[OLPC India] Common Concerns in Pilots

[JV Avadhanulu]

Dear All, 
Arjun's point regarding the commonality of concerns is very well taken. I am listing some of the major issues in Auroville pilot ( and I think they would be common to  many other such efforts / projects)
1. The pilot starts with small numbers. How to order and get them at a reasonable price. In due course of time, this concern could be addressed if OLPC India  bundles the country-wide requirements
2. Need  for CDs of XO-1 and XS images/ installation software. These are so huge that many people cant down load them
3. Training of teachers and technical teams
4. A transition plan from the conventional teaching of today to OLPC based education. This may involve some courseware and interactive learning packages to be developed broadly in line with 'standard syllabus'. This would be a huge task
5. A help line to get technical support when the local resources run into a wall.
6. The negative stance of the Government is big dampener and inhibits Administrators and potential funders. Can we do something to shift negative stance of the Government?
I request other pilot projects / deployment coordinators to add to this list

Dear Arjun,
Thank you very much for your mail and the energy you are bringing into this emailing list. I will prepare a write up and add it to the Wiki and circulate the pointer.Thanks for the pointer to the deployment guide, I looked at it earlier.

Regards,
JV Avadhanulu @ Auroville
+91-9443797563
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Arjun Sarwal" <arjun at laptop.org>
To: "JV Avadhanulu" <jv at auroville.org.in>
Cc: <india at lists.laptop.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 1:36 PM
Subject: Re: [OLPC India] Khairat


> It would be great if we could have the discussion over this mailing
> list because many more groups are expected to be undertaking pilots
> and deployments and we all would be able to compare notes.
>
> Could you kindly let us know how many laptops, the school, the location 
> etc.
>
> Also please feel free to share your plans with regard to the
> deployment at Auroville and also put up specific questions and we'd
> try our best to share our experiences on the same.
>
> Btw, there is a very extensive deployment guide posted on the OLPC wiki
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Deployment_Guide
>
>
> regards
> Arjun
>
> On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 10:25 AM, JV Avadhanulu <jv at auroville.org.in> 
> wrote:
>> Dear All,
>> I am coordinator for the Pilot at Auroville http://www.auroville.org/. I
>> want to contact people who were involved in Khairat deployment
>> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Khairat_Chronicle.  My intention is to  know 
>> the
>> challenges and pitfalls and learn from their experience. Please respond 
>> if
>> you were one of those generous pioneers.
>> With thanks in advance,
>>
>> JV Avadhanulu
>> +91-9443797563
>>
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>
>
>
> -- 
> Arjun Sarwal
> http://dev.laptop.org/~arjs
> http://youtube.com/watch?v=SwcSEcfR464
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