Rajesh<div>Could you help me with a similar application?</div><div>We have about 42 children clubs spread out in the mountains and commuting eats up 70% of our monies.</div><div>Thanks in advance</div><div>Rgds</div><div>Gowri<br>
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From: "Rajesh Kankaria" <<a href="mailto:rkcoral@gmail.com">rkcoral@gmail.com</a>><br>
Subject: Re: [OLPC India] Some questions<br>
To: "Rakesh Biswas" <<a href="mailto:rakesh7biswas@gmail.com">rakesh7biswas@gmail.com</a>><br>
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Rakesh<br>
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One of the NGO with whom I am closely associated, we got a mobile based<br>
application developed to collect data and transmitted over SMS and collate<br>
on the internet.<br>
<br>
I am sure XO could be utilized for various health project. We have been<br>
planning for a pilot project using EEPC (I have few in my organization) and<br>
its built-in webcam for distanced-healthcare, specially for the unit we are<br>
setting up at Sunderbans.<br>
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Rajesh<br>
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On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 10:25 PM, Rakesh Biswas <<a href="mailto:rakesh7biswas@gmail.com">rakesh7biswas@gmail.com</a>>wrote:<br>
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><br>
> Health care is another area that can gain from students using XO and<br>
> helping their parents to create electronic health records that can be<br>
> updated regularly so as to maintain continuity of care.<br>
><br>
> This can also be regulated through SMS inputs into a mobile web based<br>
> platform.<br>
><br>
> As detailed before we have been inspired by the OLPC India to make a small<br>
> beginning by trying to utilize rural school children to interview their<br>
> parents and help create their parent's basic health record ( to start with<br>
> in the form of a story of their parent's lives) as a part of their co<br>
> curricular activity.<br>
><br>
> Hope to get more inputs on this thread.<br>
><br>
> rakesh<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> On 1/5/09, Ankur Verma <<a href="mailto:ankur@laptop.org">ankur@laptop.org</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> A step in this direction was to extend communication between XO and cell<br>
>> phones;supporting text messaging (Ubiquitous in rural areas since here<br>
>> people commonly use SMS/voice calls rather than accessing mobile internet).<br>
>><br>
>> SMS with XO can be used for disseminating information; which can be either<br>
>> about latest commodity prices taken from school server, sent to parent's<br>
>> cell phone, or any other notification. Students can even send their queries<br>
>> to teachers and to other concerned communities.<br>
>><br>
>> I gave a demonstration on using SMS with XO at OLPC, Cambridge; the brief<br>
>> overview of which can be found here: <a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/SMS" target="_blank">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/SMS</a><br>
>> Initial step has been encouraging and It will be exciting to see<br>
>> real-world results.<br>
>><br>
>> Regards,<br>
>> Ankur<br>
>><br>
>> On 1/5/09, S. ZAHEER <<a href="mailto:szaheer@gmail.com">szaheer@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>> Hello Satish,<br>
>>><br>
>>> The points raised by your friend are all valid. These laptops should not<br>
>>> just be used as educational tool by students but can also contribute in<br>
>>> economic progress of their parents. For e.g. it is a well known fact that<br>
>>> middle-men in our country buy the produce from farmers at minimal prices and<br>
>>> sell at market rates. XO can be used for disseminating correct & latest<br>
>>> prices of commodities etc to the parents of the kids using XO laptops<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> For this to happen, relevant and latest content in regional languages has<br>
>>> to be made available. XO can have strategic tie-ups with such content<br>
>>> providers as I dont think OLPC will be able to aggregate such a diverse<br>
>>> information on its own.<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> On a lighter side, who knows an XO child may help his parents find a<br>
>>> suitable groom through a matrimonial site for his elder sister not just from<br>
>>> a nearby village but from a distant state or a country :-)<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> With regards,<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> S. Zaheer<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> 3 ideas to start the new year in a different way (an innovative new year<br>
>>> greeting from my brother)<br>
>>><br>
>>> <a href="http://www.hasnainzaheer.com/2008/12/2009-is-this-the-year-of-opportunities-and-turnarounds-happy-new-year/" target="_blank">http://www.hasnainzaheer.com/2008/12/2009-is-this-the-year-of-opportunities-and-turnarounds-happy-new-year/</a><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 4:24 PM, Satish Jha <<a href="mailto:jha.satish@gmail.com">jha.satish@gmail.com</a>>wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>>> One of my friends from Harvard Alumni Group had the<br>
>>>> following to say:<br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>> I'm familiar with this great initiative. The question I would have is<br>
>>>> this: do you have studies on how the village changes when children get the<br>
>>>> XO? In a poor village can the child be "only" a school learner, or does s/he<br>
>>>> have other roles to play? How does the XO impact those roles?<br>
>>>> Coming off reviewing a major book on bio-tech, I'm impressed with the<br>
>>>> fact that we don't see things enough as flow, as context, as ecology. The XO<br>
