OLPC Training
I love the concept of the OLPC (One Laptop Per Child). However, the implementation really falls short. Case in point: Rehaboth Integrated School in Bugembe near Jinja, Uganda. A generous donor gave 100 OLPC’s to the school, and they’ve sat in a closet for almost two years. The primary reason is that the staff had [...]
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Some things
What a week. First, the training center. I found that the Ncomputing machines were not a good fit. Most of the training we have is on DVD and with the nComputing setup, only one machine has a DVD drive. So we replaced that table with the machines sent from Whitewolf. Unfortunately, we blew three of the [...]
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Training Fail.
After weeks of work, we got a pretty sad (and a bit condescending) email from a potential training partner. The email limited our ability to use their training in our center. We went from LOTS of training to very little. So I’m taking the high road and making a show of good will to quite [...]
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Video games 4 street kids
I’m collecting old video games consoles, controllers and games for a recreational center we want to start in Uganda. The cafe property has so much space behind it that we are planning to start a rec center for street kids and other kids in the area that have nowhere to go during the day. The [...]
Categories: Uncategorized Tags: cafe, center, games pool, games sports, gear, guitar hero, Hero, old video games, ping pong, rec center, street kids, training, Uganda, video, video games consoles
We’re Baaack! =)
Well, for a month. See the PDF. We’re here to visit family and friends. I’m here to download on my friend’s FIOS (training material, ISOs, applications. I’ll be downloading ALL MONTH!! =). We’re also hoping to buy some gear for the training center (see below) and the cafe (espresso machines, commercial blenders, such like that). Here are the [...]
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