On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 7:26 PM, Tony Anderson <tony_ander...@usa.net> wrote:
> Hi, Adam > > With help from Gerri Light, the students at ggast are going out to > neighboring schools to support the introduction of computing. Naturally, it > is > unlikely that they would transport a projector or a whiteboard as part of > the kit. (I imagine something like Nathan Riddle's deployment in a bag). > > As I recall, the XO-4 has an hdmi port. That should be a practical > alternative to access a projector (and, likely, a white board). However, > for some reason, > Rwanda is deploying XO-1.75 and not the XO-4. However, if helpful, perhaps > Gerri Light could bring an XO-4 on her trip in March. > Great thoughts. I also got thoughtful feedback from Jeff http://Elkner.net in DC: "We have Smart Boards in our classrooms where I work, and I've avoided using them as anything but large projection screens due to the lack of solid support for GNU/Linux systems. There are supposed to be drivers available for 32 bit Ubuntu systems, but I found the obstacles to setting up the software and (even more importantly) finding the license information required to use it to be not worth my effort." Tony > > > On 02/06/2016 08:15 AM, Adam Holt wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 7:09 PM, Tony Anderson <tony_ander...@usa.net> > wrote: > >> The problem with projectors and white boards is $. The schools in Rwanda, >> for example, do not have funds to acquire them. >> > > For sure. http://www.rwandagirlsinitiative.org/ggast/ is one exception, > where Smart Boards seem to pre-installed in this one "magnet" school for > Rwanda girls. > > We have several Sugar Activities which are designed to enable the laptop >> screen of connected laptops to show what is on the teacher's screen. This >> is a cost-free alternative to a projector. Unfortunately due to changes in >> the underlying software, these activities do not work. I would appreciate >> anyone who could take on the effort to get these running with the >> collab-wrapper. Specifically, there are Watch Me, ShowNTell, and the pair >> Classroom Broadcast and Classroom Viewer. >> > > Great reminder, Thanks! > -- > Unsung Heroes of OLPC, interviewed live @ <http://unleashkids.org> > http://unleashkids.org ! > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Unleash Kids" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to unleashkids+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > Unsung Heroes of OLPC, interviewed live @ http://unleashkids.org ! > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Unleash Kids" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to unleashkids+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > Unsung Heroes of OLPC, interviewed live @ http://unleashkids.org ! >
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