Category: OLPC Summit

Claudia Urrea, Director of Learning for Latinoamerica at One Laptop Per Child

Posted by – October 24, 2011

She’s the manager of Learning at One Laptop Per Child, she provides some insights into how the Laptops can be measured to be successfully deployed to children in schools around the world.

Giulia D’Amico, Director of Business Development at One Laptop Per Child

Posted by – October 24, 2011

Giulia D’Amico is currently the Director of Business Development, EU Affairs and Africa at One Laptop per Child Association in Miami.

OLPC Summit: Bernie Innocenti

Posted by – October 24, 2011

He now works at Google, he worked on the Sugar software of the OLPC project.


This video was filmed using the new JVC GC-PX10 camcorder at 36mbitps 1080p50 with the JVC MZ-V8/MZ-V10 external microphone, you can download the full sample file here on Google Docs

Daniel Drake on doing OLPC Deployments

Posted by – October 24, 2011

Daniel Drake is working on deploying OLPC all over the world. He provides technical support, training the local technical teams, how to repair laptops, how to setup the school servers and more.


This video was filmed using the new JVC GC-PX10 camcorder at 36mbitps 1080p50 with the JVC MZ-V8/MZ-V10 external microphone, you can download the full sample file here on Google Docs

Christoph Derndorfer and SJ Klein discuss the status of OLPC

Posted by – October 24, 2011

Christoph Derndorfer is the managing editor at the unofficial http://olpcnews.com website and SJ Klein is the director of outreach, community content coordinator at One Laptop Per Child.


This video was filmed using the new JVC GC-PX10 camcorder at 36mbitps 1080p50 with the JVC MZ-V8/MZ-V10 external microphone, you can download the full sample file here on Google Docs

OLPC Summit: Jamaica

Posted by – October 24, 2011

Craig Perue launched the OLPC Project in Jamaica, currently reaching two schools with about 95 laptops, but preparing to be able to bring all the Children of Jamaica access to this project if only they can find funding.


This video was filmed using the new JVC GC-PX10 camcorder at 36mbitps 1080p50 with the JVC MZ-V8/MZ-V10 external microphone, you can download the full sample file here on Google Docs

OLPC Summit: Vietnam

Posted by – October 24, 2011

Nancie Severs started a small laptop deployment in a remote village in Vietnam. They currently are about to have 18 laptops in that village. Find more information at http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Vietnam


This video was filmed using the new JVC GC-PX10 camcorder at 36mbitps 1080p50 with the JVC MZ-V8/MZ-V10 external microphone, you can download the full sample file here on Google Docs

OLPC Summit: Lego on XO One Laptop Per Child Laptop

Posted by – October 24, 2011

David Cosimano presents the Lego for One Laptop Per Child project, it’s an app that works on the XO Laptop, that allows for the children to send commands to Lego motors and constructions to make those Lego’s do fun things, in some ways, this is a big like creating a Lego robot.


This video was filmed using the new JVC GC-PX10 camcorder at 36mbitps 1080p50 with the JVC MZ-V8/MZ-V10 external microphone, you can download the full sample file here on Google Docs

OLPC Summit: Haiti Batteries

Posted by – October 24, 2011

He went to Haiti to help an OLPC deployment with the power and battery system.


This video was filmed using the new JVC GC-PX10 camcorder at 36mbitps 1080p50 with the JVC MZ-V8/MZ-V10 external microphone, you can download the full sample file here on Google Docs

OLPC Summit: Afghanistan

Posted by – October 24, 2011

Carol Ruth Silver talks about the OLPC Afghanistan project, how it was funded in a small manner in 2009 and 2010 but isn’t being funded right now. We should be sending laptops to the Afghan Children instead of only sending military don’t you agree?


This video was filmed using the new JVC GC-PX10 camcorder at 36mbitps 1080p50 with the JVC MZ-V8/MZ-V10 external microphone, you can download the full sample file here on Google Docs

OLPC Summit: FLOSS Manuals

Posted by – October 24, 2011

Tuukka Hastrup from Finland consults for FLOSS Manuals, a collaborative manual and document writing software.


This video was filmed using the new JVC GC-PX10 camcorder at 36mbitps 1080p50 with the JVC MZ-V8/MZ-V10 external microphone, you can download the full sample file here on Google Docs

OLPC Summit: Solar Project in Haiti

Posted by – October 24, 2011

Students from the Illinois Institute of Technology are building solar power for OLPC projects in Haiti.


This video was filmed using the new JVC GC-PX10 camcorder at 36mbitps 1080p50, you can download the full sample file here on Google Docs

OLPC Summit: Sending data over short waves

Posted by – October 24, 2011

The idea is to be able to transmit data over large areas using short waves when there might not be internet. Here he is transmitting text over sound.


This video was filmed using the new JVC GC-PX10 camcorder at 36mbitps 1080p50, you can download the full sample file here on Google Docs

OLPC Summit: E-Toys for constructionist learning

Posted by – October 24, 2011

E-Toys is presented by Yoshiki Ohshima, one of the creators of the E-Toys app for the OLPC Laptop project.


This video was filmed using the new JVC GC-PX10 camcorder at 36mbitps 1080p50, you can download the full sample file here on Google Docs

OLPC Summit: San Francisco Proclamates October 22nd 2011 OLPC Day

Posted by – October 22, 2011

Sameer Verma presents the OLPC Summit in San Francisco. The mayor proclamated October 22nd 2011 the One Laptop Per Child Day in San Francisco. It’s going to be 2 days of OLPC sessions, work, collaboration, projects, I will video-blog interviews with people involved with the worldwide OLPC deployments project.

This video was filmed using the JVC GC-PX10 camcorder at 36mbitps 1080p50, you can download the sample here on Google Docs

OLPC Summit: Daniel Drake and Christoph Derndorfer presents

Posted by – October 22, 2011

The OLPC Summit is underway in San Francisco for the third year. Programmers, hardware engineers, teachers, collaborators, volunteers from around the world gather in San Francisco to prepare the deployment of millions more laptops to the worlds children, to improve education, giving everyone in the world the equal access to information and equal opportunity.


This video was filmed using the new JVC GC-PX10 camcorder at 36mbitps 1080p50, you can download the full sample file here on Google Docs