[Grassroots-l] pilot project working group

[Alexander Todorov]

Sameer Verma wrote:
> On Jan 26, 2008 2:49 AM, Chris Hager <chris at linuxuser.at> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I think a 'pilot project working group' is an excellent idea. Although
>> I'm not completely sure what it would do, there certainly are things to
>> do... like
>>
>> * collecting and focussing information and documentation
>> * making it available to others
>> * the list of pilot projects with contacts
>> * a guide on "how to initiate a pilot"
> 
> Methodology for site selection, number of students, interviews, data
> collection, analysis and use of results to further larger
> implementation. If we can pool our resources to develop a steady
> methodology, it will go far in focusing the approach.
> 

Sorry for the late reply - back from holiday.

We (olpc-bg) 've had a discussion on how do we measure success of a 
pilot. We didn't come to a clear conclusion.
One of the proposals was:
- measure computer literacy as is done now (for grown ups). That's not 
applicable to children because they don't need office software skills. A 
child used to computers will pick up the necessary skill very quickly if 
needed.

- measure achievements in education: how? We don't have a clear idea 
what exactly to measure because it hasn't been done so(for small 
children) in the country.


Greetings,
Alexander.


>> The next steps could be:
>>
>> * Further identify tasks and ideas for this working group
>> * Fix an IRC Meeting related to pilot projects
>> * Start collecting information
> 
> I'd appreciate some input from folks who are involved in current or
> past pilots.
> 
> Sameer
> --
> Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D.
> Associate Professor of Information Systems
> San Francisco State University
> San Francisco CA 94132 USA
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