[Olpc-uk] OLPC UK Pilot Laptop Proposal - HELP NEEDED

[Michael Jordan]

>Let's budget 2 weeks for this, assuming *a number* of iterations of "try
this build".  So the process has to start well before that 2 week period.

Lets make it 4? And a minimum of 4 weeks 'try this build' time? The last
thing we want is to end up with 50 laptops on September 1, but without the
agreed applications

>I don't think we can do this ourselves.  I think we can answer the
questions of the people that are answering the in-school questions.

Still needs to be defined and structured as to how it will be handled, to
give us a chance of delivering and so the schools are fully aware of what
level of support and that they need to commit IT time to the pilot

>So "digital divide"?  Please say more...

Will happily put more detail around this; although I am sure there are many
on the mailing list with more expertise on the impacts of this who could
provide a few relevant lines.

Regards,

Michael Jordan
07 8814 64213

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:olpc-uk-bounces at lists.laptop.org] On Behalf Of Martin Dengler
Sent: 11 June 2009 12:46
To: olpc-uk at lists.laptop.org
Subject: Re: [Olpc-uk] OLPC UK Pilot Laptop Proposal - HELP NEEDED

On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 10:47:46AM +0100, Michael Jordan wrote:
> Martin,
> 
> Many of your points are important not only for the application, but 
> also for organisation of the pilot.
> 
> For instance, some of my current concerns each relating to some of 
> your points raised include:
> 
> * Deployment Set up time: How much time will it take to setup the XO's 
> once we have finalised what the teacher's want on them for the pilot?

Let's budget 2 weeks for this, assuming *a number* of iterations of "try
this build".  So the process has to start well before that 2 week period.

> Who is available for this? When?

I am.  Now.

> * Pilot Assessment: We need to define what we want / need to achieve 
> in the pilot and how to measure it for it to be of value?

Absolutely.  Ideally someone from OLPC UK would do it.  I came across some
geography / education Professors' web sites talking about "frameworks for
evaluating OLPC/ICT deployments".  I bet they'd lend some enthusiasm.

> * Ongoing Support: for the pilot this will need to be done by us, 
> support in terms of answering questions / issues raised by the IT team 
> looking after the school.  Who will manage this? How much time will 
> participants need to allocate?

I don't think we can do this ourselves.  I think we can answer the questions
of the people that are answering the in-school questions.


> In terms of your points:
> 
> contribution to community: I think the big contribution to the 
> community relates to the school demographics. The potential pilot 
> schools both have a large number of low income families, diverse 
> ethnic backgrounds and nationalities and, therefore, greater needs for
support in education.

So "digital divide"?  Please say more...

> Additional people: It would be great if a number of others could lend 
> their names / biographies and identify where they may be able to 
> contribute to the pilot

Can't stress this enough.  Please people: get involved.


> Michael

Martin