OLPC Afghanistan - Revision history

Ebtihaj at 08:38, 1 January 2009

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	Also we got two Educational Trainers from MoE as well, for training master trainers, who may train teachers of projected pilot schools.		Also we got two Educational Trainers from MoE as well, for training master trainers, who may train teachers of projected pilot schools.

	In its first deployment plan OLPC-AF provides 900 XO's to every single kid in a school in Jalalabad city of Ningarhar province. The school name has still not been declared.		In its first deployment plan OLPC-AF provides 900 XO's to every single kid in a school in grades 1-6 in Jalalabad city of Ningarhar province. The school name has still not been declared. Right now we have only 500 XO's in country. We would like to deploy XOs during last week of January. As we do not have sufficient amount of XO's currently available here we would like to deploy to all children in selected grades at first - we will make sure that all children in those grades receive XO's and once we receive remaining amount from OLPC we would deploy XO's to the rest.

	Localization of XO's into Afghan languages (Dari & Pashto) is ~~97% finished~~, now loading files into online translation software and waiting for MoE, MoCIT & ACSA to approve translations. Then that will be tested and uploaded to the XO machines before the deployment. Our software developer are developing a literacy game for Dari and Pashto languages together with Afghan satellite teachers. Our Technical Trainers and User Service Officers are almost finished with documents for support of teachers; e.g. Teacher & Student User Manuals, online libraries etc.		Localization of XO's into Afghan languages (Dari & Pashto) is almost in its final stages, Pashto translation is completed both in [https://dev.laptop.org/translate/ps/ pootle online translation server] as well as our [http://translate.olpc.af/main.php?root=10 Entrans translation server], Dari translation is completed offline and now is been uploading to the [https://dev.laptop.org/translate/fa_AF/ pootle server] and the translation over [http://translate.olpc.af/main.php?root=13 Entrans] is also going well. Beside the final touches to the translation/verification of strings our localization team is loading files into online translation software inorder to put them into the XO's and waiting for MoE, MoCIT & ACSA to approve the translations. Then that will be tested and uploaded to the XO machines before the deployment.

			Our software developer are developing a literacy game for Dari and Pashto languages together with Afghan satellite teachers. Our Technical Trainers and User Service Officers are almost finished with documents for support of teachers; e.g. Teacher & Student User Manuals, online libraries etc.

Ebtihaj at 07:41, 23 December 2008

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	*Generating ideas, collecting data about trainings, research etc.		*Generating ideas, collecting data about trainings, research etc.
	*To provide with relevant information to parents and which would help them with education and most importantly to increase the family income.		*To provide with relevant information to parents and which would help them with education and most importantly to increase the family income.

			=Deployment News=
			Finally after 1 month OLPC-AF got 10 XO's for test lab for its office in PAIWASTOON from the Ministry of Education Afghanistan. These XO's are used for experiments and testings in OLPC-AF Office by its technical team, inorder to develop and test new activities and software for XO's.

			Also we got two Educational Trainers from MoE as well, for training master trainers, who may train teachers of projected pilot schools.

			In its first deployment plan OLPC-AF provides 900 XO's to every single kid in a school in Jalalabad city of Ningarhar province. The school name has still not been declared.

			Localization of XO's into Afghan languages (Dari & Pashto) is 97% finished, now loading files into online translation software and waiting for MoE, MoCIT & ACSA to approve translations. Then that will be tested and uploaded to the XO machines before the deployment. Our software developer are developing a literacy game for Dari and Pashto languages together with Afghan satellite teachers. Our Technical Trainers and User Service Officers are almost finished with documents for support of teachers; e.g. Teacher & Student User Manuals, online libraries etc.

Ebtihaj at 07:41, 16 December 2008

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	==One Laptop Per Child Afghanistan==		==One Laptop Per Child Afghanistan==
	This is the ~~new~~ Official Wiki page for "One Laptop Per Child Afghanistan" project.		This is the Official SUGAR-LABS Wiki page for "One Laptop Per Child Afghanistan" project.

