[kictanet] Laptop project: Pre-bid Conference - who is fooling whom

Mon Aug 19 16:02:55 EAT 2013

I am also in the Kindle camp. First of all provide digital copies of all
those text books from the publishers and load them ontu those gadgets. It
is disheartening to watch kids in the morning deforming their backs
carrying 20 text books that are less than 20mb in content. Then they can
have exercise books to scribble their hearts away but the course material
can remain in the tablets.

On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 3:39 PM, Adam Nelson <adam at varud.com> wrote:

> One can only wish that they would go further down the Kindle road instead
> of laptops.  Kindles are extremely durable, very simple, have multi-week
> battery life and are cheaper than laptops ($200).
>
> Plus, they focus on the main problem - access to high quality, ad-free
> educational content.
>
> There are still deficiencies like the fact that children can't use a
> Kindle for writing, but writing can be done with pen & paper like virtually
> everybody else on this list used in primary school.
>
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> On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 3:08 PM, robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk>wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>>
>> http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate+News/Kindles+replace+textbooks+in+Kisumu+school/-/539550/1958602/-/lmib98z/-/index.html
>>
>>
>> Robert Yawe
>> KAY System Technologies Ltd
>> Phoenix House, 6th Floor
>> P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
>> Kenya
>>
>>
>> Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696
>>
>>   ------------------------------
>>  *From:* Ray Keller <raykeller8 at gmail.com>
>> *To:* robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk
>> *Cc:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>> *Sent:* Saturday, 17 August 2013, 20:07
>> *Subject:* Re: [kictanet] Laptop project: Pre-bid Conference
>>
>>
>> http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/ktn/video/watch/2000068926/-government-sets-tough-deadlines-for-bidders
>>
>> This video talks about three points:
>> a) Bidders want to extend the timeline: Why would government like to
>> extend the timeline? Will they still meet the delivery timeline?
>> How many laptops per minute one would manufacture to meet the delivery
>> timeline of two months after award of the contract? Do they have existing
>> inventory of exactly same specs?
>> b) Bidders would like the government to test the solution:
>> Is there a specific procedure that government(MOE) will use to test the
>> offered solution in real situation before paying so much money? I think
>> that it's important to get the laptop, software and content piloted in real
>> schools/situation before we spend 14.7 Billion Ksh tax payer money. Why is
>> this step skipped? Is it not important?
>> I also read an article that government refused to give benefit to the
>> youth under this transaction claiming that it's an international tender.
>> Members? Thoughts?
>> Ray Keller
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 3:12 AM, Grace Githaiga <ggithaiga at hotmail.com>wrote:
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHjrghroGiU#at=40
>>
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