[OLPC India] India Digest, Vol 23, Issue 12

[Edward Cherlin]

On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 12:03 PM,  <Asksst at aol.com> wrote:
> I agree with Marc. We plan to use dual boot XOs in a similar way at RK
> College in Fatehpur Distt., UP.

I disagree entirely. Among other things, putting dual-boot XOs in a
lab means that you will not get to observe what the children use on
their own time.

> -- Sheel
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>    1. Re: Fwd: OLPC Afghanistan starting! (Marc Valentin)
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> Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:11:01 +0200
> From: "Marc Valentin" <mvalentin at oeuvredespains.org>
> Subject: Re: [OLPC India] Fwd: OLPC Afghanistan starting!
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> On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 8:28 AM, Seth Woodworth <seth at laptop.org> wrote:
>> On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 1:24 AM, Edward Cherlin <echerlin at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> I find this idea of putting XOs into computer labs unacceptable. What
>>> do others think?
>> I'm not overly fond of the idea.
>
> As it is, the XO doesn't fit in any Indian curriculum,

This turns out to be irrelevant. The XO doesn't fit in any curriculum,
but it is having notable successes in Peru, Ethiopia, and other
countries, when used as designed.

> so there is no
> need to have one computer for each child and the best way to use it,
> at least in India, is in computer labs. That is what we do in
> Saint-Anthony School. However, there is a sticker with a number on
> each machine and one child is always using the same machine. Times to
> times, children are also allowed to take the machine home overnight.
> Before reacting stupidly ("violation of the project's fundamental
> principle" !), I would suggest you become more aware of the local
> realities !

Before reacting stupidly ("Before reacting stupidly" !) I would
suggest you become more aware of the global realities!

http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Academic_papers#Ethiopia_Implementation_Report.2C_September_-_December_2007
http://radian.org/notebook/astounded-in-arahuay

> -marc-
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