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Written by Ebtihaj
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Tuesday, 06 October 2009 09:45 |
OLPC Afghanistan have developed a prototype human power machine that can charge the laptop as it runs / is being used and can even be run without difficulty by typical 3rd/4th graders.
The system connects the Freeplay hand crank with pedals underneath to enable the XO to be used as long as desired at home, into the night, etc; and it requires no additional or backup battery.
The human power system was designed by OLPC Afghanistan's deployment technician Akmal Waak and Mike Dawson. We hope that this will make XO deployment in the many areas beyond the power grid more effective.
The next prototype will be built to be smaller to be carried around and simply placed on the floor with rubber pads.
You can watch the demonstration of this machine in this video (or download it from here) Full specifications / diagrams will be published through the OLPC Wiki as soon as possible.   
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 14 October 2009 12:29 |
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Written by Administrator
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Wednesday, 02 September 2009 19:10 |
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Watch the OLPC Afghanistan preparation for deployment in Kabul video on youtube. |
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Technology set to revolutionize education in Afghanistan |
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Written by Ebtihaj
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Saturday, 20 June 2009 06:53 |
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 On June 21st 2009, 4 selected schools in Kabul will be equipped with XO laptops where each child in grade 4, 5 and 6 receiving specially customized XO (One Laptop Per Child) Laptops, wireless school networks, digital libraries and visual programming languages to provide teachers, children and parents with more opportunities for learning, economic information and health information. Kabul deployment aims to distribute 2000 laptops. Already 400 laptops are in active use by children, teachers and parents in Istiqlal high school in Jalalabad.
The specially customized software is completely localized in Dari, Pashto languages. The laptops and school server that creates a digital library is loaded with locally prepared content. The XO laptop has proved in other countries notably Peru and Uruguay to be an extremely cost effective option to radically improve the quality of education. These computers will be integrated into teaching curricula, providing students with a vast educational resource, access to word processing, and many other educational programs, email, and internet browser software. More than 500,000 such laptops have been distributed globally.
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Educational Game Development Started |
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Written by Svetla
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Thursday, 04 June 2009 06:39 |
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 On 31st of May 2009, a collaboration was established between OLPC Afghanistan, Master Teachers by Satellite for Afghanistan (MSTA) and Afghan Film to develop an educational game for the XO laptops deployed in Afghanistan.
We will use stories of Nasruddin to guide children through the game. The game will focus mainly on literacy (Dari, Pashto) and numeracy; in later stages science subjects such as physics, biology and chemistry will be added. OLPC Afghanistan expects that the game will be developed in next 2-3 months.
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Last Updated on Thursday, 04 June 2009 07:35 |
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Second Phase of Deployments |
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Written by Administrator
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Monday, 11 May 2009 12:31 |
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OLPC Afghanistan is now in its second stage of deploying XO laptops to schools around Afghanistan. In this phase 4 schools in Kabul city will be covered with 2,000 XO laptops. Likewise the first deployment, in this phase again the kids of grades 4, 5 and 6 will be handed over XO laptops. Two girl schools and one mixed school have been selected so far. One more school is still in the selection process. The deployment will take place during month of June 2009. Stay tuned for more news! |
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Last Updated on Monday, 01 June 2009 07:56 |
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OLPC First Deployment is Go! |
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Written by Svetla
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Thursday, 19 March 2009 05:56 |
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 The OLPC Afghanistan Team is pleased to announce that 396 Laptops have been distributed to Istiqlal High School in Jalalabad to cover grades 4,5 and 6!!!
A ceremony took place at the governor's palace including the Deputy Minister, Director of ICT for the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Communication and IT Director general of ICT, parents, children (top class position holders e.g. "honor roll"), USAID/ASMED's regional manager and the Technical Implementation Team. |
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 01 April 2009 12:06 |
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Written by Admin
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Sunday, 01 February 2009 14:55 |
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The Ministry of Education Afghanistan (MoE), and Ministry of Communication and Information Technology Afghanistan (MoCIT), in a unique public-private partnership with USAID’s Afghanistan Small and Medium Enterprise Development (ASMED) and Telecom Development Company Afghanistan - Roshan, launched the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project in Afghanistan in September 13, 2008. The first phase of this project includes the design, manufacturing and distribution of 5,800 low cost laptop computers called OLPC-XO laptops, which will reach primary school students in grades 4, 5 and 6 in selected governmental schools across Afghanistan . The OLPC Foundation, a US non-profit organization considers computers to be a critical tool in eradicating poverty and promotion of education level, and has contributed 5,000 of the laptops to this public-private partnership in Afghanistan. |
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Last Updated on Thursday, 09 April 2009 14:29 |
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