<div>For those of you who aren't on the SLUG or Linux-aus mailing lists.</div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>"A core belief of OLPC Australia is that technology cannot be</span><br><span>successfully deployed without teacher training and buy-in from the</span><br>


<span>school, children and community. Our programme to address that is</span><br><span>called One Education: </span><a href="http://www.one-education.org/" target="_blank">http://www.one-education.org/</a><br>
<br><span>You can fill in the contact form on that site if you would like to</span><br><span>know more, would like to help, or are a school that would like to</span><br><span>participate in the programme."</span></div>


<br clear="all">Luke John<br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 11:22 AM, Euan de Kock <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:euan@dekock.net" target="_blank">euan@dekock.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">


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<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-indent:0px">It'd be interesting to see how this compares to the amount spent on laptops for traditional schools.</p>
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<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-indent:0px">Still it's a step in the right direction.</p><span><font color="#888888">
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<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-indent:0px">Euan</p></font></span></div><div><div><br><div><p>On 09/05/2012 10:07 Shanon Loughton wrote:<br></p></div><div>awesome!<br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 9 May 2012 01:28, James Bromberger <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:james@rcpt.to" target="_blank">james@rcpt.to</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">




  

    
  
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    Dear all,<br>
    Thought you may be interested in this...<br>
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          <td>Sridhar Dhanapalan <a href="mailto:sridhar@dhanapalan.com" target="_blank"><sridhar@dhanapalan.com></a></td>
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    <pre>"The Australian Government is providing over $11 million to support
the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) Program which will deliver over 50,000
custom built laptops to primary students in regional and remote
Australia as part of a 12 month pilot program. The OLPC Australia
Organisation (OLPC Australia) aims to support the learning
opportunities of indigenous children, particularly those in remote
Australia, by providing primary school aged children with a connected
XO laptop as part of a sustainable training and support program.
Participating schools will also receive information and communications
technology (ICT) coordinator professional development, local repair
kits, and access to helpdesk and online support."

<a href="http://blog.laptop.org/2012/05/08/australian-brilliance-government-12m-pilot/" target="_blank">http://blog.laptop.org/2012/05/08/australian-brilliance-government-12m-pilot/</a>
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