[IAEP] Fwd: [bytesforall_readers] OLPC eyes 1 mn laptop sales in India

2008-09-29 Thread Edward Cherlin
Anybody know anything about this? -- Forwarded message -- From: Frederick FN Noronha [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 11:15 AM Subject: [bytesforall_readers] OLPC eyes 1 mn laptop sales in India To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[IAEP] Let's compare books

2008-09-29 Thread Edward
hi iaep, I'd like to connect with you on Goodreads so we can share book recommendations. http://www.goodreads.com/friend/i?n=iaepi=LTM2MDU1MjYwNzk6Mzc1 [EMAIL PROTECTED]utm_medium=emailutm_source=invite - Edward ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) To opt-out of future invites to Goodreads

Re: [IAEP] [OLPC India] Fwd: [bytesforall_readers] OLPC eyes 1 mn laptop sales in India

2008-09-29 Thread K. K. Subramaniam
On Monday 29 Sep 2008 1:52:22 pm Edward Cherlin wrote: Anybody know anything about this? I usually pass up such articles. There are too many weasel words like plans to ... and sources say If this were a properly researched article or press release, then it would have specific details.

Re: [IAEP] Venezuela orders 1 million laptops from Portugal

2008-09-29 Thread Morgan Collett
On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 21:54, Edward Cherlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 12:10 PM, Tomeu Vizoso [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 9:06 PM, Bert Freudenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Am 29.09.2008 um 11:51 schrieb Morgan Collett:

Re: [IAEP] Venezuela orders 1 million laptops from Portugal

2008-09-29 Thread Edward Cherlin
The person who should know the most about these matters, specifically what Ministries of Education think (or at least what they say they think) is Nicholas. I have not found him to be as well-informed as I hoped, but we must ask him. Also, there is supposed to be a paid employee at OLPC whose job

Re: [IAEP] Venezuela orders 1 million laptops from Portugal

2008-09-29 Thread s . boutayeb
Quoting Tomeu Vizoso [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Maybe we should ping education ministries as well, these are the ones that are being questioned right now by the public opinion about the convenience of spending so much money on laptops. They may be receptive to putting some more education (for free)

[IAEP] G1G1 (was Re: [Community-news] OLPC News (2008-09-29))

2008-09-29 Thread Edward Cherlin
This is the first time I have heard that G1G1 will start up again on Nov 17. As far as I can tell, nobody in the outside world has picked up on this yet. Is this a leak? Is it true? Has there been any outside announcement? Since it doesn't show up in Internet news searches, I am certain that

Re: [IAEP] G1G1 (was Re: [Community-news] OLPC News (2008-09-29))

2008-09-29 Thread Walter Bender
FWIW, I saw a billboard in the Indianapolis airport this weekend advertising last year's G1G1 program!! -walter ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep

[IAEP] Sugar Talk to Chilean's Edu-ICT National Program

2008-09-29 Thread luis ACEVEDO
As we communicated last week, we exposed Sugar and it's activities to Enlaces, Chilean's Edu-ICT national program (http://www.enlaces.cl/). We described generally the project and it's features and future implications, through a brief presentation:

Re: [IAEP] Sugar Talk to Chilean's Edu-ICT National Program

2008-09-29 Thread Rafael Enrique Ortiz Guerrero
Hi luis On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 10:55 PM, luis ACEVEDO [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: As we communicated last week, we exposed Sugar and it's activities to Enlaces, Chilean's Edu-ICT national program (http://www.enlaces.cl/). We described generally the project and it's features and future