168 Entries for “OLE Nepal”
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READ MOREDec. 9, 2008 | Program Updates | OLE Nepal
Get your car to squeak: Second OLPC Game Jam
Today, Ace Institute of Management hosted the second OLPC Game Jam organized by OLE Nepal. Students and enthusiasts from various schools got a chance to learn the basics of Squeak to create simple applications. Participants were shown how to make a simple car game. Each participant had to get a car moving with a steering wheel controlling its motion. A simple script would then give it a more authentic game feel by making the car move faster on the track and decelerate when it strayed off the track.
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READ MOREOct. 19, 2008 | Program Updates | OLE Nepal
Deploying Volunteers
You may have read Rabi’s recent post about the formative evaluation of our test schools Vishwamitra Ganesh and Bashuki. We are proud of the progress we have made and are now starting to focus on expanding OLPC to more Nepali schools in spring 2009. Our current plan is to expand from one district to five districts (equivalent to a state of province) and roughly 10-15 schools. Technical support for our current two schools within driving distance of the office has not been particularly challenging or time-consuming. However, supporting schools in five distinct regions of Nepal poses a tremendous challenge.
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READ MOREJuly 3, 2008 | None | OLE Nepal
The Challenges of Electronic Reading
Last week, I spent a fair amount of time stumbling through the various available methods for reading on a computer. Our current method is that of the .pdf. Well, if your are at all like me, you hate reading a .pdf soft-copy. I always end up printing the damn thing, so I can sit down and mark it up. This option obviously won’t work in Nepali schools, because they don’t have access to a printer, and even if they did, it would not be cost effective.