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

Mon Aug 19 16:50:46 EAT 2013

Does that make the parents foot the cost of the eBooks or is the govt gonna
take care of that? Oh, and with that I can see the death of the Printing
Press (for the Book publishers) beckoning! They should start thinking
e-Publishing...

On 19 August 2013 16:02, Mark Mwangi <mwangy at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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