what is the different between telecenters and 'community computers'? If they are the same, for search purpose, perhaps we could keep to the same terms?
Cindy ============= [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- On Sat, 20/9/08, Caroline Meeks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Caroline Meeks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [DDN] PhD research on OLPC To: "The Digital Divide Network discussion group" <digitaldivide@digitaldivide.net> Date: Saturday, 20 September, 2008, 8:48 PM Hi Sarah, I like "community computers". That is a good way to describe what I'm trying to do with School Key. I want to make the computers that already exist in the community age-appropriate and personalized learning environments for the students in the communities. I'm hoping with School Key, I can create a community computing system that provides value to students even if the computer they are using happens not be on the internet or there are bandwidth problems. I also want to automatically backup the students' files. This is probably a school specific issue. Thanks! Caroline On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 5:06 PM, Sarah Blackmun-Eskow <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > A more practical approach is "community computers" (in contrast to > "personal > computers") available in a school, church, community center, etc., where > everyone in the village can have access. It is much more reasonable to > provide internet connection for one such community computing center than > for > personal laptops. > > A good model is a thin client/server model, in which one powerful server > would serve programs and internet access to many thin clients with limited > computing and storage capacity. (Community users would have their own pen > drives for storing their own files.) > > We (Pangaea Network) are testing this idea in Ghana in Asante Akim > district. > > > Sarah Blackmun-Eskow > President, The Pangaea Network > 290 North Fairview Avenue > Goleta CA 93117 > 805-692-6998 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.pangaeanetwork.org > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paperless > Homework > Sent: Friday, September 19, 2008 5:02 AM > To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group > Subject: Re: [DDN] PhD research on OLPC > > Dear Caroline, > > What you are doing is exactly what our project is about. > > We believe that a practical approach should be the way rather than fancy > ideas about One laptop per child for the developing countries. It isn't > practical even in developed countries much less developing countries. > > It is in this direction that we have created a simple tool to create small > sized tutorials and exercises to enable such multimeda contents to be saved > in diskettes or Pen drives. Yes even diskettes can accommodate multimedia > contents. So in the end the entire extra financial need of the students > would be digitally connected would be the cost of a pen drive. > It can contain the entire contents for the whole life of the students.... > that is our aim. > > Computers, students would know how to get access to for those students > without computers. > > The good thing about OLPC project is the development of low cost units and > its low power needs with longer hours of operation. To use OLPC for each > child in developing countries... it would never come to pass. > > An interesting article about our concept of Practical tech not high tech > www.paperlesshomework.com/surf > > Currently we have tremendous response to our free for schools initiative in > Malaysia. We would extend it to other developing countries including China, > India and Indonesia which practically form nearly half the world's > population. If we succeed here , our job is done. > > See videos of our contents here www.paperlesshomework.ning.com/video > > Want to really close the digital divide? Join us. It is the ONLY such > project in the world. > > Regards > Alan Foo > www.paperlesshomework.com > > > > > > > > > > > > www.paperlesshomework.com > An elearning solution for rural areas where online/CDs cannot reach. > > Get the latest happenings through paperlesshomework tool bar > www.paperlesshomework.communitytoolbars.com > > --- On Thu, 9/18/08, Caroline Meeks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: Caroline Meeks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [DDN] PhD research on OLPC > To: "The Digital Divide Network discussion group" > <digitaldivide@digitaldivide.net> > Date: Thursday, September 18, 2008, 8:20 AM > > Thank you all for this interesting discussion. > > As someone embarking on a project similar to OLPC I'm interested in what > advice you have on effective and ethical marketing and corporate > relationships. > > School Key is "One KeyFob per Child". Basically, we question that the best > way for children to have ubiquitous access to computers is to have them > carry laptops with them. Even if they did cost $100 in a city like Boston > kids are not safe carrying home computers. Instead we propose to give each > student a 1GB USB Key (currently $5 at Target, probably closer to $1 or $2 > in bulk) and arrange for them to be able to boot every computer at school, > the library, the ICT center and at home with it. > > When you buy one computer per student it will always be a compromise. > Instead, afterschool programs can have big color screens for art, High use > compuer labs can use low power computers, Science departments can have a > cart of sturdy laptop with cameras and sensors, and low-cost referbished > computers, that doen't even need a hard drives, could be supplied for home. > Content can be automatically downloaded when connected to the internet at > school letting students do homework offline if they don't have internet at > home, then automatically save thier work back to the server when they > reconnect at School. > > Currently this is a Grad school project, developed with open source > software > by me and Amy Bisiewicz, a Boston Public Schools IT professional, who > attended Harvard Grad School of Education last year thanks to a scholarship > program for Boston Public School employees. As an Internship for credit at > HGSE, I am doing very intial pilot work this fall at two Boston schools. > > Right now we have no grants, no marketing, no corporate partners. Its seems > clear to me that we need to change that, so I'm interested in what you > think > OLPC and others have done right and wrong in these arenas. > > Thanks! > Caroline > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list > DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net > http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide > To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. > > > _______________________________________________ > DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list > DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net > http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide > To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. > -- Caroline Meeks Solution Grove [EMAIL PROTECTED] 617-500-3488 - Office 505-213-3268 - Fax _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