	*[[Image:OLPC-Dari.jpg\|One Laptop Per Child Afghanistan-Dari]]		*[[Image:OLPC-Dari.jpg\|One Laptop Per Child Afghanistan-Dari]]
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	*Send news around OLPC forums (grassroots, wiki and other online related sites...)		*Send news around OLPC forums (grassroots, wiki and other online related sites...)
	*Deputy for the Economic Development of OLPC Afghanistan.		*Deputy for the Economic Development of OLPC Afghanistan.
			____________________________________________
			*<b>Position:</b> Economic Development Officer
			*<b>Responsible Person:</b> [mailto:gulistani@paiwastoon.com.af '''Asmat Gulistani''']
			<b>Main responsibilities:</b>
			*Generating ideas, collecting data about trainings, research etc.
			*To provide with relevant information to parents and which would help them with education and most importantly to increase the family income.


	=Lets Explore XO=		=Lets Explore XO=

Ebtihaj at 13:02, 2 December 2008

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 =Lets Explore XO=
 Here are two slideshows about the introduction to OLPC XO's in English and Dari.
 *[[Image:Slide0018_image029.jpg]]
 *[http://olpcafghan.persiangig.com/Meet%20the%20XO.htm Meet the OLPC XO (English)]
 *[http://olpcafghan.persiangig.com/Meet%20the%20XO-Farsi.htm Meet the OLPC XO (Dari)]

Ebtihaj at 07:25, 1 December 2008

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	==Volunteer Team==		==Volunteer Team==
	#[mailto:usman.mansour@gmail.com '''Usman Mansour Ansari''']		#[mailto:usman.mansour@gmail.com '''Usman Mansour Ansari''']
	#[mailto:sohaib@~~paieastoon~~.com.af '''Sohaib Obaidi Ebtihaj''']		#[mailto:sohaib@paiwastoon.com.af '''Sohaib Obaidi Ebtihaj''']
	[http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Afghanistan_Team Read More about the OLPC Afghanistan volunteers here.]		[http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Afghanistan_Team Read More about the OLPC Afghanistan volunteers here.]

Ebtihaj at 13:52, 29 November 2008

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	<b>Main responsibilities:</b>		<b>Main responsibilities:</b>
	*Community Building for OLPC Afghanistan, i.e community promotion of OLPC AF around the world, manage and update Facebook & other related groups , send news mails, update blogs etc.		*Community Building for OLPC Afghanistan, i.e community promotion of OLPC AF around the world, manage and update Facebook & other related groups , send news mails, update blogs etc.
	*Update OLPC Afghanistan [http://www.~~opc~~.af Website]		*Update OLPC Afghanistan [http://www.olpc.af Website]
	*Send news around OLPC forums (grassroots, wiki and other online related sites...)		*Send news around OLPC forums (grassroots, wiki and other online related sites...)
	*Deputy for the Economic Development of OLPC Afghanistan.		*Deputy for the Economic Development of OLPC Afghanistan.

Ebtihaj at 13:43, 29 November 2008

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	=Lets Explore XO=		=Lets Explore XO=
	Here are two slideshows about the introduction to OLPC XO's in English and Dari.		Here are two slideshows about the introduction to OLPC XO's in English and Dari.
	[[Image:Slide0018_image029.jpg]]		*[[Image:Slide0018_image029.jpg]]
	*[http://olpcafghan.persiangig.com/Meet%20the%20XO.htm Meet the OLPC XO (English)]		*[http://olpcafghan.persiangig.com/Meet%20the%20XO.htm Meet the OLPC XO (English)]
	*[http://olpcafghan.persiangig.com/Meet%20the%20XO-Farsi.htm Meet the OLPC XO (Dari)]		*[http://olpcafghan.persiangig.com/Meet%20the%20XO-Farsi.htm Meet the OLPC XO (Dari)]

Ebtihaj at 13:41, 29 November 2008

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	*Send news around OLPC forums (grassroots, wiki and other online related sites...)		*Send news around OLPC forums (grassroots, wiki and other online related sites...)
	*Deputy for the Economic Development of OLPC Afghanistan.		*Deputy for the Economic Development of OLPC Afghanistan.

