Great news! please do keep us informed and also let me know when you do publicity so I can link to you. Thanks! Caroline
On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 11:17 AM, K. K. Subramaniam <[email protected]>wrote: > On Monday 13 Jul 2009 9:11:10 pm K. K. Subramaniam wrote: > > On Monday 13 Jul 2009 7:02:33 pm Caroline Meeks wrote: > > > What sort of results do you have so far? > > > > The new academic year has just started. In the prev one, around 75% of > the > > kids learnt to handle the computer well enough to create at least one > > project in Etoys in a space of about four calendar months (which included > > holidays and term exams). Around 25% of the children were yet to record > > their projects. Schools closed (Apr/May) before we could dig deeper into > > the causes. > Just returned from a visit to our field office and village schools. The > steady > state feedback in this first academic quarter is very positive. There is a > reverse migration from private to public schools. This was unimaginable two > years back. We have also received requests from children who wanted to > keep > their chip and were willing to fund its replacement. Rs 350/- is a lot of > money in these parts - about 100 noon meals. > > > > Technologically: How many USB sticks failed? How many were > lost/stollen? > > None reported so far. For students, the chip is their most precious > > possession. > No sticks have failed so far. The sticks were purchased directly from > company > distributor and came with a replacement guarantee. About 20 stiicks out of > 1000 were not traceable. > > Subbu > -- Caroline Meeks Solution Grove [email protected] 617-500-3488 - Office 505-213-3268 - Fax
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