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Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2012 13:50:55 +0700
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Subject: Re: [OLPCVietnam] Re: Vung Vieng Village XO Project
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2012/1/4 Nancie Severs <nanciesev...@gmail.com>:
> =C2=A0=C2=A0 Hello my friends,
>>
>> Happy & Prosperous New Year to you all!
>>
>> I am settling back in to life at home in the USA. Tonight it will be 6
>> degrees below 0, Fahrenheit! It is cold!
>>
>> 1. I was so glad to participate in FOSSAsia this year. After I left
>> HCMC/SGN, I went to Cambodia to visit an XO laptop project there. I have=
 3
>> blog entries for that trip. In case you did not see them, they can be fo=
und
>> here:
>>
>> One on Siem Reap here:
>>
>> http://blog.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/nsevers/4/1321389428/tpod.=
html
>>
>> and 2 for my visit to the XO project in Reaksmy:
>>
>> http://blog.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/nsevers/4/1322029765/tpod.=
html
>>
>> and
>>
>> http://blog.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/nsevers/4/1323139581/tpod.=
html


Thank Nancy for this report of your trip. I was mostly interested by
your description of how children use
the XO laptop in Cambodia. It looks like there is almost no support
from IT people in Cambodia (except Channa) in order to update the
machines from time to time. I think this is quite important in order
to change the activities. This is really important to have a dedicated
teacher like the one they found apparently. This is something
definitively missing in VVV.

The main activity seems to be the learning of english. This is nice
that they use Scratch, this is one of my favorite activity also ;-) Do
they build visual programs with the Scratch tiles ?
One of my friend is developing DrGeo 2 activity for XO: http://www.drgeo.eu=
/
This is an activity to learn geometry. Maybe need more preparation and
knowledge from the teacher, but this could be very nice to visualize
some basic geometry theorems.

>> Here are some tips to help you navigate my blogs.
>>
>> A. Click on a photo anywhere in the entry and you will get a larger phot=
o
>> with arrows to click and scroll through all photos. In that format, you'=
ll
>> see the title and any comments I wrote on the right side too.
>>
>> B. You really only needed one link above. If you scroll down to the bott=
om
>> of the page, below the photos on any entry, and the Table of Entries
>> (Contents) appears below each entry. You can scroll and click on any Ent=
ry
>> from any other Entry.
>>
>> 2. Perhaps Mr. Quynh and/or Mr. Hong will soon be contacted by someone
>> from the VVV. Last week, a friend of mine had a trip planned to Halong B=
ay
>> on Indochina Junk, over the New Year's holiday. She had hoped to visit V=
ung
>> Vieng and I sent a letter with her. Her boat went to a different village=
 but
>> she assures me that the letter will be hand delivered this week. I sugge=
sted
>> that someone from Vong Vieng get in touch with the volunteers in Hanoi. =
Ms.
>> Nguyet, of this group translated my letter into Vietnamese. Thanks Nguye=
t. I
>> wrote to my friends that run the souvenir shop in the VVV. Here is a cop=
y of
>> what I wrote:
>>
>> Letter from Nancie to Vung Vieng Village
>>
>> 28 Th=C3=A1ng 12 2011=E2=80=A8=E2=80=A8Th=C3=A2n ch=C3=A0o H=C6=B0=C6=A1=
ng, H=E1=BB=93ng, Nam & H=E1=BA=A3i
>>
>> Tr=C6=B0=E1=BB=9Bc ti=C3=AAn t=C3=B4i xin g=E1=BB=ADi l=E1=BB=9Di Ch=C3=
=BAc m=E1=BB=ABng n=C4=83m m=E1=BB=9Bi t=E1=BB=9Bi c=C3=A1c b=E1=BA=A1n J
>> Th=E1=BA=ADt kh=C3=B3 tin l=C3=A0 =C4=91=C3=A3 2 n=C4=83m r=E1=BB=93i k=
=E1=BB=83 t=E1=BB=AB ng=C3=A0y t=C3=B4i t=E1=BB=9Bi th=C4=83m l=C3=A0ng Ch=
=C3=A0i Vung Vi=C3=AAng
>> c=E1=BB=A7a c=C3=A1c b=E1=BA=A1n v=C3=A0 mang t=E1=BB=9Bi 12 laptop t=E1=
=BB=AB d=E1=BB=B1 =C3=A1n M=E1=BB=97i tr=E1=BA=BB em m=E1=BB=99t Laptop c=
=C3=B9ng h=E1=BB=87
>> th=E1=BB=91ng pin n=C4=83ng l=C6=B0=E1=BB=A3ng m=E1=BA=B7t tr=E1=BB=9Di.=
 T=C3=B4i lu=C3=B4n mong c=C3=A1c b=E1=BA=A1n v=C3=A0 gia =C4=91=C3=ACnh c=
=E1=BB=A7a c=C3=A1c b=E1=BA=A1n
>> c=C5=A9ng nh=C6=B0 t=E1=BA=A5t c=E1=BA=A3 ng=C6=B0=E1=BB=9Di d=C3=A2n & =
tr=E1=BA=BB em =E1=BB=9F l=C3=A0ng Ch=C3=A0i =C4=91=E1=BB=81u kh=E1=BB=8Fe!
