1] <a href="https://ktpress.rw/2019/11/from-olpc-xo-to-positivo-rwanda-sets-the-bar-higher/" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://ktpress.rw/2019/11/from-olpc-xo-to-positivo-rwanda-sets-the-bar-higher/</a><br>
>> [2] <a href="https://twitter.com/samson_goddy" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/samson_goddy</a><br>
>> [3] mailto:<a href="mailto:samsongoddy@sugarlabs.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">samsongoddy@sugarlabs.org</a><br>
>> [4] mailto:<a href="mailto:samsongoddy@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">samsongoddy@gmail.com</a><br>
>> [5] <a href="https://www.sugarlabs.org/" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.sugarlabs.org/</a><br>
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>> <a href="mailto:IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org</a><br>
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><br>
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<a style="color:#485664!important;padding-right:6px;font-weight:500;text-decoration:none!important" href="mailto:tony_anderson@usa.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Tony
Anderson</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:middle;width:48%;text-align:right"> <font color="#909AA4"><span style="padding-left:6px">November
25, 2019 at 12:40 AM</span></font></div> </div></div>
<div style="color:#909aa4;margin-left:24px;margin-right:24px">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).
<br>
<br>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.
<br>
<br>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.
<br>
<br>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.
<br>
<br>Tony
<br>
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<a style="color:#485664!important;padding-right:6px;font-weight:500;text-decoration:none!important" href="mailto:quozl@laptop.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">James
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24, 2019 at 3:56 PM</span></font></div> </div></div>
<div style="color:#909aa4;margin-left:24px;margin-right:24px"><pre>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:
</pre><blockquote type="cite"><pre>Hello everyone,
I saw this article online, and I thought it should be an interesting read[1].
[1][1]<a href="https://ktpress.rw/2019/11/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://ktpress.rw/2019/11/</a>
from-olpc-xo-to-positivo-rwanda-sets-the-bar-higher/
Regards
--
Samson Goddy
Twitter: [2]<a href="https://twitter.com/samson_goddy" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://twitter.com/samson_goddy</a>
Email: [<a href="mailto:3]samsongoddy@sugarlabs.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">3]samsongoddy@sugarlabs.org</a>
[<a href="mailto:4]samsongoddy@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">4]samsongoddy@gmail.com</a>
Website: [5]<a href="https://samsongoddy.me/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://samsongoddy.me/</a>
References:
[1] <a href="https://ktpress.rw/2019/11/from-olpc-xo-to-positivo-rwanda-sets-the-bar-higher/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://ktpress.rw/2019/11/from-olpc-xo-to-positivo-rwanda-sets-the-bar-higher/</a>
[2] <a href="https://twitter.com/samson_goddy" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://twitter.com/samson_goddy</a>
[3] <a href="mailto:samsongoddy@sugarlabs.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">mailto:samsongoddy@sugarlabs.org</a>
[4] <a href="mailto:samsongoddy@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">mailto:samsongoddy@gmail.com</a>
[5] <a href="https://www.sugarlabs.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://www.sugarlabs.org/</a>
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<a style="color:#485664!important;padding-right:6px;font-weight:500;text-decoration:none!important" href="mailto:samsongoddy@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Samson
Goddy</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:middle;width:48%;text-align:right"> <font color="#909AA4"><span style="padding-left:6px">November
24, 2019 at 3:17 AM</span></font></div> </div></div>
<div style="color:#909aa4;margin-left:24px;margin-right:24px">
<div dir="ltr">Hello everyone, <div><br></div><div>I saw this article online,
and I thought it should be an interesting read[1]. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>[1]<a href="https://ktpress.rw/2019/11/from-olpc-xo-to-positivo-rwanda-sets-the-bar-higher/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://ktpress.rw/2019/11/from-olpc-xo-to-positivo-rwanda-sets-the-bar-higher/</a></div><div><br></div><div>Regards<br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:small;max-width:470px;margin:8px 8px 0px 0px"><table style="padding-bottom:5px" width="100%" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0px 10px;width:10px;text-align:center" valign="top" width="10"><br></td><td style="margin-bottom:3px;line-height:15px;text-align:initial" valign="top"><span style="font-weight:bold;font-size:16px;color:rgb(18,18,18);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Samson
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