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Ensuring the Principles are understood by all stakeholders

Reading

Workbook, Chapter 2, OLPC Principles, pages 7-11

Who need to be aware

• Ministry
• Teachers
• Stakeholders
• Community
• Kaupule (Island/local council)
• School students/classes
• Parents

How will we raise awareness

Activity

Actions Briefing in Funafuti for government, education and NGO stakeholders education and ICT officers other departments, including Energy, Communication, Health NGOs Funafuti Schools staff Cabinet paper Pre-trials briefing in Tolise / trials sites for teachers Using resource CD with Powerpoint slideshows, documents, Sugar-on-a-stick Can use the local Internet cafe and join teachers to the online/email forums same time Leo and Fata can lead this activity Include small number of key Kaupule and Community representatives Start to form local/Island OLPC steering committee Brief students through class exercise School Board - essential that they endorse the OLPC principles as official school policy Further briefing during deployment Teachers Community Parents Briefing by participating deployment team, education officers and any overseas facilitators During deployment, awareness briefings for parents in groups of 15-20, which can be combined with laptop awareness (basic laptop training) Use the media to raise awareness (radio)