Hi Yama,<div><br></div><div>That experiment did not involve anyone from Sugar Labs or the community. The article is based on an education panel at EmTech 2012 that, for some reason, has not been posted as video yet. Check here:  <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial"><a href="http://www2.technologyreview.com/emtech/12/">http://www2.technologyreview.com/emtech/12/</a></span></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><a href="http://www2.technologyreview.com/emtech/12/"></a><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">But Matt Keller and the OLPC Association team who ran the project went into great detail in their talks at the OLPC SF Summit over a week ago. The Livestream on the subject has been archived and is viewable at the these links:</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><a href="http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/26344794">http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/26344794</a></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><a href="http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/26345580">http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/26345580</a></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Mike</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 6:03 PM, Yama Ploskonka <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:yamaplos@gmail.com" target="_blank">yamaplos@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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    Hackaday reports on teacher-less deployment. Hadn't heard this was
    already out there, my apologies to all who knew this was an old
    thing. Apparently 6 months already?<br>
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    Anybody here connected with this deployment?<br>
    <br>
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    <div>On 10/31/2012 03:02 PM, Hack a Day
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                We don't remember hearing about the One Laptop Per Child
                initiative distributing tablet computers but apparently
                a couple of shipments were distributed to rural
                communities in Ethiopia. The problem one might think of
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                                                          tablet
                                                          distribution
                                                          proves
                                                          concepts laid
                                                          out in ‘The
                                                          Diamond Age’</a></h2>
                                                        <span style="color:#888">by <a href="http://hackaday.com/author/mikehackaday/" style="color:#888!important;text-decoration:none;color:#0088cc;text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" target="_blank">Mike
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                                                  <p>We don't
                                                    remember hearing
                                                    about the One Laptop
                                                    Per Child initiative
                                                    distributing tablet
                                                    computers but
                                                    apparently <a href="http://www.technologyreview.com/news/506466/given-tablets-but-no-teachers-ethiopian-children-teach-themselves/" style="text-decoration:none;color:#0088cc;text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" target="_blank">a couple
                                                      of shipments were
                                                      distributed to
                                                      rural communities
                                                      in Ethiopia</a>.
                                                    The problem one
                                                    might think of in
                                                    this scenario is
                                                    that the literacy
                                                    rate in the two test
                                                    villages was
                                                    basically zero. But
                                                    that's exactly the
                                                    population targeted
                                                    with thr technology.
                                                    The tablets were
                                                    loaded with a
                                                    software package
                                                    called Nell. It was
                                                    designed to guide a
                                                    child in self
                                                    learning by telling
                                                    them engaging
                                                    stories that include
                                                    teachable moments.
                                                    If you check out <a href="http://cscott.net/Publications/OLPC/idc2012.pdf" style="text-decoration:none;color:#0088cc;text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" target="_blank">the
                                                      white paper</a>
                                                    (PDF) you'll find
                                                    it's pretty much the
                                                    exact same teaching
                                                    technique that [Neal
                                                    Stephenson] wrote
                                                    about in his book <em>The
                                                      Diamond Age</em>.
                                                    But keep reading
                                                    that paper and
                                                    you'll see that this
                                                    is because the
                                                    researchers took
                                                    their inspiration
                                                    from that very
                                                    novel.</p>
                                                  <p>Well the
                                                    results are in and
                                                    apparently [Neal]
                                                    knows exactly what
                                                    he is talking about.
                                                    Not only did the
                                                    children learn from
                                                    the software, but
                                                    within five months
                                                    they were hacking
                                                    the device (which
                                                    runs Android) to get
                                                    the disabled camera
                                                    working.</p>
                                                  <p>[Thanks
                                                    Alexander via <a href="http://dvice.com/archives/2012/10/ethiopian-kids.php" style="text-decoration:none;color:#0088cc;text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" target="_blank">Dvice</a>]</p>

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                                                  | October 31, 2012 at
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