[kictanet] Laptops for 2014 class 1 entrants

Wed Apr 10 12:04:57 EAT 2013

Hi Mark,

Incredible! Thank you so much for sharing. Folks, this is the right track -
why reinvent the wheel when there might be curriculae/systems out there
that can be customized for our requirements?

Best regards,

Brian

On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 10:56 AM, Mark Elkins <mje at posix.co.za> wrote:

> 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
> >         Phoenix House, 6th Floor
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> >         Kenya
> >
> >
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