[OLPC India] Some questions

Wed Jan 7 02:14:19 EST 2009

Rakesh

One of the NGO with whom I am closely associated, we got a mobile based
application developed to collect data and transmitted over SMS and collate
on the internet.

I am sure XO could be utilized for various health project. We have been
planning for a pilot project using EEPC (I have few in my organization) and
its built-in webcam for distanced-healthcare, specially for the unit we are
setting up at Sunderbans.

Rajesh

On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 10:25 PM, Rakesh Biswas <rakesh7biswas at gmail.com>wrote:

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> Health care is another area that can gain from students using XO and
> helping their parents to create electronic health records that can be
> updated regularly so as to maintain continuity of care.
>
> This can also be regulated through SMS inputs into a mobile web based
> platform.
>
> As detailed before we have been inspired by the OLPC India to make a small
> beginning by trying to utilize rural school children to interview their
> parents and help create their parent's basic health record ( to start with
> in the form of a story of their parent's lives) as a part of their co
> curricular activity.
>
> Hope to get more inputs on this thread.
>
> rakesh
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> On 1/5/09, Ankur Verma <ankur at laptop.org> wrote:
>>
>> A step in this direction was to extend communication between XO and cell
>> phones;supporting text messaging (Ubiquitous in rural areas since here
>> people commonly use SMS/voice calls rather than accessing mobile internet).
>>
>> SMS with XO can be used for disseminating information; which can be either
>> about latest commodity prices taken from school server, sent to parent's
>> cell phone, or any other notification. Students can even send their queries
>> to teachers and to other concerned communities.
>>
>> I gave a demonstration on using SMS with XO at OLPC, Cambridge; the brief
>> overview of which can be found here: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/SMS
>> Initial step has been encouraging and It will be exciting to see
>> real-world results.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Ankur
>>
>> On 1/5/09, S. ZAHEER <szaheer at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello Satish,
>>>
>>> The points raised by your friend are all valid.  These laptops should not
>>> just be used as educational tool by students but can also contribute in
>>> economic progress of their parents.  For e.g. it is a well known fact that
>>> middle-men in our country buy the produce from farmers at minimal prices and
>>> sell at market rates. XO can be used for disseminating correct & latest
>>> prices of commodities etc to the parents of the kids using XO laptops
>>>
>>>
>>> For this to happen, relevant and latest content in regional languages has
>>> to be made available.  XO can have strategic tie-ups with such content
>>> providers as I dont think OLPC will be able to aggregate such a diverse
>>> information on its own.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On a lighter side, who knows an XO child may help his parents find a
>>> suitable groom through a matrimonial site for his elder sister not just from
>>> a nearby village but from a distant state or a country :-)
>>>
>>>
>>> With regards,
>>>
>>>
>>> S. Zaheer
>>>
>>>
>>> 3 ideas to start the new year in a different way (an innovative new year
>>> greeting from my brother)
>>>
>>> http://www.hasnainzaheer.com/2008/12/2009-is-this-the-year-of-opportunities-and-turnarounds-happy-new-year/
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>  On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 4:24 PM, Satish Jha <jha.satish at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>>             One of my friends from Harvard Alumni Group had the
>>>> following to say:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'm familiar with this great initiative. The question I would have is
>>>> this: do you have studies on how the village changes when children get the
>>>> XO? In a poor village can the child be "only" a school learner, or does s/he
>>>> have other roles to play? How does the XO impact those roles?
>>>> Coming off reviewing a major book on bio-tech, I'm impressed with the
>>>> fact that we don't see things enough as flow, as context, as ecology. The XO
>>>> must have major impact, but is it to pull the child out of the village,
>>>> mentally, and into the Mumbai-global economy world? Or does it lead to
>>>> solving community problems and enhancing everyone's potential? The child
>>>> connecting adults to resources, for instance.
>>>> Questions, I see, not advice, and perhaps you have good answers already.
>>>> Or perhaps this holistic view helps somehow.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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