As 2007 was drawing to a close, I got a chance to visit the OLPC deployment in Khairat, India. This deployment is supported by Reliance, one of the largest industrial groups in India. I have uploaded photos from the visit and added a small description to each photo. These are at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/venky7/sets/72157603606772250/
I look forward to your comments, feedback, brickbats etc...
Venky
Venkatesh Hariharan wrote:
Thats lovely Venky. Great news. Another good news is that now the US $ is less than Rs. 40/- so that makes it easier for the donors to purchase OLPC lappys.
On Jan 4, 2008 10:36 AM, Rony gnulinuxist@gmail.com wrote:
Venkatesh Hariharan wrote:
Thats lovely Venky. Great news. Another good news is that now the US $ is less than Rs. 40/- so that makes it easier for the donors to purchase OLPC lappys.
-- Regards,
Rony.
Great news indeed.
Just a question : Have all the features including wifi been enabled too ?
I admire this laptop for its robustness and the wonderful idea of making students fix its problems.
Can you detail the support level offered in this case ? Am sure there is only marginal one ( a good thing ) as Negroponte rightly expects students to fix the problems and learn while doing that.
What customizations have been made in this case considering they have been given to Indian students ? Or is it the original stuff.
regards, C
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Chetan S wrote:
| Can you detail the support level offered in this case ? Am sure there | is only marginal one ( a good thing ) as Negroponte rightly expects | students to fix the problems and learn while doing that.
There's an India list for OLPC : http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/india The laptop per se is a fascinating work of hardware innovation, however it has as a required backend which is the School Server (which may take may forms in terms of hardware specification) I am not sure if OLPC expects students to debug and fix problems and would be curious enough to be pointed out some URL which states this.
| What customizations have been made in this case considering they have | been given to Indian students ? Or is it the original stuff.
The unit I've had the chance of poking around (thanks to Venky) does not have a customised interface ie it is the stock Sugar UI. However, it did have a few activities which are relevant to the content being taught at the pilot deployment
~sankarshan
On Jan 7, 2008 1:21 AM, Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay sankarshan.mukhopadhyay@gmail.com wrote:
may forms in terms of hardware specification) I am not sure if OLPC expects students to debug and fix problems and would be curious enough to be pointed out some URL which states this.
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Laptop_Service_Programme_Ideas
| What customizations have been made in this case considering they have | been given to Indian students ? Or is it the original stuff.
The unit I've had the chance of poking around (thanks to Venky) does not have a customised interface ie it is the stock Sugar UI. However, it did have a few activities which are relevant to the content being taught at the pilot deployment
If not then excellent, now would be the time to get students to work on projects which make even more sense in the OLPC world.
regards, C
On Jan 7, 2008 11:15 AM, Chetan S cshring@gmail.com wrote:
On Jan 7, 2008 1:21 AM, Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay sankarshan.mukhopadhyay@gmail.com wrote:
may forms in terms of hardware specification) I am not sure if OLPC expects students to debug and fix problems and would be curious enough to be pointed out some URL which states this.
And the idea in action :)
http://www.olpcnews.com/countries/nigeria/bbc_visit_olpc_nigeria_school.html
I strongly support the idea of students fixing the problems themselves ( except say for the replaceable stuff ... ) as this is how our generation learnt it in the first place, by breaking it.
regards, C
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