[kictanet] Laptops for 2014 class 1 entrants

Mark Elkins mje at posix.co.za
Wed Apr 10 10:56:04 EAT 2013


On Wed, 2013-04-10 at 09:33 +0300, Brian Munyao Longwe wrote:

> Good points. We actually don't need to look very far. The "One Laptop
> per Child" program has been on this issue for a while now and has a
> few  models of laptop (including a tablet) that can be offer at a
> price of +/- $100.
> 
> 
> The OLPC project has already delivered over 200,000 laptops in Rwanda
> and over 500,000 in Uruguay via government driven programs.
> Considering these are relatively small countries (7m and 3m total
> populations respectively). The goal of 1 million laptops per year for
> std1 entrants is not unnattainable.

I've attended a three day workshop in ZA on OLPC - very interesting.

UniForum SA/ZACR as "Coza Cares" has (amongst other good works) provided
the funding for the "Computer" courses for the (free DSTV) Mindset
educational programs (covering the last three years of school). This was
done with a "Creative Commons" license - so it can explicitly be freely
shared and improved upon by anyone.

Coza Cares has also championed the "Teach the Teacher" program in South
Africa for a few years. Unfortunately, our teachers have no formal
exposure to IT down here in their training years.

ie - there is content/curriculum and proven methodologies which can be
emulated available on the continent. Nothing wrong in sharing.

> As for content - this is where the opportunity lies. All of the
> current education materials exist in soft form with the varioius
> printing presses, it would not take much effort to process these into
> eBook format and push them onto a digital library along with related
> material such as story books, dictionaries, encyclopediae etc.
> 
> 
> In addition to the above, there is a huge opportunity to create
> educational games for all school going ages. Research has shown that
> children learn much faster when the knowledge is conveyed in a "fun"
> way.
> 
> 
> Kazi kwetu?
> 
> 
> Brian
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 7:56 AM, robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk>
> wrote:
>         Hi,
>         
>         I like the confirmation by the President - sworn and his
>         deputy on the issue of laptops for class 1 students from next
>         year, it is commendable and quite easily achievable but as ICT
>         experts are laptops the ideal items or would low power
>         touchscreen tablets be more practical and appropriate?
>         However .com that the two principles are I suspect that they
>         might not be up to speed on devices. 
>         
>         Here again for the umpteenth time the opportunity for us to
>         become relevant presents itself, shall we take action or sit
>         back to carry out a forensic analysis when only 80% of the
>         students get the devices?
>         
>         Regards
>         
>         PS.  A new dispensation, a new dedication and new vigor 
>         
>         
>          
>         Robert Yawe
>         KAY System Technologies Ltd
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