			=Lets Explore XO=
			Here are two slideshows about the introduction to OLPC XO's in English and Dari.
			[[Image:Slide0018_image029.jpg]]
			*[http://olpcafghan.persiangig.com/Meet%20the%20XO.htm Meet the OLPC XO (English)]
			*[http://olpcafghan.persiangig.com/Meet%20the%20XO-Farsi.htm Meet the OLPC XO (Dari)]

Ebtihaj at 10:57, 28 November 2008

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	OLPC technical implementation team started working on 19th of November 2008. We are now in the process of finalizing localization of laptop into Dari and Pashto, preparing training materials for teacher trainings, do some power testing experiments and much more! First laptops shall be deployed during December time into Ningarhar province and after winter holidays we will continue with other provinces.		OLPC technical implementation team started working on 19th of November 2008. We are now in the process of finalizing localization of laptop into Dari and Pashto, preparing training materials for teacher trainings, do some power testing experiments and much more! First laptops shall be deployed during December time into Ningarhar province and after winter holidays we will continue with other provinces.
	For detailed info about OLPC Afghanistan, please visit official [http://www.olpc.af OLPC Afghanistan Website] or [http://www.olpc.blogsky.com OLPC Afghanistan Blog].		For detailed info about OLPC Afghanistan, please visit official [http://www.olpc.af OLPC Afghanistan Website] or [http://www.olpc.blogsky.com OLPC Afghanistan Blog].
	You can also join the [[OLPC_Afghanistan_Team\|OLPC Afghanistan volunteer team]].		You can also join the [[http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Afghanistan_Team\|OLPC Afghanistan volunteer team]].
	<center>[[Image:Postcard.png]]</center>		<center>[[Image:Postcard.png]]</center>

Ebtihaj: OLPC Afghanistan

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OLPC Afghanistan

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==One Laptop Per Child Afghanistan==
This is the new Official Wiki page for "One Laptop Per Child Afghanistan" project.

*[[Image:OLPC-Dari.jpg|One Laptop Per Child Afghanistan-Dari]]
[[Image:OLPC-Pashto.jpg|One Laptop Per Child Afghanistan-Pashto]]

==OLPC Afghanistan==
OLPC Afghanistan team consists of
*Members of [http://www.moe.gov.af Ministry of Education Afghanistan]
*Members of [http://www.mcit.gov.af Ministry of Communications and IT Afghanistan]
*USAID's [http://www.asmed.af Afghan Small and Medium Enterprise Development (ASMED)]
*[http://www.roshan.af Roshan]
*[http://www.paiwastoon.com.af PAIWASTOON Networking Services Ltd.]

[[Image:OLPC_Team.gif]]
[[Image:N1128574395_30226794_5654.jpg|right|thumb| OLPC Afghanistan Team]]
[[Image:N1017019719_206589_3238.jpg|right|thumb| OLPC Af. Team inside the Office]]
[[Image:N1017019719_206626_2287.jpg|thumb|right| OLPC Af. team in Qargha]]

For further information please visit [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Afghanistan OLPC Afghanistan Wiki], official [http://www.olpc.af OLPC Afghnistan website], Official [http://www.olpc.blogsky.com OLPC Afghanistan Dari Weblog] or contact implementation team under supervision of [mailto:info@paiwastoon.com.af PAIWASTOON Networking Services Ltd.].

==Volunteer Team==
#[mailto:usman.mansour@gmail.com '''Usman Mansour Ansari''']
#[mailto:sohaib@paieastoon.com.af '''Sohaib Obaidi Ebtihaj''']
[http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Afghanistan_Team Read More about the OLPC Afghanistan volunteers here.]

==OLPC Afghanistan Team==
[http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Afghanistan_Team Read about the OLPC Afghanistan Team here.]
You can join our [http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=100816705098 FaceBook group] for fresh and updated news as well.

==OLPC in Afghanistan==
The mission of this Not for Profit Organization is to create an environment for OLPC, take necessary steps to ensure every child in Afghanistan get the laptop and develop the Local Activities for [http://laptop.org OLPC] laptops that could revolutionize how we educate our children. The goal is to provide every child in Afghanistan with new opportunities to explore, experiment, and express themselves in a collaborative way.

