Hey,<br><br>I've added Ethiopia as a pilot project including documentations (conecpt & implemention):<br><a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/images/2/23/Ethiopia_ecbp_Pilot_Project_CONCEPT_v0.5.pdf" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://wiki.laptop.org/images/2/23/Ethiopia_ecbp_Pilot_Project_CONCEPT_v0.5.pdf</a><br>
<a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/images/9/97/Ethiopia_ecbp_Pilot_Project_IMPLEMENTATION_v0.5.pdf" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://wiki.laptop.org/images/9/97/Ethiopia_ecbp_Pilot_Project_IMPLEMENTATION_v0.5.pdf</a><br>
<br>As I will spend the next 4 months with my diploma (2 months in Ethiopia), I can't take<br>
over organisation and documentation part of the Pilot Projects Working Group, but<br>I will contribute as good as I can.<br><br>Regards,<br>Gregor<br><br><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">2008/2/4, Alexander Todorov <<a href="mailto:alexx.todorov@gmail.com">alexx.todorov@gmail.com</a>>:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Sameer Verma wrote:<br>> On Jan 26, 2008 2:49 AM, Chris Hager <<a href="mailto:chris@linuxuser.at">chris@linuxuser.at</a>> wrote:<br>>> Hello,<br>>><br>>> I think a 'pilot project working group' is an excellent idea. Although<br>
>> I'm not completely sure what it would do, there certainly are things to<br>>> do... like<br>>><br>>> * collecting and focussing information and documentation<br>>> * making it available to others<br>
>> * the list of pilot projects with contacts<br>>> * a guide on "how to initiate a pilot"<br>><br>> Methodology for site selection, number of students, interviews, data<br>> collection, analysis and use of results to further larger<br>
> implementation. If we can pool our resources to develop a steady<br>> methodology, it will go far in focusing the approach.<br>><br><br>Sorry for the late reply - back from holiday.<br><br>We (olpc-bg) 've had a discussion on how do we measure success of a<br>
pilot. We didn't come to a clear conclusion.<br>One of the proposals was:<br>- measure computer literacy as is done now (for grown ups). That's not<br>applicable to children because they don't need office software skills. A<br>
child used to computers will pick up the necessary skill very quickly if<br>needed.<br><br>- measure achievements in education: how? We don't have a clear idea<br>what exactly to measure because it hasn't been done so(for small<br>
children) in the country.<br><br><br>Greetings,<br>Alexander.<br><br><br>>> The next steps could be:<br>>><br>>> * Further identify tasks and ideas for this working group<br>>> * Fix an IRC Meeting related to pilot projects<br>
>> * Start collecting information<br>><br>> I'd appreciate some input from folks who are involved in current or<br>> past pilots.<br>><br>> Sameer<br>> --<br>> Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D.<br>> Associate Professor of Information Systems<br>
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