We all are inspired a lot from that trip as it give an immense thought to work in a real environment and work for the most deserving.
On 5/12/10, Jaideep Khandelwal <[email protected]> wrote: > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: kunal gupta <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, May 12, 2010 at 10:45 AM > Subject: Re: [Lugb_ml] OLPC trip > To: NIKHIL BANSAL <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > > > congrats manud and team lugb, > > This is the best possible trip and excursion tour anyone can have in which > you shared your knowledge with village students. Congrats manud on > successful completion of this project on OLPC. +1 to skbohra, this trip must > be taken as an ideal trip to include in any project involving provision of > education to village students. > > Cheers !! > > > On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 10:17 AM, NIKHIL BANSAL <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> Thanks Manu , >> >> Thank you very much for sharing this nice and adventurous experience with >> all of us. This seems really an interesting experience for everyone who >> joined it and obviously nice things to be learnt from there. Hope this >> trip >> will help LUGB in future all the way. >> I can subscribe the wiki work regarding OLPC trip willingly. :) >> If anyone else also wants to add, please come forward. Because it would be >> nice to have two than one. ;) >> >> Cheers ! >> >> On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 9:21 AM, Manu Dixit <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I am feeling great to inform that the Kikarwali trip was a great >>> experience for all of us. >>> The events : >>> May 7 : >>> >>> - 6 AM Departure from Bikaner to Kikarwali. >>> >>> >>> - 12 noon A small introductory meeting with the teaching staff and >>> administration authorities of the School. >>> >>> >>> - 7 PM Briefing the public and students of Kikarwali about the >>> concept of OLPC, XO laptops were shown. >>> >>> May 8 : >>> >>> - 7 AM - 12 Noon , First session with the students , teams of 2 to 3 >>> members took the charge of each class, basics of computers were >>> covered >>> - Evening : Practical sessions, children were divided into groups of 4 >>> or 5 and were given a XO (due to the limited number of laptops). >>> >>> May 9 : >>> >>> - In-spite of a Sunday, some children turned up to the school right in >>> the morning , more practical sessions , apps like write , paint , >>> speak , >>> camera , wikipedia were covered. >>> - A projector was arranged , children were shown some small movie and >>> some XO stuff. >>> - LUGB vs Kikarwali cricket match in the evening. >>> >>> May 10 : >>> >>> - 7 AM onwards Children in large number ( from 3 schools ) gathered. >>> - Newer ones were shown shown some video about the usage of XO (almost >>> instantaneously shot by a small cam) >>> - Q & A sessions were held , (some toffees were distributed >>> meanwhile). >>> - An adventurous visit to the India Pakistan border, location: 41 PS, >>> talked to the Inspector Gaurav and saw Pakistan to the closest one can >>> go.(BEST) >>> >>> May 11 : >>> >>> - A group of 3 (Paras, Kartik & Sahil) went to a private school for >>> teaching. >>> - Local Teachers were taught the basic usage of the XO. >>> - Sharing (USP of XO) was the theme of the day. >>> - Discussed some issues and views with the authorities on how to >>> continue the project. >>> - 5 PM returning trip >>> >>> additional Info >>> Head Counts : 200 (approx) >>> Schools Covered : 3 >>> LUGB members (in alphabetical order) : >>> Abhinav Chittora >>> Chitrapal Singh >>> Kartik Manocha >>> Manu Dixit >>> Nitesh Kumar ( a special mention for our junior, youngest of all ) >>> Paras Kuhad >>> Sahil Kataria >>> Vilas Setia >>> Virendra Sethiya >>> >>> The effort was one of the kind in the whole of Rajasthan ( i guess the >>> laptops were very first to get distributed in this part -covering 5 to 6 >>> states- of the country) >>> >>> Finally we need to document the whole information - photos, videos ,wiki >>> ( >>> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_India ) so I ask someone to come forward >>> as some of us would be having exams right away. >>> I would say the memories would remain with us for a long long time , >>> people were friendly , reception full on , very intelligent children and >>> the >>> best of the food. >>> >>> >>> With Confidence that the project would continue >>> Manu Dixit >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Lugb_ml mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lugb.in/mailman/listinfo/lugb_ml_lugb.in >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Lugb_ml mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lugb.in/mailman/listinfo/lugb_ml_lugb.in >> >> > > > -- > "dirtydevil" > www.dirtydebiandevil.wordpress.com > Kunal Gupta, > 3rd year, ECE, Engineering college bikaner. > > > _______________________________________________ > Lugb_ml mailing list > [email protected] > http://lugb.in/mailman/listinfo/lugb_ml_lugb.in > > -- > "Freedom is the only law". > "Freedom Unplugged" > http://www.ilug-tvm.org > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "ilug-tvm" group. > To control your subscription visit > http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > > > > For details visit the google group page: > http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en > -- ---------------------- Mohammad Abdullah B.Tech(it),Third Year. ---------------------- -- "Freedom is the only law". 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