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The XO-Reboot: Revitalizing an XO pilot The XO-Reboot: Revitalizing an XO initiative By Michael Mak, OLPC Intern On Thursday, October 28th, 2010, I had the pleasure of flying to Sandy Lake First Nation to install ELDER software and reboot a One Laptop Per Child Initiative! It was my first time going to Sandy Lake, and I had some great shots from the air:
On the view from the airport, it was extremely picturesque with the beginning of winter:
At Thomas Fiddler Memorial Elementary School, we sat down and sorted which XO-1 laptops could be updated and used in the computer lab, and which needed to be sent back to K-NET for repairs. In the school, there were a total of 81 XO-1 laptops, 50 damaged and 31 that needed to be updated. I created a sort of “octopus” update/recharge set-up:
During this time, we also installed Edubuntu as part of the ELDER project (learn more at www.elderproject.knet.ca ). Eventually, we got to all 31 XOs and updated them with Sugar 8.2.0. I had the pleasure of going through the XO and some of the activities with Michelle Sutton, the incredible computer science teacher there. We also left some documentation, such as “The XO Laptop in the Classroom”, and hopefully the XOs will be used for a grade 2 classroom.
Looking forward to the updates from Sandy Lake on how their classes are using the XO! |
