[OLPC India] Issues on the ground

Sat Nov 8 05:33:49 EST 2008

On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 6:35 AM, Usha Gowri <usha.gowri at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thank you .I am very happy because so many people have responded to the
> need of the hour.
> Satish,now that we have clear three groups: the tech team,the sales team
> and the lets-do -it- team with their immense grassroots level knowledge and
> exposure to the  education system and its attendant problems ,can you
> formally start a group for us?

This is a good start. In Jamaica, we started three main grous with focus
points on Education, Technology and Outreach. We have a fourth (virtual -
has members from the first three) group which is looking at strategic issues
including funding etc. Jamaica has a similar situation in that the
government does not show interest, but the private sector has enough to get
going.

Sameer

>
> We can put our heads together and not only formulate a strategy but also
> try and find means to take this forward.
> Government and hence banks are going to be a huge issue but may be we can
> find a way around it?
> Avadhanulu has listed has created a great workable list-may be we can work
> on it step by step?which means:
> How to order and the price is step one
> Warm regards
> Gowri
>
>
> On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 11:35 AM, JV Avadhanulu <jv at auroville.org.in>wrote:
>
>>  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 <usha.gowri at gmail.com>
>> *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
>>
>>
>> "Everything is either an opportunity to grow or an obstacle to keep you
>> from growing. You get to choose."Dr. Wayne Dyer
>>
>>
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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
>
>
> "Everything is either an opportunity to grow or an obstacle to keep you
> from growing. You get to choose."Dr. Wayne Dyer
>
>
>
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Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Information Systems
San Francisco State University
San Francisco CA 94132 USA
http://verma.sfsu.edu/
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