[OLPC India] laptops arrive in Nashik, Maharashtra

[Arjun Sarwal]

Could you all please document your experiences on the wiki and link it
off the OLPC India page ( http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_India ) ?
It'd make very useful reading for all .

Thank you,
Arjun

On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 9:59 PM, Joshua N Pritikin <jpritikin at pobox.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 08, 2008 at 10:28:44AM +0530, JV Avadhanulu wrote:
>> Dear Joshua,
>> Congratulations.
>> I am coordinating the pilot at Auroville, which is at the planning stage.
>> I got the funding for 10 machines (XO-1) and XS. I want to know how you
>> ordered the machines and how long it took.
>
> I ordered the machines months ago, and it seemed to take forever. We
> have 10 laptops now.
>
>> I also would like to understand from the people in the Nasik project the
>> challenges and learn from your experience.
>
> Our implementation is simplistic because we are not yet trying to
> achieve child ownership. The laptops are owned by the school. The
> children spend just a few hours a week working with them. As the kids
> and parents become more comfortable with the laptops, we expect to move
> towards child ownership and closer integration into the curriculum.
>
> We hope to save ourselves from disappointment by starting with very low
> expectations. :-)
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Arjun Sarwal
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