[Grassroots-l] pilot project working group

[Sameer Verma]

Gregor Martynus wrote:
> Hey,
>
> I've added Ethiopia as a pilot project including documentations 
> (conecpt & implemention):
> http://wiki.laptop.org/images/2/23/Ethiopia_ecbp_Pilot_Project_CONCEPT_v0.5.pdf
> http://wiki.laptop.org/images/9/97/Ethiopia_ecbp_Pilot_Project_IMPLEMENTATION_v0.5.pdf
>
> As I will spend the next 4 months with my diploma (2 months in 
> Ethiopia), I can't take
> over organisation and documentation part of the Pilot Projects Working 
> Group, but
> I will contribute as good as I can.
>
> Regards,
> Gregor
>
>

Hi Gregor,
This is an excellent start. The topics are well organized. Will these 
documents be available under some CC license, so that we can use it as a 
starting point to build other documents?

Sameer

-- 
Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Information Systems
San Francisco State University
San Francisco CA 94132 USA
http://verma.sfsu.edu/
http://opensource.sfsu.edu/


> 2008/2/4, Alexander Todorov <alexx.todorov at gmail.com 
> <mailto:alexx.todorov at gmail.com>>:
>
>     Sameer Verma wrote:
>     > On Jan 26, 2008 2:49 AM, Chris Hager <chris at linuxuser.at
>     <mailto: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
>     > http://verma.sfsu.edu/
>     > http://opensource.sfsu.edu/
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