<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Manu Dixit</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:manud.24@gmail.com">manud.24@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Wed, May 12, 2010 at 9:21 AM<br>
Subject: [Lugb_ml] OLPC trip<br>To: <a href="mailto:lugb_ml@lugb.in">lugb_ml@lugb.in</a><br><br><br>I am feeling great to inform that the Kikarwali trip was a great experience for all of us. <br>The events : <br>May 7 : <br>
<ul><li>6 AM Departure from Bikaner to Kikarwali.</li></ul><ul><li>12 noon A small introductory meeting with the teaching staff and administration authorities of the School.<br>
</li></ul><ul><li> 7 PM Briefing the public and students of Kikarwali about the concept of OLPC, XO laptops were shown.</li></ul>May 8 :<br><ul><li> 7 AM - 12 Noon , First session with the students , teams of 2 to 3 members took the charge of each class, basics of computers were covered</li>
<li>Evening : Practical sessions, children were divided into groups of 4 or 5 and were given a XO (due to the limited number of laptops).</li></ul>May 9 :<br><ul><li>In-spite of a Sunday, some children turned up to the school right in the morning , more practical sessions , apps like write , paint , speak , camera , wikipedia were covered.</li>
<li>A projector was arranged , children were shown some small movie and some XO stuff.</li><li>LUGB vs Kikarwali cricket match in the evening.<br></li></ul>May 10 :<br><ul><li>7 AM onwards Children in large number ( from 3 schools ) gathered.</li>
<li>Newer ones were shown shown some video about the usage of XO (almost instantaneously shot by a small cam)<br></li><li>Q & A sessions were held , (some toffees were distributed meanwhile). </li><li>An adventurous visit to the India Pakistan border, location: 41 PS, talked to the Inspector Gaurav and saw Pakistan to the closest one can go.(BEST) <br>
</li></ul>May 11 :<br><ul><li>A group of 3 (Paras, Kartik & Sahil) went to a private school for teaching.</li><li>Local Teachers were taught the basic usage of the XO.</li><li>Sharing (USP of XO) was the theme of the day.</li>
<li>Discussed some issues and views with the authorities on how to continue the project.<br></li>
<li>5 PM returning trip</li></ul>additional Info<br>Head Counts : 200 (approx)<br>Schools Covered : 3 <br>LUGB members (in alphabetical order) : <br>Abhinav Chittora <br>Chitrapal Singh<br>Kartik Manocha<br>Manu Dixit<br>
Nitesh Kumar ( a special mention for our junior, youngest of all )<br>Paras Kuhad<br>Sahil Kataria<br>Vilas Setia<br>Virendra Sethiya<br><br>The effort was one of the kind in the whole of Rajasthan ( i guess the laptops were very first to get distributed in this part -covering 5 to 6 states- of the country)<br>
<br>Finally we need to document the whole information - photos, videos ,wiki ( <a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_India" target="_blank">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_India</a> ) so I ask someone to come forward as some of us would be having exams right away.<br>
I would say the memories would remain with us for a long long time , people were friendly , reception full on , very intelligent children and the best of the food.<br><br><br>With Confidence that the project would continue<br>
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Manu Dixit <br> <br><br>
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