Pilot Projects
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, culture, climate, age, political system, ... are different pitfalls for this project. (Perhaps these are more of niches - special needs that find some equivalence in other places - that will need some customization of any or all of hardware, software and services. - Raffy, May 24, 2006)
Contents
Diversity Matrix
- Languages and literature
- Cultures
- 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
- Literacy
- Migration and making of the textbook into eBook format
- Level of support
- Tribe language
- Religions
- Distance to road
- Economy (agicultural, tourism, industry,...)
- Size of school
Where to do these pilot projects
- Define the matrix
- Choose schools/classes at random
Evaluation of these projects
- Benefit
- Alternative usage
- Hardware problems
- Software problems
- Special ideas
- Needs
Prior efforts like OLPC
What can we learn from previous projects using computers in the classroom?
Can we understand anything from the last five or six years in Maine?
