[kictanet] Laptops for 2014 class 1 entrants

[Tony White]

Paul, the OLPC guys must be listening to you! Have a look at:
http://goo.gl/jIOtZ
for their latest offering

My view on the subject in general is not the specific teaching of ICT
as a subject, but getting the kids to use the laptops as support for
all subjects in the curriculum - as Brian said, every child with a
soft library on hand (textbooks updated to new revisions with ease),
apps to make learning fun etc.

Tony

On 10 April 2013 20:06, Paul Roy <roykoikai at gmail.com> wrote:
> Brian,
>
> OLPC was a great initiative then. Today we have tablets that can teach
> pupils how to write better. I guess in standard one you need to know how to
> write better before you embark on typing. I suggest a TABLET for these
> pupils.
>
> my two cents
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 9:33 AM, Brian Munyao Longwe <blongwe at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Robert,
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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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Tony White