[OLPC India] Some questions this community may like to address

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Excellent! this is a point that I made several months ago. You will not be
able to teach the children in a traditional way, which has, through
centuries proved successful once they have computers. There will be chaos as
in the western world.

Besides, you can teach Ethics and Morals which unfortunately, you will not
get from software. Children will be taught that we are all from Monkeys....I
do not know if you believe in that, but I do not, I believe in God and the
creation. The point I am making is that the next generation will be
atheists.

They will be brainwashed that Genetically Modified foods/transgenic foods
are healthy and a good way to feed the poor.
Children will not be able to make any judgement nor be aware of farmers in
India comitting suicide due to BT etc crops.

These are some broad views.It is possible to have a detrimental effect on
India's 'spiritualism' which is envied globally.

2009/8/22 Ananya Guha <nnyguha48 at gmail.com>

> I think that needs serious study Satish. Moreover OLPC is still seminal.
>
> Ananya S Guha.
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> On 8/22/09, Satish Jha OLPC <sjha.olpc at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> While we have taken some time to generate a little traction for OLPC in
>> India with over a dozen stakeholders in serious negotiations and requests
>> for XOs in six digits, we have been asked a few questions that may hopefully
>> be addressed better with the experience of all of us in this community.
>>
>> It may seem rather obvious to most of us. However, its how we address them
>> for the benefit of the enthusiasts who are willing to take the next steps
>> that may help them move forward.
>>
>> For instance, how do we best demonstrate that by introducing XOs, there
>> will be significant improvement in the quality of education?
>>
>> Are there any studies that refer to some benchmarks and the results
>> compared to that?
>>
>> Or has something been done by anyone in a controlled environment?
>>
>> And obviously they want answers from within India rather than from the
>> global environment.
>>
>> Has anyone thought about creating a sustainable model of deploying XOs in
>> the context of our school education environment?
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