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READ MORENov. 18, 2007 | Program Updates | OLE Nepal
OLE Nepal signs MoU with Government of Nepal
Yesterday, November 18th, OLE Nepal signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Nepal government to work together to build quality education materials to be distributed by means of ICT in Nepal. With this agreement, OLE Nepal has made a giant stride in fulfilling its vision of making quality education accessible to students all over Nepal. The agreement was the result of tireless effort from quite a number of people who helped and guided us along in the process. We are privileged to have such dynamic group of board members, advisers, and contributors who have gone out of their way to get this movement started.
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READ MOREOct. 19, 2007 | Learning Games Development | OLE Nepal
Our First Learning Activities!
OLE Nepal's first demo of learning activities is out just in time for Dashain. Download them from here (43 MB). To run the demo, you must first download and install the Squeak plugin, which is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Please download, comment, and enjoy.
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READ MOREOct. 18, 2007 | None | OLE Nepal
Content Development Team
Ram has been a software engineer for five years. He earned his Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from the Bapuji Institute of Engineering in India. For the last several years, he has been the acting chairman of the Shree Shanti Vidyashram school management committee, located in Patan Dhoka. Recently, he managed the renovation and reconstruction of the school. He is also an active member of the local group "Maitri Parivar," whose sole aim is to provide much-needed financial support to educate the poor and destitute in remote villages.
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READ MOREOct. 17, 2007 | Learning Games Development | OLE Nepal
Squeak demo and further investigations
We've now made the first demo of our Squeak-based kids' schooling environment, and it has been well received by the local community. Our work is designed specifically for classroom use and incorporates a Nepali theme throughout. It was done in a hurry, and our heroic illustrator Om only joined us at the last minute, but it's great to finally have something to show people!
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READ MORESept. 28, 2007 | Program Updates | OLE Nepal
Technical note #1: Introducing 'The Problem' and our Squeak-based solution
We want to introduce One Laptop Per Child computers into the government school system to assist kids with their usual studies and to provide them with a whole new world of opportunities. To do this we need to produce the necessary content to make the computers fit into the Nepali classroom environment. It's not the glitziest part of the job but someone's gotta do it!