Monthly Archives: August 2010

Is it better or worse to deploy if you know that not all of the children can have a laptop? “For a truly inclusive learning environment to be established in a school classroom, every child and the teacher must have … Continue reading →

I did make it Kiunga, but not without considerable drama and shenanigans regarding an overweight plane at the Mt Hagen airport. I was first told I couldn’t take the flight—I had arrived too late, which was not true!! So then … Continue reading →

Highlands Christian Grammar School is not a participant in the OLPC program, and was not on my planned itinerary of schools to visit in PNG. I had the good fortune—serendipity—of being able to visit it because I met the principal … Continue reading →

As I understood the situation, the teachers had been attending the OLPC training the entire week before my arrival, and since I arrived on a Monday morning, my visit proved the first opportunity for the teachers and students to use … Continue reading →

All of the teachers at the Jim Taylor Primary School had all taken part in a week-long technology and implementation training session the entire week before my visit, and I arrived on Monday of the following week. Thus, my visit … Continue reading →

On Monday, Aug. 9, 2010, I visited the Jim Taylor Primary School in Kisap, PNG. Kisap is outside of Banz, which is outside of Mt Hagen by about an hour’s drive. The Jim Taylor School is taking part in the … Continue reading →

I think this motto: Expect the Unexpected! could work just as well as a tourism-promoting slogan or a word to the wise…. It’s a beautiful, fascinating place, and really, truly unexpected things that I could never, ever have imagined, really … Continue reading →

The next few posts will be about One Laptop per Child (OLPC) XO deployments in two South Pacific locations: two sites in Papua New Guinea and a third in The Solomon Islands. I’m interested in the energy/power issues faced in … Continue reading →

Firsthand insight into ICT deployments “on the ground” in developing world contexts! Research-in-action! These posts will give an eyewitness account of what’s happening when technology is introduced in various settings around the world. Many of the posts/visits will involve technology-in-the-schools, … Continue reading →