[Sugar-devel] [IAEP] New try on a better sugarlabs site

[Gonzalo Odiard]

Hi Dan,
I don't know where you get these numbers.
Situation in every deployment is different. The only deployment that I know
that publish
reports with state of laptops is Plan Ceibal
The more recent numbers (Oct 2014) show 84% of laptops are working [1]
They also prepare a annual evaluation, about the use of the laptops
and other resources provided by the project. The latest is [2]
More information here [3]

[1]
http://www.ceibal.edu.uy/art%C3%ADculo/noticias/institucionales/Evaluacion-del-Plan
[2]
http://www.ceibal.edu.uy/Documents/Evaluacion%20Anual%20Primaria%202013%20_Resumen%20Ejecutivo_.pdf
[3]
http://www.ceibal.edu.uy/art%C3%ADculo/noticias/institucionales/Evaluacion-del-Plan

On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 7:35 PM, Dan Tenason <dan.tenason at mail.ru> wrote:

> Is there any proof that sugar is used everyday by nearly 3 million
> children at stated on the website? My research from 2 countries which have
> purchased over 100,000 laptops has indicated that due to non-deliver,
> breakage, and disuse, the term 'used daily by 3 million children' is
> overstating use by an order of magnitude.
>
> Optimism can be valuable. Deceit, even if you mean well, is not
> appropriate when dealing with some of the worlds most needy populations.
>
> Dan
>
>
> Friday, April 10, 2015 5:49 PM -03:00 from Gonzalo Odiard <
> godiard at sugarlabs.org>:
>
>   Today in #sugar, user anindya shared a new proposal to improve
> http://sugarlabs.org/ site (the proposal is
> anindya.github.io/www-sugarlabs)
>
> This is the third proposal from a volunteer in the last months.
>
> But in the different proposals, developers worked with the content
> available,
> then we have a new design, but the result is the same. And we,
> the developers usually are not good graphic designers.
>
> As discussed before we need:
> * Something simple and fast.
> * With a clear message.
> * With a professional design.
> * With links to places where the user can download easy ways to use Sugar
> (VM if the user don't use Linux)
> * A place to point developers to the right places.
>
> I know Walter contributed to the content, but I am sure he is not going to
> get angry,
> if I say he is not a marketing guy. (Me neither, of course)
>
> Sean said we need images and he requested that in the past without success.
> Maybe we can try again?
>
> We still need a graphic designer (someone in IAEP available?)
>
> It's possible work in the sugarlabs.org as a project, with the marketing
> guys,
> the developers and the designers together? I sent this mail to sugar-devel,
> IAEP and marketing lists. We can follow where is better.
>
> --
> Gonzalo Odiard
>
> SugarLabs - Software for children learning
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Gonzalo Odiard

SugarLabs - Software for children learning
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