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

Mon Aug 19 16:53:36 EAT 2013

If a publisher hasn't started digital publishing by now, it's too late.

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On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 4:50 PM, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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>>
>> Mark Mwangi
>>
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