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

Mon Aug 19 16:58:51 EAT 2013

Is the profit in the paper or the content? more people reading our content
would be a good thing for a publisher no? if we take out the cost of
printing paper and shipping it to the students, then what is the actual
cost of a 500 bob textbook that is fully digital? if a parent was asked to
pay 300 bob for a years worth of text books and have the Gutenberg
collection thrown into the gadgets, wouldn't the kids have more than they
need to rekindle a reading culture(for those with interest in reading
anyway) and I believe most parents who have educated before would go for
this.

On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 4:53 PM, Adam Nelson <adam at varud.com> wrote:

> 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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