Afghanistan is a very famous for being a multicultural country. Participation of the OLPC project in Afghanistan will not only revolutionize the way we teach children, the vision behind this "educational" project, but also scale up the eco-system of sharing between the diverse set of communities existing in the central Asian countries.

The [http://www.moe.gov.af Ministry of Education], [http://www.mcit.gov.af Ministry of Communications and IT], [http://www.asmed.af USAID Afghanistan Small and Medium Enterprise Development (ASMED)], [http://www.roshan.af Roshan Telecom] and [http://www.paiwastoon.com.af PAIWASTOON Networking Services] are working together to improve education and bring new opportunities for economic development through low cost computing and computer literacy for the Afghanistan's future workforce.

First 11,500 localized XO laptops with Dari and Pashto content will be deployed to 285 schools in form of computer labs, with 21 laptops in each school. These 11,500 laptops shall reach over 85,000 children across Afghanistan.

1st deployment (pilot) will take place in the following provinces:
* Baghlan (20 schools)
* Herat (25 schools)
* Ningarhar (25 schools)
* Kabul (188 schools)
* Balkh (25 schools)

OLPC technical implementation team started working on 19th of November 2008. We are now in the process of finalizing localization of laptop into Dari and Pashto, preparing training materials for teacher trainings, do some power testing experiments and much more! First laptops shall be deployed during December time into Ningarhar province and after winter holidays we will continue with other provinces.
For detailed info about OLPC Afghanistan, please visit official [http://www.olpc.af OLPC Afghanistan Website] or [http://www.olpc.blogsky.com OLPC Afghanistan Blog].
You can also join the [[OLPC_Afghanistan_Team|OLPC Afghanistan volunteer team]].
<center>[[Image:Postcard.png]]</center>

=Implementation Plan=
Here is the list of schools in 5 provinces of Afghanistan, where the OLPC Laptops will be deployed.
*[http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Imp_Kabul Kabul]
*[http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Imp_Baghlan Baghlan]
*[http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Imp_Balkh Balkh]
*[http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Imp_Herat Herat]
*[http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Imp_Nengarhar Nengarhar]

[http://olpc.blogsky.com/Comments.bs?PostID=128 comment] here.

=The Structure of Technical Operations=
[[Image:OLPC_Team_Work_Chart.JPG|right|thumb| The Structure of Technical Operations]]
[[Image:Laptop_Update_&_Maintenance_Procedure.JPG|right|thumb| Laptop Update & Maintenance Procedure]]
[[Image:Example_of_Networking_Site_for_Teachers.JPG|right|thumb| Example of Networking Site for Teachers]]
The first diagram shows the structure of Technical operations of OLPC Afghanistan.
The Second one is the chart of Laptop Update and Maintenance procedure and the job of each team member.
The third diagram is showing an example of networking sites available for teachers in schools.

Sections:
The whole Technical operations can be divided into 5 sections.
*Deployment teams section
This section's responsibility is deployment of OLPC laptops to schools with all related logistics and actions.
*Dispatch center section
Dispatch center takes over the laptops from Ministry of Education, makes sure they are operational and uploads them with all activities (programs) specified.
*Technical trainers section
Technical trainers are responsible for education of teachers and at the beginning of the project also for education of Technical operations staff.
*User service team section
User service teams provides support for teachers and schools what OLPC laptops concern – troubleshooting, documentation creation, development of new activities (programs).
This team will closely cooperate with Ministry of Education on development of new content and activities for OLPC already deployed where MoE will provide the Curricular specifications and content and User service team developers will create the programming part.
*Localization team section
Localization team is responsible for translating the current activities into Dari and Pashto. This activity will take place at the very beginning of OPLC project.

=Job descriptions of each position=
Following are concrete job descriptions of each position within Technical operations.

