<p>Bwana Yawe</p>
<p>The study says that among developed countries, US students are number 27 in maths ....</p>
<p>And number 1 in self confidence ...</p>
<p>Imagine that.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On 13 Jul 2011 14:10, "robert yawe" <<a href="mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk">robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">> Daktari,<br>> <br>> The mode of education is going the technology way which means that it will soon <br>
> fall within your docket which suggests that you must get abreast of what is <br>> happening especially being an academician the benefits of the MIT open learning <br>> and KhanAcademy.<br>> <br>> MIT stopped wasting parents/students funds by running formal bridging courses <br>
> and instead placed the lectures online. We are wasting a lot of parents funds <br>> by running formal bringing classes a system like the MIT and Khan online <br>> training can solve this issue. <br>> <br>> KIE is busy barking up the wrong tree as the playing field has changed, you once <br>
> clearly indicated that during a lecture only 20% grasp the concept immediately <br>> and I beg to add that another 10% will pick it from the assignment/homework and <br>> maybe another 10% by reading the notes or text book leaving an "acceptable" 60% <br>
> left behind<br>> <br>> If there is no text book for the students to refer then another 10% are left <br>> behind and if there was no exercise book to write notes then there goes another <br>> 10% bringing the fallout rate to 80%. <br>
> <br>> Ooops, almost forgot, and if there is no teacher able to teach the subject then <br>> there goes the remaining 20% which gives us a fallout rate of 100%.<br>> <br>> What KhanAcademy is doing is what radio lessons did for those needy schools that <br>
> have a shortage of teachers be it Lokitaung, Mukuru kwa Njenga or Kendu Bay.<br>> <br>> Mine is to say that instead of us spending millions at talk shops misguiding <br>> young developers about how they will become millionaires by writing applications <br>
> for apple store, ovi store or samsung store yet the opportunities lie more in <br>> home grown and consumed solutions. <br>> <br>> Khan is not charging for his content so why not take advantage of that situation <br>
> and begin to level the education playing field as we work towards including our <br>> own content. <br>> <br>> I am sure many of you did not watch the video in full or with the attention <br>> required which explains some of the posts, Khan says the model has changed what <br>
> was class work is now homework and what was homework is now classwork, paradigm <br>> shift.<br>> <br>> Regards<br>> <br>> PS. A recent study found that American students failed miserably in Maths and <br>
> Science compared to students in other <br>> Robert Yawe<br>> KAY System Technologies Ltd<br>> Phoenix House, 6th Floor<br>> P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200<br>> Kenya<br>> <br>> <br>> Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696<br>
> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> ________________________________<br>> From: "<a href="mailto:bitange@jambo.co.ke">bitange@jambo.co.ke</a>" <<a href="mailto:bitange@jambo.co.ke">bitange@jambo.co.ke</a>><br>
> To: robert yawe <<a href="mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk">robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk</a>>; <br>> kictanet-bounces+bitange=<a href="http://jambo.co.ke">jambo.co.ke</a>@<a href="http://lists.kictanet.or.ke">lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><br>
> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>><br>> Sent: Tue, 12 July, 2011 0:47:44<br>> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Khan; solution to teacher shortage<br>
> <br>> Robert,<br>> You should have taken your thoughts further in a way that can impact our <br>> future. If I were you, I would bring the issue of data centers and mash it with <br>> video content. The conclusions would be that going forward we need lots of <br>
> storage space. This means investment opportunity.<br>> <br>> I look at FPE as the greatest opportunity to push for automation to not only <br>> increase transparency but traceability. It is a futile exercise for a learned <br>
> person like you to sound helpless. Often it is a problem that creates an <br>> opportunity and if we fail to exploit it, it will happen again in which we are <br>> ALL considered unlearned.<br>> <br>> Ndemo.<br>
> <br>> <br>> Sent from my BlackBerry�<br>> <br>> -----Original Message-----<br>> From: robert yawe <<a href="mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk">robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk</a>><br>> Sender: kictanet-bounces+bitange=<a href="http://jambo.co.ke">jambo.co.ke</a>@<a href="http://lists.kictanet.or.ke">lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><br>
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