Good people, I think it should be mandatory that guys teach in some village school. What do you think motivates kids at that age, its what they are seeing, not reading. Think of a computer and internet to be simply a way of bringing the world to a child who is in some village in the uppermost part of garissa. You want to make alive the imagination of the child as early as possible, and that’s child is changed for the rest of their lives Laptops for Class 1 , the effect will manifest in 2030 Oscar From: skunkworks-bounces@lists.my.co.ke [mailto:skunkworks-bounces@lists.my.co.ke] On Behalf Of Laban Mwangi Sent: Friday, April 12, 2013 7:09 PM To: Shadrack Mwaniki; Skunkworks Mailing List Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Raspberry pi in Kenyan schools Why not give kids a kindle or an equivalent e-reader? After that, convert all books into epub and push them to kindles (3g). After that, you no longer have to worry about books distribution. You can push wikipedia sections. You can provide rudimentary internet access... etc. It makes sense considering that a typical ebook reader will go for 3 weeks on a single charge and can probably be charged for an hour or less using a portable solar charger. On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 4:18 PM, Shadrack Mwaniki <shadrack_mwaniki@yahoo.com> wrote: I wish we could get statistics here as opposed to mere statements! Which developed country gives laptops to standard one pupils?(6 year old) The best exposure to technology is by introduction of ICT related courses early in the schools curriculumn for axample as early as standard 1 The ICT becomes mandatory and is examined in class 8. The same replicated in high school up to University. This way, a pupil would progress gradually in ICT as field of study like mathematics, Sciences or English. Of course, to teach ICT as a subject, schools would be required to set-up ICT labs for practicals. The labs would realistically be useful to those in class 4 upwards In standard one, we need to incorporate pictures of computers and laptops may be. Regards Shad _____ From: Francis Njenga <korefn@gmail.com> To: Skunkworks Mailing List <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> Sent: Friday, April 12, 2013 4:30 PM Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Raspberry pi in Kenyan schools @Buliva Bill Gates was programming as early as 15, while decades later(2000) Kenyans get to experience computers at university... Early adoption and exposure to technology are a necessity. Japan and the US have shown that from the many innovations from these exposed youth. On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 3:17 PM, Arthur Buliva <arthurbuliva@hotmail.com> wrote: These are children. They dont need Pi at that age Daniel Nyaga <nyaga_nbi@hotmail.com> wrote: Forget laptops for pupils - way too expensive and difficult. The $35 computer is where it's at.. http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/tag/schools Google Kenya, ICT Board, Nailab, etc. - Can you hear me? _______________________________________________ skunkworks mailing list skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke ------------ List info, subscribe/unsubscribe http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------ Skunkworks Rules http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24 <http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94> &t=94 ------------ Other services @ http://my.co.ke -- Kore Francis Njenga Running and Walking are only breaths apart. _______________________________________________ skunkworks mailing list skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke ------------ List info, subscribe/unsubscribe http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------ Skunkworks Rules http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24 <http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94> &t=94 ------------ Other services @ http://my.co.ke <http://my.co.ke/> _______________________________________________ skunkworks mailing list skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke ------------ List info, subscribe/unsubscribe http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------ Skunkworks Rules http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24 <http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94> &t=94 ------------ Other services @ http://my.co.ke