VUELA (Taking Flight) PROJECT (OLPC)

The Marina Orth Foundation is proud to be able to implement the project "Taking Flight"-"VUELA" at Marina Orth School. Taking Flight is the pilot project of the One Laptop per Child Foundation for Colombia.

The Foundation has brought a special team together to develop Taking Flight, comprised of an executive director, a director of pedagogy and a technological director, all of whom work with the school principal and teachers. 

We would like to acknowledge the patronage of the Chevron Petroleum Company which has donated all of the computers to us as well as the cost of their installation and the personal training that allowed us to execute this project. We want to thank the donation of the technical teams for the implementation of the One Laptop Wireless done by Motorola Broadband Solutions.

We also want to also emphasize the unconditional support that we have received from North Catholic University, a pioneer in Virtual Education in Colombia, and with whom we have forged an agreement of pedagogical cooperation. Thanks to the university and to all the local businesses that have given their help in order to make this project possible. We now have in our hands an educational plan that we will be able to measure and to improve upon throughout this process. Thank you to the Medellin initiative of the One Laptop per Child Program for giving us world class standards. Finally, thanks to God for the opportunity to use a tool that is able to be an element of transformation in the fight for education for all of our children. We do not yet know the final results, so let`s go to work!

Aguas Frias, August 29th 2008.

Luis Fernando Sanchez Hurtado

Executive Director

Marina Orth Foundation (custom writing author)

WHAT IS THE VUELA (TAKING FLIGHT) PROJECT?

The OLPC Project in the Marina Orth Rural School, after a creative process with the teachers and students, has adopted the name of PROYECTO VUELA (FLIGHT): Vereda (Community), Union, Escuela (School), Laptop, and Apprendizaje (Learning). This project is an educational project that uses the laptops to unite the community.

THE STAGES OF THE PROJECT

First Stage: Initiation January 23rd-June 2nd 2008

Second Stage: Technological and Pedagogical Community Preparation June 3rd-August 31st 2008

Third Stage: Pedagogical Implementation

First Part: September 1st-November 28th 2008 Second Part: February 15th-July 12th 2009

Fourth Stage: Results June 15th-July 15th 2009

Fifth Stage: Connection to the World October 22nd---

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