@Ngigi

I support a local school get ahead in matters IT, We have had to evaluate Fanless computers because being next to the sea, average lifespan of computers is somewhere in the one year to one and a half years. (Then Rust crops in and a myriad of problems). 

I evaluated the raspberry pi, the banana pi, and a couple of other devices. Initially as a drop in replacement for the CPU. Since they had working monitors, it made sense to get these. I settled for the Icube pro i4. In the end it costs almost as much as the desktops they are replacing, but it is much smaller and fanless, we expect the savings in power consumption too, for a school using solar to result in more power for other uses. 

IMHO, I would recommend the icube on account of power. and a program to get these schools to have high def, multi purpose screens that can take in serial, HDMI, DV, etc etc which is the missing ingredient.

Kids are now learning programming using MIT tools like Scratch, on Icube Pro's running Debian. :-) My six year old can write an IF loop. my comp 101 lecturer would be proud. We are at an age where giving a kid a tablet without giving any instruction and an hour later they'll have mastered using it, I think computer literacy in 1999 is not what computer literacy should mean in 2017. 


On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 11:41 AM, Ngigi Waithaka via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Tony,

I still think the Raspberry Pi would have made a much better alternative than Tablets.

Tablets IMO do not inspire deep learning, they are more entertainment devices than work devices (Try programming with a Tablet). 

They are also at greater risk of getting spoilt due to their mobility. And if a kid drops one, that's it! Completely dead unless someone gets a replacement screen.

Now, look at the Raspberry Kits out there. Cheap, even cheaper to replace incase anything goes wrong and much hardier than tablets. Most importantly Raspberry inspire learning, starting with a kid seeing how a computer gets put together.

For mobility, how about a kid could even carry the Raspberry home and connect to their home tv?

At these costs, and adding a Ksh 5K monitor, you have a 10K machine that's very versatile.

Have a look at some sample kits from here ( https://www.raspberrypistarterkits.com  )

https://www.amazon.com/Vilros-Raspberry-Complete-Starter-Black/dp/B00MV6TAJI

https://www.canakit.com/raspberry-pi-3-ultimate-kit.html

What I also find interesting is how developed economies are pushing their Kids to Raspberry Pi-type devices which are ideal for learning, as we push our kids towards consumer type devices (Tablets)

Regards
Waithaka Ngigi
www.at.co.ke 

On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 4:52 PM, Tony White via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Eric,

I'm in full agreement with your suggestion - but this should be in
addition to the '40 tablets'.  Raspberry Pis, whilst low cost, also
need TVs as monitors, keyboards, mice, power supplies, cables.  It
would be a maintenance nightmare!

So - there should be 'maker space' provided in addition for mebbe 5
Pis, with breadboards, components, and a RasPi teacher following the
recently released curriculum for the RasPi.

We can but dream ;)

Cheers,
Tony


On 24/01/2017, Eric Mwangi via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
> While this cool - I was fortunate to sit with his team and talked about
> Ajira and this particular project. However my suggestion then and still is -
> why not install Rasberrry PI's to create a development culture and cost a
> fraction to tablets?
>
> Eric
> www.vaultglobal.co.uk
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On 24 Jan 2017, at 12:59, Collins Areba via kictanet
>> <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>
>> Interesting read, I actually have a question:
>>
>> What is the current state of Business Process outsourcing in this country?
>> I remember there was a time when this was a tune everyone was singing as
>> justification for landing five (or is it six) submarine cables. A few
>> years down the line, have these industries taken off? Is there
>> quantifiable lessons to learn from these? Do the same , or more business
>> opportunities exist for the same or different kind of platforms?
>>
>> On making access affordable and available, Would it make better sense to
>> expand the mandate of Kenet? To somehow tap into their experience to have
>> them extend internet to schools, polytechnics, etc, and provide more
>> funding (government, USF, Private sector) in a single channel to manage
>> delivery of connectivity to academia.
>>
>> My $2.
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 3:43 PM, Ali Hussein via kictanet
>> <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>> Listers
>>>
>>> An interesting article penned by our very own CS. Insightful and needed.
>>>
>>>
>>> Taking the digital dividends to the constituencies for prosperity
>>>
>>> I'm hoping that the Abdis, The Kamaus, The Karisa, The Poghishios, The
>>> Omaris, The Nyachaes...(You get the drift..) in the farthest corners of
>>> Kenya - From Wajir to Kakuma to Lamu will access Broadband everywhere and
>>> anywhere sooner rather than later.
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>>
>>> Ali Hussein
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