In economics there is something they call opportunity cost. What are we foregoing at this expense? Is it worth it?

Can we introduce the laptops later on? Form 1 maybe?
This looks like its going to be an annual expense. Can we afford it? Class 1 enrollment is almost 100%. I am yet to hear of kids who drop out in nursery school.

What happens when the kids go to class 2, 3, etc. I am very sure the laptop will not last to class 8. So what happens then? How do other countries do it?




On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 9:16 AM, Francis Njenga <korefn@gmail.com> wrote:
One of the biggest problems in the information age is too much information(
EDIT: Too much data)!
The solution to this is equipping students and professionals with skills to be
able to filter this data into information. As evidenced by the data mining field's
latest boom.

'Can't teach an old dog new tricks' unless you taught it how to learn new tricks.
If the youth grow up able to analyze and filter huge data, no matter what field they
join... They will be more effective, better informed, more aware and the country will be the better for it.


On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 8:10 AM, Peter Karunyu <pkarunyu@gmail.com> wrote:
I am seeing lots of examples here of kids and reading in the same sentence. Now, I don't have any experience in that department, but since when do kids naturally like to read?


On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 11:01 PM, Laban Mwangi <lmwangi@gmail.com> wrote:
Giving a child a stethoscope might not compel him to become a
physician later in life... However, It's very likely that the child
will end up in STeM; which is exactly what we want. I am not
advocating that we give students expensive gadgets. I am of the
opinion that we give them knowledge or a portal to knowledge. A child
with an agriculture kindle library might make quite an impact to his
community. Empowered children have zest; they will experiment (in the
farm, in the village, in science fairs) and that's what we want.
Right?

> 'Are we there yet?'
Nope

> Will we get there?
Depends on a lot of factors... Government policy, community, culture,
an enabling economy....

On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 7:52 PM, Phares Kariuki <phares.kariuki@gmail.com> wrote:
> The Estonia policy is yet to produce results - the boom right now in
> technology is due to the education system in the 90's (when the current
> working class was getting trained).
>
> Additionally, Estonia are teaching their kids to code, not buying them
> laptops - it's a curriculum intervention not a medium of instruction
> intervention.
>
> Again, giving a stethoscope to a 7 year old will not make him a great
> doctor.
>
> On Monday, May 6, 2013 at 6:49 PM, Watson Kambo wrote:
>
> I think we are all looking at it the wrong way, the assumption that only IT
> students should get a laptop and Engineer, Doctors et al do not need them is
> not well founded. Am a trained engineer so is a guy who trained before me
> but never got a chance to interact with  Computers at that critical age in
> High school and campus. I was lucky enough to be and most of the things that
> I know today are probably from that time. He is still in the dark in many
> things. If I was exposed to computers early say even when I was younger in
> Primary and the like I would have gained the same or even more and at an
> even early age. I view the laptops as an 'eye' opener they are fascinating,
> they are interesting, believe you me the kids will even learn faster than
> they would have without them.
>
> It does not mean that all these Kids will end up in IT, the doctors will
> still be doctors so will be the lawyers ... and the IT geeks will start
> coding at an early age, :-) , I believe its going to change everything if
> well implemented, you should all have a look at what the same (Almost the
> same) policy has changed Estonia ...
>
> Kind regards,
>
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