Archive for the 'Technology' Category
Weekly Update – A New, More Focused Vision
There was a major change in direction this week. All the GDL team members refined their vision for the coming year, and carved out very focused project descriptions that will aid in delivery.
Asking myself where my interest lay, I realized I wanted to work in helping technology solve a developmental issue. One of the key [...]
Bringing Broadband To Bagar
Connectivity, via the Internet, is in today’s world an essential part of almost productive computer application. This blog, as a mean of sharing experiences and learnings, is a testament to the same.
Bagar enjoys an existing base of around 50 computers, along with a significant proportion of the population that can afford to buy their own [...]
Challenges
Last week I discussed some of the successes during the marketing and selection phases for the class. This week, I wanted to share some of the challenges faced during the class.
One of the initial frustrations I had was the problem of retention – students grasped concepts in class, they answered related questions, but two [...]
Read More..>>Successes
Welcome to the GDL Technology blog. I will be using this blog as a conduit to provide weekly updates on direction, progress, results, successes and challenges faced over the course of our project.
The purpose of the GDL Technology stream is find ways in which the community can benefit from the use of computer technology. [...]
Read More..>>Progress in Computer Literacy
The big event in mid-March was the delivery of the computers. The order had been placed early March, but the two-day assembly and delivery promise was never made. A number of ‘reasons’ were given by the vendor, holiday for Holi, only half the computer cases are delivered, hard drives being shipped to Jodhpur by accident. [...]
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