http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Countries is old. http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Deployments, while not exactly up to date in certain areas, is better.
Cheers, wad On Apr 8, 2010, at 9:26 PM, Xander Pirdy wrote: > > > On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 9:21 PM, Xander Pirdy <[email protected]> wrote: > Caroline- > I took a look at manyeyes (great site btw), and it looks like they already > have a dataset on olpc deployments: > http://manyeyes.alphaworks.ibm.com/manyeyes/datasets/olpc-deployments-in-the-world/versions/1, > though the data would have to be modified to do on a country by country > basis (it has trouble understanding Birmingham AL for instance because it > should really be labeled as part of the United States Deployment), though it > wouldn't take much editing to get this to work. If anyone has any idea on > reliable sources to verify these numbers I wouldn't mind putting a bit of > extra time into correcting it and finishing the visualization as I think that > it is something important. > -Xander > > Sorry for the double post - I just came across this as well: > http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Countries, does any one know if this data is more > current/correct (no sources for this are cited)? It might also be worthwhile > to include countries that have pilots or that have shown significant > interest? Also perhaps a state by state one might be interesting as well > (http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_United_States). > -Xander > > > On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 7:48 PM, Caroline Meeks <[email protected]> > wrote: > Thanks everyone for the feedback and typos. > > If anyone does get good data on deployments I suggest checking out Manyeyes > to make the map. > > Thanks! > > > On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 2:18 PM, Yamandu Ploskonka <[email protected]> wrote: > Bolivia > • 100 machines purchased by the SOBOCE foundation, maybe 20 or less are > still operational in a school in Viacha (despite our best efforts, they don't > seem willing to accept help) > • an indeterminate number brought and given away by Marcelo Claure, CEO > of Brightstar, mostly to kids in the soccer team he owns and in raffles > during games his team plays. > • 25 XOs in assorted state of repair, through OLPC Repair Centers, > mostly in the hands of local development / research / localization people > connected with SCELinux and OLE Bolivia that I managed to get through customs > on several trips. Most of those used for lobbying and grassroots work by the > valiant Bolivian volunteers come from this lot, and maybe the ones with the > biggest impact so far in gaining some government goodwill despite. As they > were repaired, several of these also made it to the Manuela Gandarillas > Center for the blind. > • Apparently maybe 5 to 20 more have arrived through different > independent Contributor Program requests I have no more detailed info on. > • 12 machines from individual donors, currently in a La Paz city > orphanage, through OLE Bolivia. 10 more from the same origin in my closet > here in Austin, waiting for the next trip and whether I am foolish enough to > brave customs again (last time it was messy, wish me luck) > • an indeterminate number given away to assorted poo bahs including the > President by Claure, Arboleda and others, some of them dating back to B1 > models > • Hope in a 2-year delayed 200-XO deploy with help from a Danish NGO. > Dominican Republic > • apparently 2.000 units were given away to kids by President Lionel at > some public function. No further anything is known of this, except that > apparently they were part of maybe 3.000 that came as gifts from Carlos Slim > of Mexico when Slim was apparently handing out 3.000 lots all over Central > America and the Caribbean. Note that Lionel was very connected with NN early > on (maybe even an MIT alumn?), and some very, very early prototypes were > given to Dominican researchers (we had BIG hopes in the DR being one of the > first places to really take off) > OT, enjoy this comic > http://www.juanelo.cl/tiras/Juanelo1187.png > > - Juanelo! I am so angry with you! > - Why is that, Mr. Minister? > > - You made me go through such an embarrassing situation! > You remember those notebooks I asked you get bids on? > - yeah... > > - when we presented them as gifts to those schoolchildren, they found out > they were made out of sticks! I was like Mister Ridiculous! > > - .... > > - so, what? Next time you'd rather I prioritize quality over price? > > > (what really gets me :-( is that Juanelo, from Chile, obviously sees > computers as being presented as a "gift" by the Minister and other > authorities to the children :-( ) > > On 04/08/2010 11:45 AM, Christoph Derndorfer wrote: >> Hi Caroline, >> >> this is a gorgeous presentation, definitely one of the very best ones >> that ever have been done on Sugar! >> >> While I can't help with the map of OLPC deployments (AFAIK no current >> one is available at the time) here's to the best of my knowledge the >> list of countries with OLPC projects in one form or another (@everyone, >> please let me know if this needs to be updated!): >> >> Afghanistan >> Austria >> Bhutan >> Brazil >> Cambodia >> China >> Colombia >> Ethiopia >> Ghana >> Haiti >> India >> Iraq >> Kazakhstan >> Lebanon >> Mali >> Mexico >> Mongolia >> Mozambique >> Nepal >> Nicaragua >> Nigeria >> Niue >> Pakistan >> Palestine >> Papua New Guinea >> Paraguay >> Peru >> Russia >> Rwanda >> Senegal >> Solomon Islands >> South Africa >> Sri Lanka >> Thailand >> United States >> Uruguay >> Vietnam >> >> Cheers, >> Christoph >> >> Am 08.04.2010 04:53, schrieb Caroline Meeks: >> >> >>> I am giving a presentation at FOSS VT on Friday, anything anyone wants >>> me to mention or request to an audience of teachers and school IT people? >>> >>> The draft of my presentation is here: >>> http://prezi.com/ffn2vdg0ylcr/ >>> >>> >>> I'd love a map that helps me talk about the OLPC deployments if anyone >>> has done one. >>> >>> Has anyone done any updates or additional activities slides? >>> >>> Thanks! >>> Caroline >>> >>> -- >>> Caroline Meeks >>> Solution Grove >>> >>> [email protected] >>> >>> >>> 617-500-3488 - Office >>> 505-213-3268 - Fax >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) >>> >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep >>> >>> >>> >> > > > > -- > Caroline Meeks > Solution Grove > [email protected] > > 617-500-3488 - Office > 505-213-3268 - Fax > > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > [email protected] > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > > > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > [email protected] > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) 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