Re: [IAEP] First evaluation results from OLPC Peru

2010-10-02 Thread K. K. Subramaniam
On Friday 01 Oct 2010 6:39:09 pm Christoph Derndorfer wrote: * demand for better teacher preparation * low percentage of pupils who can use the laptop outside of school (~50%) * lack of connectivity (only 1,4% of schools have Internet access, Mesh use is very limited) * lack of technical and

[IAEP] First evaluation results from OLPC Peru

2010-10-01 Thread Christoph Derndorfer
Hi all, the Peruvian Ministry of Education and the Inter-American Development Bank are currently working on a fairly extensive evaluation of OLPC in Peru. The first preliminary report from that evaluation was just published and it makes for a very good and interesting read: EvaluaciĆ³n

Re: [IAEP] First evaluation results from OLPC Peru

2010-10-01 Thread forster
As to be expected - based on my own experiences while I was in Peru as well as talking to a lot of people who've worked there in the past - these first results aren't particularly great. Thanks Christoph Is there an English language version, Google Translate is a bit of a mess. Some of the