<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">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">
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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">
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Tony<br>
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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" 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" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/samson_goddy</a><br>
>> Email: [3]<a href="mailto:samsongoddy@sugarlabs.org" target="_blank">samsongoddy@sugarlabs.org</a><br>
>> [4]<a href="mailto:samsongoddy@gmail.com" target="_blank">samsongoddy@gmail.com</a><br>
>><br>
>> Website: [5]<a href="https://samsongoddy.me/" rel="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" 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" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/samson_goddy</a><br>
>> [3] mailto:<a href="mailto:samsongoddy@sugarlabs.org" target="_blank">samsongoddy@sugarlabs.org</a><br>
>> [4] mailto:<a href="mailto:samsongoddy@gmail.com" target="_blank">samsongoddy@gmail.com</a><br>
>> [5] <a href="https://www.sugarlabs.org/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.sugarlabs.org/</a><br>
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</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><font><font>Walter Bender</font></font><br><font><font>Sugar Labs</font></font></div><div><font><a href="http://www.sugarlabs.org" target="_blank"><font>http://www.sugarlabs.org</font></a></font><br><a href="http://www.sugarlabs.org" target="_blank"><font></font></a><br></div></div></div></div>