[kictanet] Laptops for 2014 class 1 entrants - justified

Mon Aug 12 12:48:28 EAT 2013

I second the thoughts of Lakin in that there is very little explanation as
to how any of this is to be done. If the KIE has been working on this for
the past 7 years, why are they not leading the conversation? Why are
politicians who are clueless the leading experts on this?

Basic figures and where the funding will come from not just saying govt
will pay. Its rather hilarious that politicians and even senior officials
talk about the government like it is a foreign body that they are not part
of.

Who is the lead on the laptop project and by extension tech in the
education sector? The ominous Ministry of Education?

On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 12:20 PM, Kivuva <Kivuva at transworldafrica.com>wrote:

> Please do a computer laboratory instead. This way, all the school will be
> covered, and the cost will be low since upgrade will be after say 3 years.
>
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> Mwendwa Kivuva
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> On 12 August 2013 10:50, robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Sony have joined the fray
>>
>> [image:
>> http://allthingsd.com/files/2012/10/Tap_White_04_WithHands_layflatA.jpg]
>>
>> Now that application is definitely ideal for Class 1 and they can afford
>> the Kes. 288 million tender bond.
>>
>> Robert Yawe
>> KAY System Technologies Ltd
>> Phoenix House, 6th Floor
>> P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
>> Kenya
>>
>>
>> Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696
>>
>>   ------------------------------
>>  *From:* Cleophas Barmasai <cbarmasai at gmail.com>
>>
>> *To:* robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk
>> *Cc:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>> *Sent:* Monday, 12 August 2013, 10:27
>> *Subject:* Re: [kictanet] Laptops for 2014 class 1 entrants - justified
>>
>> That video is really inspiring Robert! It *justifies!* I think the way
>> to beat obsolescence is to schedule new devices every three years.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Cleophas
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 10:06 AM, robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk>wrote:
>>
>> 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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