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OLPC Oceania: Bank of South Pacific donates 1000 laptops to Pacific children
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One Laptop per Pacific Child. 29 April, 2012. Bank of South Pacific donates 1000 laptops to Pacific children. Joins regional coalition as OLPC Oceania’s Lead Private Sector Partner. Children doing what comes naturally in Patukae. Marovo Lagoon, Solomon Islands. OLPC’s Regional Director for Oceania, Mr Michael Hutak. Thanked BSP for its generosity and welcomed the new partnership as a breakthrough for Pacific education. “With BSP’s strong corporate leadership in the Pacific, its large regi...Said the new ...
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OLPC Oceania: Marshall Is. leads Pacific on ICT for kids
http://www.olpcoceania.org/2011/06/marshall-is-leads-pacific-on-laptops.html
One Laptop per Pacific Child. 13 June, 2011. Marshall Is. leads Pacific on ICT for kids. OLPC is a key plank. The Marshall Islands' investment in technology infrastructure is being matched by investment in its people too," said OLPC's Oceania director Michael Hutak, "With the rollout of OLPC in schools taking shape with meticulous planning, RMI is ensuring the next generation will not be left behind. ". Read the RMI OLPC Project document here. Read the RMI Comprehensive Technology Plan here. Great articl...
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مدونة برنامج جرينستون للمكتبة الرقمية: نماذج مكتبات رقمية
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مدونة برنامج جرينستون للمكتبة الرقمية. تهدف هذه المدونة لمناقشة قضايا المكتبات الرقمية العربية و تطبيقات برنامج جرينستون للمكتبة الرقمية. مجموعة تيمور الشرقية هي جزء من أرشيف أرافورا الرقمي (AraDA) و هو مشروع تأسس في جامعة تشارلز داروين. أرشيف إلغاء الرق الأسود. أرشيف السودان المفتوح ، يبيح النفاذ الرقمي الحر للمعرفة عن السودان. تضمنت المرحلة الأولي للأرشيف رقمنة عدة مئات من التقارير الفنية المتعلقة بالعون الإنساني و التنمية.(منذ بداية عملية شريان الحياة في السودان 1989 و حتى الآن). تتضمن هذه المجموعة نم...
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OLPC Oceania: Pacific "hack" for adapting local content for the XO
http://www.olpcoceania.org/2012/11/pacific-hack-for-adapting-local-content.html
One Laptop per Pacific Child. 28 November, 2012. Pacific "hack" for adapting local content for the XO. OLPC Oceania technical field expert, David Leeming. Reports on a neat hack to adapt for the XO content created on the still ubiquitous Powerpoint, a tool many teachers and curriculum developers in the Pacific still use every day. To play the SWF file on the XO, you can’t start it from the journal just by clicking on it – it needs to start in Browse (where the flash plug in is installed). To do this from...
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OLPC Oceania: New Solomons study puts hard evidence of OLPC's positive impact
http://www.olpcoceania.org/2010/04/new-solomons-study-puts-hard-evidence.html
One Laptop per Pacific Child. 18 April, 2010. New Solomons study puts hard evidence of OLPC's positive impact. Commissioned by the Solomon Islands Government (SIG) of the OLPC pilot projects in the remote Western Province has boosted calls to expand the program in the country and across the Pacific. The study, conducted by the Australian Council for Educational Research. ACER), evaluated OLPC deployments in three village schools in the Marovo Lagoon. The SI government has welcomed the report. The Solomon...
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OLPC Oceania: Aid donors key to bridging Pacific digital divide
http://www.olpcoceania.org/2011/11/aid-donors-key-to-bridging-pacific.html
One Laptop per Pacific Child. 21 November, 2011. Aid donors key to bridging Pacific digital divide. Radio New Zealand International broadcast the following feature this week on the OLPC Pacific programme:. And yesterday RNZI published the following story. Aid donors key to bridging Pacific digital divide. The regional head of the world wide ’One Laptop Per Child’ programme, says key Pacific donor agencies must become involved and help Pacific countries to bridge the growing digital divide. Mr Hutak says ...
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OLPC Oceania: Australia donates A$11.7m to national OLPC charity
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One Laptop per Pacific Child. 08 May, 2012. Australia donates A$11.7m to national OLPC charity. In its 2012-13 Federal Budget released tonight, the Australian Government announced a huge one-off grant supporting OLPC Australia. For kids in remote and disadvantaged Australian schools:. This is a massive investment and vote of confidence in the Australian charity's programme and approach, including their new education program. OLPC Australia CEO, Rangan Srikhanta. Posted by Michael Hutak. UN Small Island D...
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OLPC Oceania: Report: Teacher training in PNG
http://www.olpcoceania.org/2012/05/report-teacher-training-in-png.html
One Laptop per Pacific Child. 18 May, 2012. Report: Teacher training in PNG. XO deployment expert, David Leeming was commissioned by the PNG Sustainable Development Program in April to conduct teacher training at three OLPC schools. Training was given to a total of 52 teachers in 12 schools in three provinces; namely Kisap, Jiwaka Province, Oksapmin, Sandaun Province and North Fly, Western Province. Read David's full report here:. Local support improved - BU confirming Simon Nimyon to be appointed Educat...
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OLPC Oceania: Lessons from Niue feed into other Pacific efforts
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One Laptop per Pacific Child. 21 November, 2011. Lessons from Niue feed into other Pacific efforts. In terms of our regional initiative, One Laptop per Pacific Child. We have learnt much from our experience with Niue. Which was our first donation to Pacific children), as we have from our other early Pacific pilots. For today, the primary lessons we take from Niue are that:. Lessons learned from the OLPC Pacific pilot phase:. Meanwhile some lessons learned from the OLPC Country Pilots in Niue, Solomon Isl...
