Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] From OLPC XO To Positivo: Rwanda Sets The Bar Higher

2019-11-27 Thread Tony Anderson 
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: i...@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 
November 25, 2019 at 6:57 AM


On Mon, Nov 25, 2019 at 4:38 AM Tony Anderson > 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]samsongo...@sugarlabs.org

>>                [4]samsongo...@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:samsongo...@sugarlabs.org

>> [4] mailto:samsongo...@gmail.com 
>> [5] https://www.sugarlabs.org/
>> ___
>> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!)
>> i...@lists.sugarlabs.org

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] From OLPC XO To Positivo: Rwanda Sets The Bar Higher

2019-11-25 Thread Samson Goddy 
Hi Alex,

I think the best thing is to physically go to Rwanda, which I think can be
of great value to Sugar Labs. I have been talking to some folks that
support Rwanda and of recent Mariana Ludmila. We have no idea how they use
Sugar, improving Sugar based on feedbacks from deployment like Rwanda will
be worth investing in.

It something I raised with Walter, like planning TA day as a way to get
access to these teachers and users. Maybe Tony can give us more details.

Sugar Labs should be paying attention to deployments.


My thoughts.




On Mon, Nov 25, 2019, 8:46 PM 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 
> November 25, 2019 at 6:57 AM
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 25, 2019 at 4:38 AM Tony Anderson 
> 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]samsongo...@sugarlabs.org
>> >>[4]samsongo...@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:samsongo...@sugarlabs.org
>> >> [4] mailto:samsongo...@gmail.com
>> >> [5] https://www.sugarlabs.org/
>> >> ___
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> Tony Anderson 
> November 25, 2019 at 12:40 AM
> The current school year in Rwanda is just

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] From OLPC XO To Positivo: Rwanda Sets The Bar Higher

2019-11-25 Thread Alex Perez 
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 
November 25, 2019 at 6:57 AM


On Mon, Nov 25, 2019 at 4:38 AM Tony Anderson > 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]samsongo...@sugarlabs.org

>>                [4]samsongo...@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:samsongo...@sugarlabs.org

>> [4] mailto:samsongo...@gmail.com 
>> [5] https://www.sugarlabs.org/
>> ___
>> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!)
>> i...@lists.sugarlabs.org 
>> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
>

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Tony Anderson 
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

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] From OLPC XO To Positivo: Rwanda Sets The Bar Higher

2019-11-25 Thread Walter Bender 
On Mon, Nov 25, 2019 at 4:38 AM Tony Anderson  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]samsongo...@sugarlabs.org
> >>[4]samsongo...@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:samsongo...@sugarlabs.org
> >> [4] mailto:samsongo...@gmail.com
> >> [5] https://www.sugarlabs.org/
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> >> i...@lists.sugarlabs.org
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Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] From OLPC XO To Positivo: Rwanda Sets The Bar Higher

2019-11-25 Thread Tony Anderson 
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

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]samsongo...@sugarlabs.org
               [4]samsongo...@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:samsongo...@sugarlabs.org
[4] mailto:samsongo...@gmail.com
[5] https://www.sugarlabs.org/
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Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] From OLPC XO To Positivo: Rwanda Sets The Bar Higher

2019-11-24 Thread James Cameron 
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]samsongo...@sugarlabs.org
>               [4]samsongo...@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:samsongo...@sugarlabs.org
> [4] mailto:samsongo...@gmail.com
> [5] https://www.sugarlabs.org/

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