On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 9:40 AM, satyaakam goswami <satyaa...@gmail.com>wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 8:59 AM, Gora Mohanty <g...@mimirtech.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have been out of this area for a while, and would like > > to hear from people about who work with computer > > infrastructure for rural schools, including educational > > content. Here is some background: > > 1. A rural school in Orissa wants to provide 1-2 computers > > for the children there, ranging from primary to class X. > > They have spoken to Hole-in-the-wall (HIWEL), but the > > quoted costs seem high to me. Would love to hear from > > people who have worked with HIWEL. > > (a) The school is sort of remote, but not very much so. > > A major highway is some 15km away, and a largish > > town is some 5km away, with reasonable road connectivity. > > They have wireless Internet access, and I am checking > > up on the electricity situation. > > (b) The costs are quoted as at least 2.03 lakhs for a two- > > window HIWEL setup. They claim that the content is free, > > but where is the 2-lakh cost going into, then? > > (c) Maintenance costs also seem high: 25K/computer annually. > > I would have been sort of OK with a 25K annual cost for the > > entire facility, regardless of the number of computers. If > > anyone has figures on what such support costs, that would > > be great. > > > > 2. I really dislike the idea of proprietary content. Would like > > to hear from people who have actually set up similar content > > for schools, ideally in more detail than a basic games, > > multimedia, plus WIkipedia setup. > > I am convinced that Raspberry pi is the way to go in scenarios like > these , as far as content is concerned i tend to depend on khan > academy , sugar labs and squeak community , also i am preparing a > list of software from the few thousand available in the Ubuntu > repositories. My long term goal is to start looking at course builder > from google to create content for both community as well as any school > or college. > I am also in favour of setting up Raspberry Pi when we have budget concerns.I have got one with me,it is working fine for basic jobs. Thanks, Vijay _______________________________________________ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
