Comments on: OLPC Makes It To India http://socialroi.com/olpc-makes-it-to-india.html A blog about how social entrepreneurship is making this world a better place Wed, 16 Nov 2011 20:40:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Rishabh http://socialroi.com/olpc-makes-it-to-india.html/comment-page-1#comment-26584 Rishabh Tue, 02 Sep 2008 03:46:23 +0000 http://www.socialroi.com/?p=330#comment-26584 From what I heard, its going to be introduced in Maharashtrian School where it shall be tested as a pilot project. Personally I dont support such a move. I'd rather have ebook readers such as kindle, however if it werent for their exorbant prices From what I heard, its going to be introduced in Maharashtrian School where it shall be tested as a pilot project.

Personally I dont support such a move. I’d rather have ebook readers such as kindle, however if it werent for their exorbant prices

]]> By: Raj Melville http://socialroi.com/olpc-makes-it-to-india.html/comment-page-1#comment-25051 Raj Melville Sat, 09 Aug 2008 22:54:06 +0000 http://www.socialroi.com/?p=330#comment-25051 Teachers lack adequate training to support the existing curriculum. Adding a layer of technology – especially one that is most likely not readily found at home or at the nearest Internet café – will only make it harder to train them. In addition, the project needs to avoid falling in to the trap where hundreds of laptops wind up as a status symbol in the hands of more affluent students in urban schools. See my full article at <a href="http://socialecosystem.wordpress.com/2008/08/06/businessweek-one-laptop-per-child-lands-in-india" rel="nofollow">My Blog </a> Teachers lack adequate training to support the existing curriculum. Adding a layer of technology – especially one that is most likely not readily found at home or at the nearest Internet café – will only make it harder to train them. In addition, the project needs to avoid falling in to the trap where hundreds of laptops wind up as a status symbol in the hands of more affluent students in urban schools.

See my full article at My Blog

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