[OLPC-SF] Links Peer-reviews or independent assessments of Ethiopia tablet deployment?

[Mark Summer]

Hi Mike,

Thanks a lot for forwarding the links and even pointing to the specific
timestamps on the audio. I'll certainly be looking forward to seeing
if Maryanne Wolf will release some report - but something that might be of
concern is that she is a scientific advisor to OLPC and therefor would
usually not be considered completely unbiased.

What surprises me the most is that there is so little information out there
to validate the results reported by Negroponte. Also I'm looking for
exactly what software was/is installed on these tablets and what
software/tools are being use to take the usage. Negroponte talks about how
much they track "every movement" on the screen and every interaction but I
can't seem to locate any more then these references - no clear publishing
on the data.... (around 55:00 in the audio). If you know of any any more
interesting links I'd very much appreciate  that.

Thanks a lot!

Mark

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On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 7:39 PM, Mike Lee <curiouslee at gmail.com> wrote:

> Mark,
>
> Here's the one non-media outsider visit that I recall:
>
> https://evanszablowski.wordpress.com/2012/07/25/one-laptop-per-child/
>
> In his talk recently at the AAAS, Nicholas says that Maryanne Wolf of
> Tufts visited the deployment about two months ago. So she would be a
> person to watch for public statements or publications. Much of the
> talk either rehashes OLPC history or addresses the new X-Prize. The
> mention of her is at 29:20 in this audio recording:
>
> https://soundcloud.com/mike-lee-11/nicholas-negroponte-at-aaas
>
> Q&A begins at 37:30 with a question about Maryanne's visit. Related
> discussion at 41:10, 44:10, 47:20 and maybe useful nuggets after that.
>
> Mike
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 2:20 PM, Mark Summer <mark.summer at inveneo.org>
> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm trying to find out if there are any assessments / peer-reviews or any
> > other even simple visit reports of the deployment of Motorola tablets in
> > Ethiopia by MIT/OLPC and others from last year. It was extensively
> discussed
> > in the media shortly after the press announcement in November. Does
> anyone
> > on the list have any pointers?
> >
> > I'm trying to identify outsider reports of how successful this deployment
> > was, if the devices are still in use and what may be observed after an
> > additional 6 month of use.... Any resource of be of great interest.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Mark
> >
> >
> >
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