Hi guys,
I've used Kiwix before, it's one of the various softwares around that reads zim
files. Linux os has become vital hence most opensource software such as Kiwix are offered
in for this platform so hopefuly, we won't have installation issues.
As for visiting schools with computers, I beleive thd ICT board can assist with this. They
have records for such schools hence we can use them to narrow down on the school's
we'll visit. They are really open towards such initiatives so hopefully, they'll
share this info.
So far, the framework sounds great.
Cheers
Alex
On Tue Sep 28th, 2010 11:22 PM PDT Abbas Mahmoud wrote:
Hi folks,
Its quite unfortunate that last weeks meeting didn't happen. Anyway, what I wanted us
to discuss was for us to propose a framework in the way we'll approach whatever we
want to do.
For instance:
We were to start by experimenting with the offline Wikipedia. So, my suggestion is that
each one of us be designated a region in Kenya within which he/she shall concentrate on.
An appropriate basis of will be designating team members with the regions from which they
come from. Like, say, if I come from Coast or Mombasa, I'll basically go to Mombasa
and assess the schools that have computers there. After knowing how many schools we'll
approach, we will then prepare our framework: timeline, budget, methodology, etc.
Actually, most public schools in Kenya have bought computers from Camara (and Irish
non-profit organisation that distributes computers in African schools at a subsidised
cost). These computers use the Linux (or is it Ubuntu??) operating system as opposed to
many private schools whose computers are Windows-installed. So ofcourse, they'll be
some software issues that may arise when we want to install the offline wiki into these
computers. I'm not the software geek and I have never used offline wiki so I really
have no idea whether or not the offline wiki is compatible with both types of operating
systems.
So, this is the draft framework that I had in mind. I hope to receive input from you guys
so that we can beef this framework up and come up with an organised, clear-cut plan.
Kind regards
Abbas Mahmood.