[kictanet] Laptops for 2014 class 1 entrants - justified

[robert yawe]

When Gutenberg invented the printing press in 1440, only about 30 percent of adult Europeans could read. Before that, most 
people learned from other people, through stories, explanations and 
demonstrations. Books existed, but they were produced by hand, 
painstakingly, one at a time. With books so expensive and rare, only 
those wealthy enough to afford them learned to read.

Then the printing press made books and other printed materials readily available, and literacy rates began to climb.

 
Robert Yawe
KAY System Technologies Ltd
Phoenix House, 6th Floor
P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
Kenya


Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696


________________________________
 From: robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk>
To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> 
Sent: Tuesday, 7 May 2013, 18:51
Subject: Laptops for 2014 class 1 entrants - justified
 


Hi,

Please watch this TED video by a 12 year old developer


http://www.ted.com/talks/thomas_suarez_a_12_year_old_app_developer.html?source=facebook#.UYjsqCYrWtt.facebook

Regards
 
Robert Yawe
KAY System Technologies Ltd
Phoenix House, 6th Floor
P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
Kenya


Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696


________________________________
 From: Crystal Watley Kigoni <crystal at voicesofafrica.org>
To: robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk 
Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> 
Sent: Wednesday, 24 April 2013, 10:25
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Laptops for 2014 class 1 entrants - fears
 


In the US, most primary schools have computer labs and secondary school students carry laptops. Why? Young children need exposure as early as possible but a 1 to 1 ratio is overkill. These machines will be obsolete by the time the class one students reach anywhere near class 5 when more serious research projects are started. The effort is in the right place, however there still needs to be more thought into the deployment to maximize return on investment in terms of human capital.
Crystal 
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