Comments on: BusinessWeek – One Laptop per Child Lands in India http://blog.ambientengines.com/2008/08/06/businessweek-one-laptop-per-child-lands-in-india/ Exploring Entrepreneurial Ideas that Address Social Issues, Enhance the Environment, Sustain Development and Transform the Developing World Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:21:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Raj Melville http://blog.ambientengines.com/2008/08/06/businessweek-one-laptop-per-child-lands-in-india/#comment-54 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 22:39:24 +0000 http://socialecosystem.wordpress.com/?p=85#comment-54 Additional information on OLPC and its plans in India

Anil may join ‘One Laptop Per Child’ project

One Laptop expands in Asia
One Laptop per Child, a Cambridge nonprofit organization, is strengthening its presence in Asia, the company said Monday. The organization appointed Anthony Wong as president of OLPC China and Satish Jha as president of OLPC India.

OLPC looks to World Bank for India funding

]]> By: Raj Melville http://blog.ambientengines.com/2008/08/06/businessweek-one-laptop-per-child-lands-in-india/#comment-51 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:37:16 +0000 http://socialecosystem.wordpress.com/?p=85#comment-51 Dr. Agarwal

Unfortunately I only comment on OLPC and am not directly involved with the organization. I would recommend posting your request to the discussion group I highlighted at the bottom of my post

http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/india
According to their description they are supposed to be :
“This is the OLPC mailing list for people interested in helping with the project in India.”

]]> By: Raj Melville http://blog.ambientengines.com/2008/08/06/businessweek-one-laptop-per-child-lands-in-india/#comment-50 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:32:26 +0000 http://socialecosystem.wordpress.com/?p=85#comment-50 Badhri

You raise some valid questions. Indeed who will create the content that will make these laptops useful and relevant? But more importantly in a system with limited resources, what is the optimal use of the time and money that will have the largest educational impact? Technology for technology’s sake is not the answer.

]]> By: dr.bharat.agrawal http://blog.ambientengines.com/2008/08/06/businessweek-one-laptop-per-child-lands-in-india/#comment-49 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:29:05 +0000 http://socialecosystem.wordpress.com/?p=85#comment-49 We are running ” Burden Free Education”
Please guide us for OLPC programme.
We can take the responsibility for pramoting OLPC for Gujarat.
Awaiting your details.
thanks.
Dr.Bharat.Agrawal
Chairman, Pandora Education Trust
GANDHIDHAM-370201
Gujarat.INDIA

]]> By: Badhri http://blog.ambientengines.com/2008/08/06/businessweek-one-laptop-per-child-lands-in-india/#comment-48 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 05:38:41 +0000 http://socialecosystem.wordpress.com/?p=85#comment-48 Hello Mr. Raj,
While allowing for the fact that you have much more experience than I do, I believe that childish curiosity and computers go together very well. If the learning software is going to be static like a PPT or a word document, then I guess teachers become an inevitable part. If on the contrary, the software is creative, interactive and attractive, the teachers may not even be needed. The students may as well use the laptop to “realize” what the teacher was teaching in the class earlier that morning, if not go beyond just that.

So, while we can keep playing this ping-pong game, I think much depends on the whats and hows of the software that resides inside the computer, of which there is absolutely no information out there (is there?).

- Will OLPC, ADAG, Intel provide their own software that teaches lessons relevant to different syllabi (CBSE, ICSE?)
- For the state funded initiative (ICT), who will buy the laptop? School kids or state and centre run schools?

These are some of the questions I have…

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