*Position: Technical implementation manager
*Responsible Person: [mailto:svetla@paiwastoon.com.af '''Svetlana Senajova''']
Main responsibilities:
*Coordinating whole technical side of OLPC
*Communicating with Project manager at the MoE
*Monitoring and evaluation of technical aspects of OLPC implementation
*Coordinating of reporting to Project partners (Roshan, ASMED, MoE)
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*Position: Deployment technician
*Team: Deployment team
*Responsible Persons:
#[mailto:mustafaaslamy@yahoo.com '''Mustafa Aslamy''']
#[mailto:waris.niazi@gmail.com '''Abdul Waris Niazi''']
Main responsibilities:
*Deploying computers to schools
*Checking mesh network created automatically by XO laptops
*Checking and installing basic electrical work for laptops
*Connecting computers to internet via GPRS
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*Position: Deployment intern
*Team: Deployment team
Main responsibilities:
*Assisting Deployment technicians with laptop deployment to schools
*Checking mesh network created automatically by XO laptops
*Checking and installing basic electrical work for laptops
*Connecting computers to internet via GPRS
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*Position: Dispatch center officer
*Team: Dispatch center
*Responsible Person: [mailto:manoochersalam@hotmail.com '''Manoocher Salam''']
Main responsibilities:
*Receiving shipped laptops from MoE
*Checking their functionality
*Installing developed software on OLPC
*Cooperation with Deployment teams
*Completing reports and statistics
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*Position: Tech trainer
*Team: Training team
*Responsible Persons:
#[mailto:omer.niah@gmail.com '''Omer Niah''']
#[mailto:ab.adelyar@gmail.com '''Abdullah Adelyar''']
Main responsibilities:
*Training of teachers – technical aspects of using OLPC (basic usage, troubleshooting etc.)
*Training of Deployment teams – technical specifics of deploying of OLPC
*Training of User services officers – usage of OLPC, troubleshooting
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*Position: User services director
*Team: User services team
*Responsible Person: [mailto:musa@paiwastoon.com.af '''Mohammad Musa Aziz''']
Main responsibilities:
*Coordinating work of User services team
*Assigning placements for members
*Communicating with MoE regarding new activities (applications) development
*Overseeing documentation creation
*Overseeing incident database and Support line
*Overseeing fixing laptops and linked logistics
*Overseeing development of new activities (applications)
*Review of content materials and communicating it to MoE for approval
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*Position: User services officer
*Team: User services team
*Responsible Persons:
#[mailto:palwasha_etibari@yahoo.com '''Palwasha Etibari''']
#[mailto:your.faithful@yahoo.com '''Mohammad Hamed''']
#[mailto:jamal_nasir42@hotmail.com '''Jamal Naser''']
Main responsibilities:
*Writing documentation for use of activities (programs)
*Helping to write specification for new applications for OLPC
*Creating Help pages/manual for teachers
*Operating Incident database
*Remote support for laptops
*Checking/fixing laptops that arrive
*Checking diagnostic programs
*Answering support line
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*Position: Developer
*Team: User services team
*Responsible Person: [mailto:mngafghan@gmail.com '''Mohammad Naser Gulzada''']
Main responsibilities:
*Develop / Adapt activities (programs) for Afghan Curriculum
*Support training university students
*Develop and finalise standard OLPC images for deployment (client & server)
*Developing community web applications
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*Position: Dari language translator
*Team: Localisation team
*Responsible Person: [mailto:daneshwar@paiwastoon.com.af '''Bashir Ahmad Daneshwar''']
Main responsibilities:
*Translations of software content from English to Dari
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*Position: Pashto language translator
*Team: Localisation team
*Responsible Person: [mailto:jawedsamsor@gmail.com '''Jawed Samsor''']
Main responsibilities:
*Translations of software content from English to Pashto
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*Position: Community Development Liaison
*Responsible Person: [mailto:sohaib@paiwastoon.com.af '''Sohaib Obaidi''']
Main responsibilities:
*Community Building for OLPC Afghanistan, i.e community promotion of OLPC AF around the world, manage and update Facebook & other related groups , send news mails, update blogs etc.
*Update OLPC Afghanistan [http://www.opc.af Website]
*Send news around OLPC forums (grassroots, wiki and other online related sites...)
*Deputy for the Economic Development of OLPC Afghanistan.