[IIAB] IIAB in Haiti

[Curt Thompson]

The only place we really got to test out IIAB was at Cazeau Christian
Elementary in Port-au-Prince, where Sora had ~20 kids use Wikipedia (in
the box) to look up an English word, download a photo, and use Fototoon
to draw on it.  As far as I could tell, there weren't any serious
problems connecting to IIAB, downloading, etc.  I'm not sure if maps
were tested en masse like that.  This is IIAB being served from a pretty
nice (small) Dell Inspiron 660S / 4GB RAM / 1TB HDD / Fedora 18 w/XSCE
5.0 (aka 0.5).

The rest of the gang might be able to tell you some more, but we may
have to wait until we can get some reports from the schools themselves
as to reliability, load testing and such.


On 1/27/2014 11:17 AM, Braddock wrote:
> On 01/27/2014 10:59 AM, Curt Thompson wrote:
> > I just got back from Haiti last night,
>
> Hi Curt,
> Can you give us a short report on how IIAB worked out in Haiti?  We
> are hungry for feedback.
>
> Thanks,
> Braddock
>
> and I had been working on
> > downloading the french Khan Academy videos before leaving.  (I
> > think I have around 40 or 50 so far).  I need to catch up on a few
> > things now that I'm back, but as soon as I can I'll resume.  I
> > think Braddock said I can just place the videos in mp4 and webm,
> > maybe separating EN and FR and the IIAB software will list the
> > directories accordingly.  Again, I'll test it out when I get a
> > chance.
>
> > Cheers, Curt
>
> > On 1/27/2014 3:53 AM, robb wrote:
> >> RE: [IIAB] IIAB in Haiti
> >>
> >> Hi list,
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> First I want to congratulate the team in Haiti with the great
> >> work. I understand both XO-XS and IIAB are rolled out there.
> >> Great work!
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I can only add that a version with a lot more French content
> >> would be very much appreciated. I am planning to roll out IIAB on
> >> a secondary school on the island of Ile de Mar in Senegal.
> >> Senegal is a French speaking country.
> >>
> >> Since the island has no telecommunications infrastructure at all,
> >> IIAB would be a perfect solution to get internet data to the
> >> school.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Although I am not a developer, if there is a way I can help
> >> getting the French version together, please tell me.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> best regards
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Rob
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- *Aan:* Internet In a Box Working
> >> Group <iiab at sgvhak.org>; Russ Collins <russcoll at comcast.net>;
> >> *Van:* Braddock <braddock at braddock.com> *Verzonden:* ma
> >> 27-01-2014 00:51 *Onderwerp:* [IIAB] IIAB in Haiti Hi guys, Good
> >> news - there are a number of people from a couple different
> >> groups currently down in Haiti deploying Internet-in-a-Box to
> >> schools.
> >>
> >> Here is a report from one of them.
> >>
> >> James, can you take a look at the French wikipedia search issue
> >> he mentions?  He is using the dataset from August with the title
> >> only search, so maybe it is no longer relevant.
> >>
> >> If anyone wants to help they could create github tickets for the
> >> reported ipad/iphone and search issues he mentions.
> >>
> >> Russ, hope you don't mind me forwarding your report to our list
> >> of volunteers.
> >>
> >> -braddock
> >>
> >>
> >> -------- Original Message -------- Subject:     IIAB in Haiti Date:
> >> Sun, 26 Jan 2014 20:18:34 +0000 (UTC) From:     russcoll at comcast.net
> >> <mailto:russcoll at comcast.net> To:     braddock at braddock.com
> >> <mailto:braddock at braddock.com> CC:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Braddock,
> >>
> >> With some timely telephone encouragement  from Bob Peesel, I was
> >> able to connect the IIAB device to the wireless router in our
> >> St. Marc school in Trouin, Haiti.   We were able to access the
> >> Internet In A Box (IIAB) wirelessly using 3 of the Linux
> >> configured laptops provided by Denny, ipads and an iphone.
> >> Did not bother with more than 3 computers, as I believe the IIAB
> >> will be limited to individual student research for the immediate
> >> future.  Did some training with the Trade School and Secondary
> >> School Principals so they would be able to set up the device for
> >> use.
> >>
> >> Once we have a classroom projector for the school, I could see
> >> instructors using the mapping function and educational videos
> >> for their classes.
> >>
> >> General comment, which I think you have already heard, is that
> >> we need Haitian Creole and French content.  The vast majority of
> >> content is in English, which has limited value for most of the
> >> students, although math videos come across pretty well, and the
> >> mapping function is fantastic.   Now the kids can check out the
> >> world down to street level, where previously there wasn't even a
> >> paper map.    We were able to identify where the Secondary
> >> School Principal lived in Port Au Prince on the maps and locate
> >> the major streets in Trouin .. both of them.
> >>
> >> The Wikipedia versions in English worked fine, but of limited
> >> value.  The French Wikipedia version may have some issues with
> >> searching.  Got no useful response when I typed "Haiti" into the
> >> search bar ...
> >>
> >> Also, there was a problem with scrolling pages in books using
> >> ipads and Iphones, but that is probably not part of the IIAB
> >> design?   Looking towards future uses, however, I could foresee
> >> a "public library" whereby the IIAB would be available after
> >> school hours for students or adults in the community who checked
> >> out "tablets" to read books from the IIAB in the evenings.   Of
> >> course, electric power is an issue, but not forever.
> >>
> >> So,  thank you for all you are doing on this.   Would like to
> >> keep in touch and get updated versions when available.
> >>
> >> Best, Russ Collins
> >>
> >>
>
>
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