Pilot Projects

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At the moment there are 7 countries who will introduce olpc in big numbers. Parallel there should be small pilot projects. The hardware is cheap it shouldn't be a problem to offer a small number of free hardware to all countries.

In every country, language, cultur, climate, age, political system, ... are different pitfalls for this project.

Diversity Matrix

  • Language
  • Cultur
  • Climate (rain, dust)
  • Environment (primary forest, desert, destroyed nature,..)
  • Age (6-18)
  • Political system
  • Village size
  • Availability of electrical Power
  • Transport System
  • Internet access
  • Distance to the next internet access point
  • Teachers knowledge
  • Alphabetization
  • Level of support
  • Tribe language
  • Religion
  • Distance to road
  • Economy (agicultural, turism, industry,...)
  • Size of school

Where to do this pilot projects

  • Define the matrix
  • Choose schools/classes by random

Evaluation of this projects

  • Benefit
  • Alternative usage
  • Hardware problemes
  • Software problemes
  • Spezial ideas
  • Needs