>>
>> Elaine l=C3=A0 m=E1=BB=99t ng=C6=B0=E1=BB=9Di b=E1=BA=A1n c=E1=BB=A7a t=
=C3=B4i, s=E1=BA=BD t=E1=BB=9Bi th=C4=83m V=E1=BB=8Bnh=C2=A0 H=E1=BA=A1 Lon=
g theo tour c=E1=BB=A7a
>> Indochina Junk, v=C3=AC v=E1=BA=ADy, t=C3=B4i nh=E1=BB=9D c=C3=B4 =E1=BA=
=A5y g=E1=BB=ADi l=C3=A1 th=C6=B0 n=C3=A0y t=E1=BB=9Bi cho c=C3=A1c b=E1=BA=
=A1n.
>>
>> T=C3=B4i =C4=91=C3=A3 m=E1=BA=A5t li=C3=AAn l=E1=BA=A1c v=E1=BB=81 nh=E1=
=BB=AFng chi=E1=BA=BFc m=C3=A1y t=C3=ADnh Xos =E1=BB=9F l=C3=A0ng Ch=C3=A0i=
 Vung Vi=C3=AAng
>> trong m=E1=BB=99t th=E1=BB=9Di gian d=C3=A0i. T=C3=B4i mu=E1=BB=91n th=
=C3=B4ng b=C3=A1o cho c=C3=A1c b=E1=BA=A1n r=E1=BA=B1ng hi=E1=BB=87n t=E1=
=BA=A1i c=C3=B3
>> nh=E1=BB=AFng t=C3=ACnh nguy=E1=BB=87n vi=C3=AAn t=E1=BA=A1i H=C3=A0 N=
=E1=BB=99i & TP H=E1=BB=93 Ch=C3=AD Minh c=E1=BB=A7a d=E1=BB=B1 =C3=A1n OLP=
C l=C3=A0 ng=C6=B0=E1=BB=9Di
>> Vi=E1=BB=87t Nam, h=E1=BB=8D c=C3=B3 th=E1=BB=83 tr=E1=BB=A3 gi=C3=BAp =
=C4=91=E1=BB=83 n=C3=A2ng c=E1=BA=A5p ph=E1=BA=A7n m=E1=BB=81m cho nh=E1=BB=
=AFng chi=E1=BA=BFc laptops v=C3=A0
>> h=C6=B0=E1=BB=9Bng d=E1=BA=ABn c=C3=A1ch s=E1=BB=AD d=E1=BB=A5ng c=C3=A1=
c tr=C3=B2 ch=C6=A1i/ho=E1=BA=A1t =C4=91=E1=BB=99ng tr=C3=AAn XO b=E1=BA=B1=
ng ti=E1=BA=BFng Vi=E1=BB=87t. C=C3=A1c
>> t=C3=ACnh nguy=E1=BB=87n vi=C3=AAn =C4=91=C3=A3 Vi=E1=BB=87t h=C3=B3a c=
=C3=A1c tr=C3=B2 ch=C6=A1i/ho=E1=BA=A1t =C4=91=E1=BB=99ng tr=C3=AAn m=C3=A1=
y XO, v=C3=A0 v=E1=BB=9Bi
>> nh=E1=BB=AFng c=E1=BA=ADp nh=E1=BA=ADt m=E1=BB=9Bi c=C3=B3 s=E1=BA=B5n, =
XO c=C5=A9ng c=C3=B3 th=E1=BB=83 ch=E1=BA=A1y m=E1=BB=99t ph=E1=BA=A7n m=E1=
=BB=81m m=E1=BB=9F =C4=91=C6=B0=E1=BB=A3c g=E1=BB=8Di l=C3=A0
>> GNOME trong ng=C3=B4n ng=E1=BB=AF Vi=E1=BB=87t Nam.GNOME c=C3=B3 th=E1=
=BB=83 xu=E1=BA=A5t hi=E1=BB=87n c=E1=BB=ADa s=E1=BB=95 tr=C3=AAn m=C3=A1y =
t=C3=ADnh.
