<div>Oh yes, let's make it online.</div>
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<div>Ananya S Guha.<br><br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 10:52 PM, Edward Cherlin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:echerlin@gmail.com">echerlin@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Face-to-face or on IRC? If it's online, I'm in.<br>
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<div class="h5"><br>On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 5:38 AM, Deepak Thakrar<<a href="mailto:deepak@thakrar.co.uk">deepak@thakrar.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br>> Hello all,<br>><br>> Over the past year I have been in touch with many educational based NGO’s<br>
> who are interested in deploying OLPC on a small scale.<br>><br>> I personally wanted to donate a couple of laptops to a charity in Ahmedabad.<br>><br>> I think it would be really beneficial to hold a meeting of people with<br>
> interest in OLPC India just to find out what everyone is doing and what<br>> their goals are.<br>><br>> If there are many people interested in arranging a meeting for early<br>> September please contact me and I will try and organise something.<br>
><br>> Thanks & Regards<br>> Deepak Thakrar<br>> MangoTree Group<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> On 22/08/2009 18:33, "Ananya Guha" <<a href="mailto:nnyguha48@gmail.com">nnyguha48@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>> I think that needs serious study Satish. Moreover OLPC is still seminal.<br>><br>> Ananya S Guha.<br>><br>><br>> On 8/22/09, Satish Jha OLPC <<a href="mailto:sjha.olpc@gmail.com">sjha.olpc@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>> While we have taken some time to generate a little traction for OLPC in<br>> India with over a dozen stakeholders in serious negotiations and requests<br>> for XOs in six digits, we have been asked a few questions that may hopefully<br>
> be addressed better with the experience of all of us in this community.<br>><br>> It may seem rather obvious to most of us. However, its how we address them<br>> for the benefit of the enthusiasts who are willing to take the next steps<br>
> that may help them move forward.<br>><br>> For instance, how do we best demonstrate that by introducing XOs, there will<br>> be significant improvement in the quality of education?<br>><br>> Are there any studies that refer to some benchmarks and the results compared<br>
> to that?<br>><br>> Or has something been done by anyone in a controlled environment?<br>><br>> And obviously they want answers from within India rather than from the<br>> global environment.<br>><br>
> Has anyone thought about creating a sustainable model of deploying XOs in<br>> the context of our school education environment?<br>><br>><br>><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> India mailing list<br>
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