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

[Edward Cherlin]

On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 12:43 PM, Ananya Guha <nnyguha48 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> The discussion as far as I am concerned is getting a wee bit technical. What
> hyperbole! As an academic what I am really interested is seeing OLPC through
> the length and breadth of India.

Good as far as it goes. Just like giving children pencils in every
school, but not allowing them to use pencils at home. I am not
interested in XOs for their own sake, and I am certainly not
interested in how people _think_ it should be. I am interested in
education, and in the evidence of what works.

> Of course I appreciate this cerebral
> discussion.
>
> Regds,
>
> Ananya S Guha.
>
> On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 12:33 AM, <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.
>> -- 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, 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 !
>>
>> -marc-
>> http://www.OeuvreDesPains.org
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