Comments on: Street Academy, AITI and fufu https://princessleia.com/journal/2012/10/street-academy-aiti-and-fufu/ Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph's public journal about open source, mainframes, beer, travel, pink gadgets and her life near the city where little cable cars climb halfway to the stars. Thu, 03 Nov 2016 17:38:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 By: pleia2 https://princessleia.com/journal/2012/10/street-academy-aiti-and-fufu/comment-page-1/#comment-8899 Sun, 14 Oct 2012 07:23:42 +0000 http://princessleia.com/journal/?p=7005#comment-8899 In reply to kevix.

I’ve only been tangentially involved with OLPC so I haven’t been very familiar with all the shipping issues of transporting large numbers of computers.

The issues of deployment are ones I’m quite familiar with via Partimus though. The schools we work with are pretty hands on when it comes to supporting them. I have to admit not being at all surprised by the installation of Windows on the machines. Training on both Linux and the value of the educational software we’re shipping with is really vital, so we’re working with a LUG here to develop training materials so the computer use can be integrated into the rest of their curriculum – it’s a great thing we brought a teacher along, she’s really been the driving force behind making this happen (and we’ll share it back to the community :))

]]> By: kevix https://princessleia.com/journal/2012/10/street-academy-aiti-and-fufu/comment-page-1/#comment-8897 Sat, 13 Oct 2012 22:24:04 +0000 http://princessleia.com/journal/?p=7005#comment-8897 I recall you having some contact with OLPC, so this might be old news. But from my following OLPC for many years, lots of your comments ring true. If the locals cant reinstall an OS, back to pirate M$ it goes. If the teacher dont have training, in the closet it goes. This goes for US schools. too. While low power consumption is a big goal for OLPC, like you might see, if you have power issues or no power at all, it doesn’t matter what kind of computer you ship. The issues of customs, shipping costs, bribes, teacher training, local buy-in, power, etc. are par-for-the-course. But if no one ever puts in the work, nothing will happen. So that is why your and OLPCs efforts are what matter. Just yesterday I was reading about a school that viewed the use of XO laptops as a thing to use for ‘free time’ and not part of the curriculum that was directed at learning the material for a standardized test in their country. I cant wait to see what happens during your visit. Sorry to hear that your got your luggage delayed. Part of the adventure, I guess.

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