[OLPC India] There are more XOs in India!

[Marc Valentin]

Hi Holden,
As I understand, you are in Meerut, U.P. ... Our school is not very far from
there, approximately 3 hours. It is very different from what you can see in
Meerut. In Meerut you have facilities, it is a city, you can also find
educated people... we are in a very remote village area. I invite you to
feel the difference !!!
We have 9 XO at present. Actually, I just came back to Belgium, I was there
for a month.
I had the chance to go for a few days to Mumbay, meet Amit and visit the
Khairat school. OLPC India is just in the starting blocks and there are a
lot of challenges to face. Particularly for teachers training and
concientisation and also schoolbooks and pedagogic documents.
The Grammar School is an english medium school ? What curriculum are they
following ? Is it the State curriculum or CBSE ?
-marc-
http://www.OeuvreDesPains.org

On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 12:37 PM, Holden Bonwit <hbonwit04 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hello, all!
>
> I have been reading about the pilot program in Khairat, India (
> http://www.olpcnews.com/countries/india/olpc_india_khairat_school_pilot.html)
> and wanted to thank you for sharing what is going on.  I'm also at a grammar
> school in India, and we have a limited number of XOs (from G1G1 program) for
> students here to use as learning tools.
>
> Does anyone mind stepping forward as a contact point for that project, so
> that we might compare notes (age of students using the XOs, curriculum,
> technical issues, etc.)?
>
> Thank you,
>
> -Holden
>
> ps. I just stumbled upon this great website with XO accessories, in case
> you hadn't seen it!  Fantastic!
>  http://studiofibonacci.com/        XO Explosion
> <not a plug by any means, I really am excited... if not saddened that
> someone beat me to the market!>
>
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