>> =C4=90=E1=BB=83 nh=E1=BB=AFng t=C3=ACnh nguy=E1=BB=87n vi=C3=AAn c=C3=B3=
 th=E1=BB=83 gi=C3=BAp =C4=91=E1=BB=A1 tr=E1=BA=BB em v=C3=A0 ng=C6=B0=E1=
=BB=9Di l=E1=BB=9Bn t=E1=BA=A1i L=C3=A0ng Ch=C3=A0i
>> s=E1=BB=AD d=E1=BB=A5ng XO, ch=C3=BAng t=C3=B4i c=E1=BA=A7n c=C3=B3 cont=
act li=C3=AAn l=E1=BA=A1c b=E1=BA=B1ng =C4=91i=E1=BB=87n tho=E1=BA=A1i v=C3=
=A0/ho=E1=BA=B7c email.
>> =E1=BB=9E l=C3=A0ng Ch=C3=A0i c=C3=B3 ai =C4=91ang s=E1=BB=AD d=E1=BB=A5=
ng nh=E1=BB=AFng chi=E1=BA=BFc m=C3=A1y XO m=C3=A0 c=C3=B3 th=E1=BB=83 li=
=C3=AAn l=E1=BA=A1c =C4=91=C6=B0=E1=BB=A3c
>> v=E1=BB=9Bi nh=E1=BB=AFng t=C3=ACnh nguy=E1=BB=87n vi=C3=AAn kh=C3=B4ng?=
 Ng=C6=B0=E1=BB=9Di =C4=91=C3=B3 c=C3=B3 th=E1=BB=83 l=C3=A0 gi=C3=A1o vi=
=C3=AAn t=E1=BA=A1i l=E1=BB=9Bp, ho=E1=BA=B7c
>> m=E1=BB=99t ng=C6=B0=E1=BB=9Di l=E1=BB=9Bn n=C3=A0o =C4=91=C3=B3 hay th=
=E1=BA=ADm ch=C3=AD l=C3=A0 m=E1=BB=99t thanh thi=E1=BA=BFu ni=C3=AAn th=C3=
=ADch s=E1=BB=AD d=E1=BB=A5ng m=C3=A1y
>> t=C3=ADnh.
>>
>> =C4=90=E1=BB=83 b=E1=BA=AFt =C4=91=E1=BA=A7u, ng=C6=B0=E1=BB=9Di =C4=91=
=C3=B3 c=C3=B3 th=E1=BB=83 li=C3=AAn h=E1=BB=87 v=E1=BB=9Bi =C3=94ng V=C5=
=A9 Qu=E1=BB=B3nh email
>> vdqu...@gmail.com v=C3=A0 =C3=B4ng Tr=E1=BA=A7n H=E1=BB=93ng theo email =
hongt...@gmail.com t=E1=BA=A1i H=C3=A0
>> N=E1=BB=99i=E2=80=A8=E2=80=A8C=C3=B3 l=E1=BA=BD H=E1=BB=93ng ho=E1=BA=B7=
c ai =C4=91=C3=B3 c=C3=B3 th=E1=BB=83 g=E1=BB=ADi mail v=C3=A0 h=E1=BB=8Fi =
s=E1=BB=91 =C4=91i=E1=BB=87n tho=E1=BA=A1i c=E1=BB=A7a ch=C3=BA
>> Qu=E1=BB=B3nh, anh H=E1=BB=93ng.
