[Sugar-devel] [IAEP] From OLPC XO To Positivo: Rwanda Sets The Bar Higher
Tony Anderson
tony_anderson at usa.net
Wed Nov 27 11:17:59 EST 2019
The main portal for Rwanda education is https://reb.rw/index.php?id=6.
Dr. NIYIZAMWIYITIRA Christine is
Head of ICT in Education Department. She would be the in regard to the
OLPC Program which is now merged into ICT in Education.
REB is located at:
Rwanda Education Board (REB)
Stadium Road, Remera
P.O. BOX 3817, Kigali, Rwanda
Tel: (+250) 255121482/ 3020
e-mail: info at reb.rw
website: www.reb.rw
ICT in Upper Primary is included in the science curriculum: See
https://reb.rw/fileadmin/cAompetence_based_curriculum/syllabi/Upper_Secondary/SCIENCE/SET_Upper_primary_V2.pdf
Note: The curriculum includes explicit lessons on Scratch, Turtle Art,
and E-Toys. In addition units are included on the Sugar and Gnome
interfaces to the XO.
Tony
On 25/11/2019 21:46, Alex Perez 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 <mailto: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
>> <mailto: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
>> <mailto:samsongoddy at sugarlabs.org>
>> >> [4]samsongoddy at gmail.com
>> <mailto: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
>> <mailto:samsongoddy at sugarlabs.org>
>> >> [4] mailto:samsongoddy at gmail.com <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 <mailto:IAEP at lists.sugarlabs.org>
>> >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
>> >
>>
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>> --
>> Walter Bender
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>>
>>
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>> Tony Anderson <mailto: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 <mailto: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
>>> [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
>> Samson Goddy <mailto: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 <mailto:samsongoddy at sugarlabs.org>
>> samsongoddy at gmail.com <mailto:samsongoddy at gmail.com>
>>
>> Website: https://samsongoddy.me/ <https://www.sugarlabs.org/>
>>
>>
>>
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