192 Entries for “Recent Blogs”
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READ MOREJune 6, 2008 | None | OLE Nepal
Dr. Saurav Dev Bhatta on “The OLPC Model”
Yesterday, I had an opportunity to read an Academic Commentary by our Education Director, Dr. Saurav Dev Bhatta titled “Tackling the Problems of Quality and Disparity in Nepal’s School – Education: The OLPC Model.” While I had developed a relative comprehension of the OLE Nepal project, Dr. Bhatta’s article truly captured the project, providing the necessary context for it to make sense. The article is quite comprehensive, and while I highly recommend you read it in entirety, I will summarize a few key points below.
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READ MOREJune 2, 2008 | Program Updates | OLE Nepal
Check out E-Paath and E-Pustakalaya at redmine.olenepal.org
For those who aren’t familiar w/ it, redmine is a fantastic project management tool very similar to Trac but much, much more user-friendly and easier to set up. We wanted to use OLPC’s Trac set up but found it did not meet our needs.
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READ MOREMay 21, 2008 | Team Reflections | OLE Nepal
It’s Going to Be a Great Summer
The office is getting crowded—really crowded. On Monday, we will have a total of 21 people in the office full-time. That doesn’t count volunteers who come in and out of the office. What do we do with 21 whole people?
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READ MOREMay 19, 2008 | None | OLE Nepal
Introducing 3 new members of the OLE Nepal Community
This week, Bernie Innocenti, Sunil Pokhrel, and Uttam Sharma joined the OLE Nepal Community. They are all extremely talented in their various fields, and welcome additions to OLE Nepal.
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READ MOREMay 16, 2008 | Team Reflections | OLE Nepal
Some interesting feedback from teachers at Bashuki
In his comprehensive overview of our experience so far, Rabi had mentioned that Bashuki's School Management (SMC) Committee and teachers had jointly decided to wait for one week after the project launch before allowing students to take the laptops home even though our preference was to let the children take the laptops home right away. Their decision was apparently based on the following assumptions: