[IAEP] Rwanda: Mineduc Embarks on OLPC Data Modification (by Microsoft)

Tomeu Vizoso tomeu at sugarlabs.org
Fri Jun 5 11:20:49 EDT 2009


On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 17:09, Sayamindu Dasgupta<sayamindu at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 7:09 PM, Sean DALY <sdaly.be at gmail.com> wrote:
>> http://allafrica.com/stories/200906040358.html
>>
>> I'm confused by this report. Does anyone know how Microsoft and USAID
>> are "customizing" 77 modules on the XO-1?
>>
>> Nothing Ii could find on http://www.mineduc.gov.rw
>>
>
>
> I think they mean the content modules[1] donated by the Azim Premji
> Foundation. I had seem them in a school near Bangalore sometime in
> 2005, and at that time, they were essentially subject/topic specific
> interactive flash movies. The movies can be localized (voiceover, as
> well as text) into local languages.
> Thanks,
> Sayamindu
>
>
> [1] http://www.azimpremjifoundation.org/html/EducationalSoftware.htm



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