[OLPC India] Home with the OLPC

[JV Avadhanulu]

Marc, thank you for sharing these concerns , which I am also facing in 
Auroville. Another risk is that some of the elder relatives of the children 
might have emotional issues when they see a young child using a gadget like 
XO-1. So, we decide to follow the one per many model of Meerut ( frankly, 
funds are also a constraint and conventional wisdom is to start small)
Regards,
JV Avadhanulu
+91-9443797563
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marc Valentin" <mvalentin at abeditions.com>
To: <india at lists.laptop.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 4:10 PM
Subject: [OLPC India] Home with the OLPC


> What do you feel about the children going home with their OLPC laptop ?
> My feeling is that, with families getting $1 income per day,
> temptation will be high to sell the laptop and tell the school it was
> lost somewhere...
> Also children going home with their laptop could be the target for
> thiefs on the way home. In north, in the villages areas some people
> can kill for just nothing.
> Now there is another risk. Read this :
> http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:%20/2007/07/22/children-using-olpc-laptop-to-view-porn/
> They can be confronted to adult content and you could get the whole
> community against you ! In the school you can always have a teacher
> watching.
> -marc-
> http://www.OeuvreDesPains.org
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