>> =E2=80=A8V=E1=BB=81 t=C3=B4i, gia =C4=91=C3=ACnh t=C3=B4i v=C3=A0 t=C3=
=B4i =C4=91ang s=E1=BB=91ng t=E1=BB=91t =E1=BB=9F M=E1=BB=B9. T=C3=B4i =C4=
=91=C3=A3 c=C3=B3 m=E1=BB=99t ch=C3=A1u trai
>> =C4=91=C3=A1ng y=C3=AAu 5 th=C3=A1ng tu=E1=BB=95i =E1=BB=9Fi Bangkok. N=
=C4=83m nay t=C3=B4i v=E1=BB=ABa m=E1=BB=9Bi t=E1=BB=9Bi th=C4=83m ch=C3=A1=
u. T=C3=B4i
>> c=C5=A9ng =C4=91=C3=A3 qua Th=C3=A0nh ph=E1=BB=91 H=E1=BB=93 Ch=C3=AD Mi=
nh v=C3=A0 g=E1=BA=B7p g=E1=BB=A1 nhi=E1=BB=81u ng=C6=B0=E1=BB=9Di quan t=
=C3=A2m t=E1=BB=9Bi vi=E1=BB=87c
>> mang XO t=E1=BB=9Bi cho tr=E1=BA=BB em Vi=E1=BB=87t Nam. T=C3=B4i c=C5=
=A9ng =C4=91=C3=A3 =C4=91i c=C3=B9ng Elaine =C4=91=E1=BA=BFn m=E1=BB=99t tr=
=C6=B0=E1=BB=9Dng
>> h=E1=BB=8Dc =E1=BB=9F Campuchia c=C3=B3 nhi=E1=BB=81u XO cho tr=E1=BA=BB=
 em. Nh=E1=BB=AFng =C4=91=E1=BB=A9a tr=E1=BA=BB =C4=91=C3=A3 h=E1=BB=8Dc =
=C4=91=C6=B0=E1=BB=A3c r=E1=BA=A5t nhi=E1=BB=81u
>> th=E1=BB=A9 v=E1=BB=9Bi m=C3=A1y t=C3=ADnh. Nh=E1=BB=AFng =C4=91=E1=BB=
=A9a tr=E1=BA=BB l=E1=BB=9Bn h=C6=A1n gi=E1=BB=9D =C4=91=C3=A3 c=C3=B3 th=
=E1=BB=83 s=E1=BB=AD d=E1=BB=A5ng =C4=91=C6=B0=E1=BB=A3c c=C3=A1c lo=E1=BA=
=A1i
>> m=C3=A1y t=C3=ADnh v=C3=A0 c=C3=B3 th=E1=BB=83 h=E1=BB=8Dc =C4=91=C6=B0=
=E1=BB=A3c nhi=E1=BB=81u =C4=91i=E1=BB=81u t=E1=BB=AB Internet, b=E1=BB=9Fi=
 v=C3=AC h=E1=BB=8D =C4=91=C3=A3 c=C3=B3 XO.
>> T=C3=B4i hy v=E1=BB=8Dng r=E1=BA=B1ng tr=E1=BA=BB em =E1=BB=9F l=C3=A0ng=
 ch=C3=A0i Vung Vi=C3=AAng th=C3=ADch nh=E1=BB=AFng chi=E1=BA=BFc m=C3=A1y =
XO m=C3=A0
>> t=C3=B4i =C4=91=C3=A3 mang t=E1=BB=9Bi. V=C3=A0 t=C3=B4i r=E1=BA=A5t mon=
g mu=E1=BB=91n =C4=91=C6=B0=E1=BB=A3c nghe tin t=E1=BB=A9c v=E1=BB=81 vi=E1=
=BB=87c nh=E1=BB=AFng =C4=91=E1=BB=A9a
>> tr=E1=BA=BB =E1=BB=9F Vung Vi=C3=AAng s=E1=BB=AD d=E1=BB=A5ng=C2=A0 XO n=
h=C6=B0 th=E1=BA=BF n=C3=A0o.
