On May 16, 2015 6:29 AM, "Sean DALY" <<a href="mailto:sdaly.be@gmail.com">sdaly.be@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > > Dan - if you are sincerely interested in the numbers, why don't you write to the education ministries? In serious research, as in serious journalism, you need to consult official sources. Ground-truthing takes years but yes is possible for anybody who takes an anthropological approach, starting in-country especially: developing insider sources within Ministries of Education, within local newspapers, within the logistics/support chain, identifying influential but behind-the-scenrs teachers/parents/kids/churches, etc. Heroic, struggling people inevitably emerge if one digs deep enough. In particular, former workforce (paid and unpaid) can be very sincerely forthcoming, having committed their lives, often getting to the truth faster -- profoundly committed to their countries evolving and learning from past implementation/support models, one decade to the next... (Conversely, the lazy but all too common approach of asking any single source did-tablets-kill-XO's-in-country-ABC will rarely get to the bottom of anything) > Sean Daly (no "e") > > > On Sat, May 16, 2015 at 4:44 AM, Dan Tenason <<a href="mailto:dan.tenason@mail.ru">dan.tenason@mail.ru</a>> wrote: >> >> The Sugar Labs website is still stating "Sugar’s Activities are used every school day by nearly 3 million children." Mr Daley stated this number is based on Total number of XOs shipped as reported by OLPC + total number of copies of Sugar on a Stick downloaded. >> >> <a href="http://laptop.org">laptop.org</a> states that about 15,000 XO are in Hati. I was wondering if Mr. Holt, who is active in Hati, is willing to comment on the number of laptops in daily use in Hati. >> >> <a href="http://laptop.org">laptop.org</a> states that about 900,000 XOs are in Peru. I was wondering if Mr. Silva, who is active in Peru, is willing to comment on the number of laptops in daily use in Peru. >> >> <a href="http://laptop.org">laptop.org</a> states that about 15,000 XOs are in Birmingham, Alabama. Could anyone comment on the number of those laptops in use? >> >> Finally <a href="http://latop.org">latop.org</a> states that about 850,000 XOs are in Uruguay. Research in Uruguay indicates that in 2012 about 4.1% of students used their XOs all or most days. >> >> -- >> Dan Tenason >> >> _______________________________________________ >> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) >> <a href="mailto:IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org">IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org</a> >> <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep</a> > > > > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > <a href="mailto:IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org">IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org</a> > <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep</a>