>>>> must have major impact, but is it to pull the child out of the village,<br>
>>>> mentally, and into the Mumbai-global economy world? Or does it lead to<br>
>>>> solving community problems and enhancing everyone's potential? The child<br>
>>>> connecting adults to resources, for instance.<br>
>>>> Questions, I see, not advice, and perhaps you have good answers already.<br>
>>>> Or perhaps this holistic view helps somehow.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
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>> Best regards,<br>
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From: "Edward Cherlin" <<a href="mailto:echerlin@gmail.com">echerlin@gmail.com</a>><br>
Subject: Re: [OLPC India] Some questions<br>
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On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 2:54 AM, Satish Jha <<a href="mailto:jha.satish@gmail.com">jha.satish@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> One of my friends from Harvard Alumni Group had the following to say:<br>
><br>
> I'm familiar with this great initiative. The question I would have is this:<br>
> do you have studies on how the village changes when children get the XO?<br>
<br>
Some.<br>
<br>
> In<br>
> a poor village can the child be "only" a school learner, or does s/he have<br>
> other roles to play?<br>
<br>
The child is an enabler for the rest of the family, for friends,<br>
indeed for the entire community.<br>
<br>
> How does the XO impact those roles?<br>
<br>
We have been at this for only a year, and there are only a few studies<br>
published. You can find them, plus a link to some anecdotal accounts,<br>
at <a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Academic_papers" target="_blank">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Academic_papers</a>. The first change of note<br>
in the Ethiopia study is that before XOs, children were not allowed to<br>
ask questions of a teacher, ever. After, teachers of their own<br>
volition put question time in their lesson plans.<br>
<br>
In Arahuay, Peru, teachers report that children are becoming much more<br>
sociable, talking to each other more, sharing personal possessions,<br>
and losing their fear of outsiders. They teach their parents how to<br>
use the computers, and do agricultural and other research for them<br>
online.<br>
<br>
We can provide many more observations, but no conclusions tested in<br>
multiple locations. There are education researchers in a number of<br>
countries conducting and planning studies right now, and we need many<br>
more of them.<br>
<br>
See also the Harvard Business Review study of the economic effects of<br>
the ITC e-choupal project, where access to one computer per village<br>
resulted in measurable growth in farm income.<br>
<br>
> Coming off reviewing a major book on bio-tech, I'm impressed with the fact<br>
> that we don't see things enough as flow, as context, as ecology.<br>
<br>
At some point we will write Free digital textbooks on ecology and many<br>
other subjects for K-12 education systems worldwide. See<br>
<a href="http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Creating_textbooks" target="_blank">http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Creating_textbooks</a> for an outline and a<br>
list of proposed partners in this new consortium. Most of them have<br>
agreed in principle to join in the effort.<br>
<br>
> The XO must<br>
> have major impact, but is it to pull the child out of the village, mentally,<br>
> and into the Mumbai-global economy world? Or does it lead to solving<br>
> community problems and enhancing everyone's potential?<br>
<br>
We propose to create a new economy. We don't know how it will work out<br>
in detail, but we definitely intend to pursue the possibilities for<br>
working over the Net from the villages. We propose, for example, that<br>
the next wave of outsourcing in India will be from the cities to the<br>
towns, and from the towns to the villages, as both education and<br>
videoconferencing capabilities spread everywhere.<br>
<br>
> The child connecting<br>
> adults to resources, for instance.<br>
> Questions, I see, not advice, and perhaps you have good answers already. Or<br>
> perhaps this holistic view helps somehow.<br>
<br>
Earth Treasury proposes such a view of the project, and has taken up a<br>
number of challenges that OLPC and Sugar Labs consider out of scope.<br>
These include<br>
<br>
o Renewable electricity generation and storage for schools.<br>
<br>
o Broadband Internet, even in the poorest and most remote villages.<br>
<br>
o International microfinance, including e-commerce and IT services.<br>
<br>
o A complete rethinking of Free digital textbooks, using the full<br>
power of XO hardware and Sugar software.<br>
<br>
o Connecting schools all over the world.<br>
<br>
o Teaching children to use the video camera in the XOs to record and<br>
share languages, cultures, oral histories, and whatever else is of<br>
value to them and their communities.<br>
<br>
o A curriculum on the basics of business, genuine economics (not the<br>
current Free Trade nonsense), and so-called Intellectual Property law,<br>
so that communities can maintain the rights to their own culture.<br>
<br>
On this last point, I will cite only the attempt to patent a medicinal<br>
use of turmeric, where the courts held that documentation of this use<br>
in the Vedas did not constitute Prior Art. Examples can easily be<br>
multiplied.<br>
<br>
There are also initiatives in health education and health care systems<br>
using ICT, and other possibilities for attacking every aspect of<br>
poverty, neglect, and oppression. Simply giving every individual a<br>
voice in the conversation about our shared future will be extremely<br>
powerful.<br>
<br>
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