>>
>> T=C3=B4i xin ch=C3=BAc nh=E1=BB=AFng =C4=91i=E1=BB=81u t=E1=BB=91t =C4=
=91=E1=BA=B9p nh=E1=BA=A5t lu=C3=B4n =C4=91=E1=BA=BFn v=E1=BB=9Bi c=C3=A1c =
b=E1=BA=A1n J=E2=80=A8Ch=C3=BAc m=E1=BB=ABng n=C4=83m
>> m=E1=BB=9Bi!
>> Nancie
>> nanciesev...@gmail.com
>>
>>
>> December 28, 2011
>> Dear Huong, Hong (Rose:)), Nam and Mai,
>>
>> Happy New Year! I can hardly believe that it has been two years since I
>> visited the Vung Vieng Fishing Village and brought you 12 XO laptops fro=
m
>> the One Laptop Per Child project. I hope that you and your families and =
all
>> of the residents and children in Vung Vieng are well!
>>
>> I have asked my friend Elaine to bring you this letter when she visits
>> Halong Bay with Indochina Junk.
>>
>> I have not heard anything about the XOs in the VVV for a long time. I wa=
nt
>> to tell you that there are volunteers now in Hanoi and HCMC with OLPC
>> Vietnam that can offer help to update the software on the laptops and to
>> show you a Help Activity instruction manual in Vietnamese language. The
>> volunteers have been working to translate the Sugar software for the XO =
into
>> Vietnamese. And with the new update that is available, the XO can also r=
un
>> an open software called GNOME in the Vietnamese language. GNOME works a
>> little like windows on a PC.
>>
>> For Vietnamese people to help the children and adults in the VVV with th=
e
>> laptops, we need to have a person for them to contact by phone and/or em=
ail.
>> Is there someone who has used the XOs that can be in touch with people w=
ho
>> can help? It could be a teacher, or another adult or even a teenager who
>> likes computers.
>>
>> To start, that person can contact in Hanoi,
>> Mr. Vu Do Quynh at vdqu...@gmail.com
>> and Mr. Hong D. Tran, hongt...@gmail.com
>>
>> Perhaps Hong (Rose) or someone else can email them and get their phone
>> numbers.
>>
>> About me, my family and I are well in the USA. I have a new grandson, 5
>> months old in Bangkok. This year I visited him. I came to HCMC Vietnam a=
nd
>> met many people interested in getting XOs for Vietnamese children. I als=
o
>> went with Elaine to a school in Cambodia that has XOs for many children.=
 The
>> children there learn so much with them. The older children are now good =
on
>> all types of computers and can learn many things on the Internet too,
>> because they have XOs.
>>
>> I hope that the children in Vung Vieng like the XOs. And that I can hear
>> something about how the children use the laptops.
>>
>> Happy New Year!
>> My very best to all of you,
>> Nancie
>> nanciesev...@gmail.com
>>
>> And, Happy New Year and my very best to all of the members of our OLPC
>> Vietnam Group!
>> Warm regards and personal thanks,
>> Nancie:)

I visit the VVV village some months ago : the XO was working correctly
and still used by children, the solar panel was not working correctly.
I told the people here that someone will come back to the people just
to assess their needs and maybe update their laptops with a more
recent version. Unfortunately, i had no time until now to come back
because i was in Japan for two months.

We are 73 people in this OLPC-Vietnam group, this is a pity that we
could not find a small group of people that want to do something
(prepare some new activities, plan a visit to VVV, ...). I know that
some great work had been done for the translation in vietnamese of
some of the activities. This is really important but we need also some
people to deploy and take care of the laptops on the field. Anyone
interested ?
This is also important to find someone like Channa close the village.

@Quynh what is the status of the translation of the XO manual in VN ?

Arky a guy from Mozilla (living in Ha Noi) is in CC of this email. Is
is really knowledgeable in order to organize local community for
translations. Maybe he can help us in order to organize the work a bit
more.

Regards,
--=20
Serge Stinckwich
UMI UMMISCO 209 (IRD/UPMC), Hanoi, Vietnam
Matsuno Laboratory, Kyoto University, Japan (until 12/2011)
http://www.mechatronics.me.kyoto-u.ac.jp/
Every DSL ends up being Smalltalk
http://doesnotunderstand.org/
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