Great news! please do keep us informed and also let me know when you do publicity so I can link to you.<div><br></div><div>Thanks!</div><div>Caroline<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 11:17 AM, K. K. Subramaniam <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:subbukk@gmail.com">subbukk@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div class="im">On Monday 13 Jul 2009 9:11:10 pm K. K. Subramaniam wrote:<br>
> On Monday 13 Jul 2009 7:02:33 pm Caroline Meeks wrote:<br>
> > What sort of results do you have so far?<br>
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> The new academic year has just started. In the prev one, around 75% of the<br>
> kids learnt to handle the computer well enough to create at least one<br>
> project in Etoys in a space of about four calendar months (which included<br>
> holidays and term exams). Around 25% of the children were yet to record<br>
> their projects. Schools closed (Apr/May) before we could dig deeper into<br>
> the causes.<br>
</div>Just returned from a visit to our field office and village schools. The steady<br>
state feedback in this first academic quarter is very positive. There is a<br>
reverse migration from private to public schools. This was unimaginable two<br>
years back. We have also received requests from children who wanted to keep<br>
their chip and were willing to fund its replacement. Rs 350/- is a lot of<br>
money in these parts - about 100 noon meals.<br>
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> > Technologically: How many USB sticks failed? How many were lost/stollen?<br>
> None reported so far. For students, the chip is their most precious<br>
> possession.<br>
</div>No sticks have failed so far. The sticks were purchased directly from company<br>
distributor and came with a replacement guarantee. About 20 stiicks out of<br>
1000 were not traceable.<br>
<br>
Subbu<br>
</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Caroline Meeks<br>Solution Grove<br>Caroline@SolutionGrove.com<br><br>617-500-3488 - Office<br>505-213-3268 - Fax<br>
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