[OLPC India] Issues on the ground

JV Avadhanulu jv at auroville.org.in
Sat Nov 8 01:05:39 EST 2008


I am really glad to see that the discussion is moving to the real issues.I am pasting part of my mail of 10th July

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. 
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 School 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

Regards,
JV Avadhanulu
+91-9443797563
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Usha Gowri 
  To: india at lists.laptop.org 
  Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2008 11:03 AM
  Subject: Re: [OLPC India] India Digest, Vol 24, Issue 17


  My response to Seth is:

     
  For Gods sake this is like dressing up and no where to go
  XO tech blah blah blah-and then we have to keep it in a photo frame and admire it
  Get to the brass track folks
  First where are we selling it and how and where are the more important support systems like teacher training 
  G



  Message: 1
  > Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2008 11:30:19 +0530
  > From: "Sayamindu Dasgupta" <sayamindu at laptop.org>
  > Subject: [OLPC India] Help the G1G1 marketing effort
  > To: "localization list olpc" <localization at lists.laptop.org
  >,         "Seth
  >       Woodworth" <seth at isforinsects.com>, editors at olpcnews.com,       grassroots
  >       <grassroots at lists.laptop.org>, olpc <india at lists.laptop.org>
  > Message-ID:
  >       <a1314bfe0811062200x1378137ave58ef4b8a3daad5a at mail.gmail.com>
  > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
  >
  > Hello everyone,
  >
  > Recently Seth Woodworth posted a list of words/phrases which can be
  > translated and used in the upcoming Give One Get One marketing
  > campaign. I have added those strings to Pootle
  > (https://dev.laptop.org/translate/projects/olpc/). It would be awesome
  > if you can translate as many of those strings as possible within the
  > next few days (this is a bit urgent as we need the translations pretty
  > soon). Please let me know (sayamindu at laptop.org) if you face any
  > issues with the translations/our Pootle server.
  >
  >
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  -- 
  Gowri
  VP-Intl Marketing
  www.globalcubeit.com
  www.usasiaedu.com
  "The world is full of abundance and opportunity, but >far too many people come to the fountain of life with a sieve instead of a tank >car... a teaspoon instead of a steam shovel. They expect little and as a result >they get little." ~ Ben Sweetland 


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