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Wiki MarkupThe \[The OLPC Laptop|http://laptop.org/ |OLPC Laptop\] is A unique machine with features created specifically for children. However it is virtually worthless without a supporting ecosystem. Apart from mundane things, such as power and some for of connectivity - the key enabled is integrate this tool into the learning is a unique machine with features created specifically for children. However it is virtually worthless without a supporting ecosystem. Apart from mundane things, such as power and some for of connectivity - the key enabler is integrate this tool into the learning environment.

Doing so requires several things:

• Applicable and appropriate teaching tools which fit within the established practices, are understood by those who have to work with them - and which clearly aid, add or improve existing tools.

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  • • Including a group of dedicated local domain experts and influencer's which have a clear, locally applicable, vision.

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  • • Including a set of (collaboration) tools which allows for the creation and coordination around those.
  • A deployment infrastructure within the learning environment which ensures ready access to school training, teacher training, IT-caretaker training, run-books, call-for-tender and contractual approaches. Including viable business models for the above group.
  • A support ecosystem; allowing for provisioning the infrastructure; i.e. ensuring connectivity, wifi, that printing works and a matching stack of support; tuned to the turnaround times required and staff afailable within schools.
  • A backing eco system - allowing for cross project coordination, warranty, repairs, DoA, bulk provisining and so on within the local marked.
  • The actual OLPC laptops
    

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  It will be schipped with XO's (olpc laptops) on their projects. The purpose is to server schools with:

  • Local content **
    • Publishing, Accessing
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    • CMS and portal of sorts
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    • Storage, Editing, Sharing, Collaborating
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    • Keep in mind that the OLPC produces rich data; from physical measurements, recordings to photos and text files.
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    • Local services, synchronization for collaboration purposes.
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    • A SDK, JDK, framework, portal, or CMS or akin into which you can plug educational components/backend services. Modular?
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    • Administrative services to aid the educational processes (tracking, statistics, inventory, attendance, records).
  • Above local content may well 'mesh' with content at other schools or locations; and various CMS systems will be relatively distributed and/or federated.
  • hhttp caching / filtering
  • XO backups.
    

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  • collecting ideas / concept to build an XS
  • start thinking about the (web) publishing frameworks required.
  • getting people in XS-dev group
    (even for short moment to bootup this smart concepts...)
    

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  • MartenVijn (OLPC-nl grassroots)
  • Marin Martin Langhoff (OLPC)
    

  find Find us at the OLPC stand in the main allhall, at the BOF or later on:

  • irc : irc.oftc.net #schoolserver
  • mailing list: http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
    

  http:

  • http://wiki.laptop.org/go/School_server
  • http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XS_Roadmap
  • http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Summer_of_Code
    
    

  slides:

  http://martenvijn.nl/svn/olpc