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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi All,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Things have kind of started. We have hired a
teacher from the community . A ITI computer student. She will teach 3 hours in
the evening and then on Sundays.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>We are currently training the teacher, Kalapana and
two other students mani and prabhu who are very keen to learn. They in turn
teach the others.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>See a detailed report below on whats happening an
how you can help. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>cheers<BR>c3 team <BR></FONT><A
href="http://slumdweller.wikispaces.com/team"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>http://slumdweller.wikispaces.com/team</FONT></A></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Articles<BR>--------<SPAN
class=797050203-09032008>-------</SPAN><BR>Is a slum computer center really
needed</FONT></DIV>
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href="http://slumdweller.wikispaces.com/Is+a+slum+tution+center+really+useful"><FONT
face=Arial
size=2>http://slumdweller.wikispaces.com/Is+a+slum+tution+center+really+useful</FONT></A></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sensex hit a new low today<BR></FONT><A
href="http://slumdweller.wikispaces.com/Songs"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>http://slumdweller.wikispaces.com/Songs</FONT></A></DIV>
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<DIV><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>TRAINING and QUALITY
improvement<BR>----------------------------------<SPAN
class=797050203-09032008>-------------------------</SPAN><BR>Will be the foucs
for the coming 4 months. From the AID Chennai experience it looks like it will
take about 4-6 months to converge on some minimum quality.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>We intend to keep this program as a pilot. We want
to see some distinct differnce after the intervention.<BR>If we are able to do
the same then we can think of scaling after 4-5 months.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>TIMINGS<BR>----------<BR>You can meet us in the
center Mon , Wed, Fri : 6.30 to 9.00 p.m and Sunday : 2.00 p.m-6.p.m. Other days
there will be regular classes.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>LANGAUGE NOT A CONSTRAINT : Pulkit
experience<BR>-------------------------------------------------<BR>Oh the other
good thing is that Pulkit did his first class on friday . He is basically from
Gujrat and we ha d the fear that language might be a constraint. We gave
it a shot. He tried with English and it seems to work to a large
extent.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Things needed:<BR>----------------</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>HARDWARE REPAIR<BR>------------------<BR>1) We need
some one with hardware repair skills to troubleshoot the 2 comps which have some
issues. If you know a commercial computer hardware engineer who can help thats
also good. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>COMPUTER NEEDED<BR>-----------------<BR>2)
After March the exams will be over. Then it might be good to have another
comp and UPS. We have a promise for the UPS already. We need a
computer</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>BOOKS NEEDED<BR>----------------<BR>3) Good
Computer Basics books : if some one who knows kannada can go to some place like
Swapna book store and get a set of good computer books. Not hi fi ones but basic
books. In tamil there is a book on how a computer works and internet by Sujatha
who just passed away. Such books make a interesting read an are ver helpful to
the students in quality improvement. However any book is good. Especially ones
which suggest a lot of practical things for the student to try.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Also books in English are good.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Visit </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><A href="http://slumdweller.wikispaces.com/Curriculum"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>http://slumdweller.wikispaces.com/Curriculum</FONT></A></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>for the topics on which you should buy
books.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><BR><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>GNU LINUX Currciulum
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>You know that we use the skill set exercise model
developed by AID Chennai .</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>We would like to have the GNU/LINUX curriculum
equivalent of the skill set model. This is not very difficult and for a good
GNU-LINUX person it might take less than a day to develop.</FONT></DIV>
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